AUSTRIA: TELEKABEL TO EXPAND PAY-PER-VIEW

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From the end of 2000/beginning of 2001 the Austrian Vienna-based cable TV provider Telekabel will be offering a so-called low-cost PC box for pay TV. The digital set-top box was developed by the US company UPC, which holds 95% of the stock of Telekabel and which in turn is owned almost 30% by Bill Gates. With the PC box, which is offered either for free or against a small deposit, the 406,000 households in Vienna connected to Telekabel's network can subscribe to 50-60 pay-per-view channels, which allow "near video on demand" (a number of films starting at 20-minute intervals on the various channels). The digital set-top box also makes it possible to offer web-TV, e-mail facility and a programme guide. Simultaneously with the launch of the new pay-per-view offerings, Telekabel will cut back the number of channels in its basic pay-TV package from more than 30 to 15-20.

New capacity, new plant construction, Germany, Cable Television Systems, Cable Networks, Cable television broadcasting industry, Cable television, Telekabel Wien GmbH

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AUSTRIA: TELEKABEL SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVE PREMIERE

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After negotiations of five years, Austrian Vienna-based Telekabel and the German Kirch group have reached an agreement regarding the pay-TV channel Premiere. The 340,000 Telekabel subscribers who can get the interactive system Telekino can also subscribe the analogue Premiere channel. The subscription of Telekino costs Sch 96, or Sch 298 including Premiere. The complete digital Premiere World programme of 25 channels is to be integrated into the Telekabel network by 2001.

Radio & TV Broadcasting, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Broadcasting industry, Broadcasting, Premiere Manufacturing Corp., TeleKabel

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CHINA: AUSTRIAN FELSINGER IN ASPHALT PROJECT

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The Austrian company Felsinger is involved in a joint venture in China that will supply asphalt surfaces. The Austrian company has been active on the Chinese market since 1992.

China, Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing, Liquid Asphalt & Tar Paving Materials, Asphalt, Paving materials, Felsinger

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