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Tele Atlas has announced that Google, a top web property in all major global markets, has signed a long term license agreement with the company that gives Google access to Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content in more than 200 ... [full story]

 Express AM 33, 96.5°E 'GTRK Perm' and 'Radio Rossii Perm' have started on 3838R (C-band beam), BISS, SR 3230, FEC 3/4. (Steve, 17:42 CET) 'GTRK Kurgan' and 'Radio Rossii' have started on 3843R (C-band beam), BISS, SR 3220, FEC ... [full story]

Comcast, America's biggest cable operator, has announced plans for a "Peer to Peer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities". The company said it would lead an industry effort to put together a code on how peer to peer applications should ... [full story]

 Intelsat 10, 68.5°E 'Supreme Master TV' has left 12682H, now available on 12562H. (KingOfSat, 21:36 CET) '3ABN International', 'God TV Africa', 'Noor TV (UK)' and 'The Word Network' have left 12562H. (KingOfSat, 21:23 CET) 'ACBN International', 'BEN', 'My Channel ... [full story]

Endeavour astronauts inspected the space shuttle's heat shield Wednesday, while NASA puzzled over a mysterious piece of debris that may have struck the shuttle's nose just after launch. Officials at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas refused to speculate ... [full story]

International Launch Services (ILS) have announced a contract with S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the MENA region. The companies made the announcement during the Satellite 2008 industry conference ... [full story]

Rex FeaturesOfcom's plans to get HDTV on Freeview - and industry criticism of them - has divided opinion on the Digital Spy forums. The regulator is proposing to squeeze four HD services, earmarked as BBC HD, ITV HD, Channel ... [full story]

One week ago, the Messenger spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975. Messenger's Wide Angle Camera (WAC), part ... [full story]

 Express AM 3, 140.0°E 'STS (+7h)' and 'Radio Yunost' have started on 3874R (C-band beam), clear, SR 3200, FEC 3/4. (Sergey, 23:10 CET)Express AM 2, 80.0°E 'Telecafe (Russia)' has started on 11044H (Ku-band beam), Irdeto 2, SR 44950, ... [full story]

Over 3.5 million programmes were viewed on the BBC’s newly-upgraded iPlayer catch-up service over the Christmas period, the corporation reports, with the Doctor Who Christmas special proving the most popular programme. The iPlayer recorded some 1 million unique viewers between ... [full story]