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Last week in a snapshot [ 04 - 10 March 2002 ]
04 March - [PR] - Nine European satellite operators - EuropeStar, Eutelsat S.A., Hispasat, Inmarsat Ventures PLC, New Skies Satellites NV, Nordic Satellite AB, SES Global, Telenor Broadband Services AS and Telespazio meet in Brussels to create European Satellite Operators Association. "ESOA will represent the interests of European satellite operators before key European organisations including the European Commission, Parliament, Council and the European Space Agency as well as any other relevant international organisations."
04 March - [Press] - KirchGroup is looking for a new investor to take over Premiere World, German press reports.
04 March - [Press] - Only 11,000 digital viewers watch the launch of BBC4 - he new culture and art channel last weekend.
04 March - [Press] - ESPN Classic starts regular broadcasts as a part of French Canal Plus lineup.
04 March - [Press] - BSkyB extends neccessary contracts to broadcast 13 UKTV channels (UK Gold, UK Drama, UK Horizons and the lot) for the next five years.
05 March - [Press] - Vivendi Universal reports 13.6 billion Euro loss for financial year 2001.
05 March - [Press] - British Telecom is awarded license to broadcast TV programs in UK. Telco's spokesmen say BT does not have any plans to open any channels at the moment.
05 March - [Press] - Chairman of the French media group TF1 Patrick Le Lay stress on meeting with analysts that TF1 does not currently plan to buy the 25% stake in TPS from Suez.
06 March - [Press] - Chairman of RTL Group, Didier Bellens, state in a newspaper interview that French TV channel M6 would not purchase the 25% TPS stake from Suez either.
07 March - [Web] - Kirch's Premiere struggling to rise their profits is planning to supply pay per view films via the internet with help from telecoms provider Arcor. More details can be found on Arcor's website.
08 March - [Press] - Financial media report AOL Time Warner, Walt Disney and Viacom interested in buying 52.5% stake in ProSiebenSat1 Media off Kirch for 1.6 billion Euro. AOL main man Steve Case said the rumours are untrue.
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10 March - [Press] - Recently ejected from Cyfra+ package Polish music station Viva Polska refuse to step down from orbit and strikes back as 24/7 FTA channel from HotBird.
Author:WebSnatcher [Source: ]
Posted on Uh, aren't we late - Monday 11 March 2002
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