Polsat did not get a licence on Playboy TV

2002-02-14: Polsat did not get a licence for broadcasting Playboy TV channel in the Polsat 2 Cyfrowy package from Hot Bird - 13E. Polish KRRiT has refused such licence for Polsat.

BBC Channels for childrens

2002-02-12: The BBC's two new children's channels, CBBC and CBeebies, launched on Astra 2-28,2E. The channels take over the daytime slots used by BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge.

Another season of Friends

2002-02-12: Friends will return for one last season. Warner Bros and american network NBC agreed to pay top stars of the popular sitcom $1 million each per half-hour episode - Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Satmex 6 in 2003 by Arianespace

2002-02-10: Arianespace announced that it had been chosen to launch the Mexican Satmex 6 satellite in early 2003. It is to be launched from the European Space Agency's facility in Kourou, French Guiana, during the first quarter of 2003.

Next 5 satellites for Iridium

2002-02-10: Iridium, a provider of satellite-phone service and high-speed data delivery, is planning to add five in-orbit satellites to its current constellation of 66 satellites.

Dual sat signal meter SF-1000

2002-02-10: This signal level meter is used for satellite dish antenna alignment. The level meter includes satellite IF (950-2150MHz) amplification broadband detector drives a meter and variable frequency audio tone.

BSkyB profits up

2002-02-10: BSkyB announced higher operating profits and an increase in subscriber numbers. BSkyB said operating profits before one-off costs in the six months to December rose from 50 million GBP to 70 million GBP. Subscriber numbers rose by 218,000 during the final three months of 2001 to 5.7 million.

Nagra on FreeCAM Irdeto

2002-02-07: Irdeto CI CIMs, also known throughout the industry as " FREECAM" or "AllCAM" will in the near future become more and more expensive! The reason for the expected increase in price is due to the latest breakthrough by "hackers" who have now been able to open the codes of the "Nagravision" coding system and programme the software onto this Irdeto 4.7 module, quite amazeing!

Alpha & Polis TV as FTA

2002-02-05: Two channels from Greek Alpha Digital Synthesis digital package, broadcasted on Hot Bird satellite, are usually coded in Viaccess. But now there are available to watch because there are broadcasted as FTA channels. The channels which have been uncoded are Alpha TV and Polis TV.

TV Puls in Polsat package

2002-02-05: TV Puls unexpectedly appeared on Polsat 2 Cyfrowy - Polish digital package as a Test_2 channel. TV Pulse is coded in Nagravision system and broacasted from 81 transponder on Hot Bird-13E satellite.