U.S. nets eye DTH options to News Corp., Canal Plus. (direct-to-home European cable television service)
Multichannel News, October, 1993 by Mahoney, William
CANNES, France -- Representatives of several key U.S. programming companies met privately here last week to consider developing a viable option to having to align themselves with Rupert Murdoch and Canal Plus, Europe's two dominant pay-TV providers.
At an Oct. 13 meeting at the MIPCOM international programming market here, representatives from companies ranging from Viacom Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. to Landmark Communications and Hughes Communications Inc. met with officials from France Telecom and Eutelsat.
France Telecom is trying to expand the use of its Eurocrypt conditional access system and would like to provide U.S. programmers with subscriber management services (SMS) for direct-to-home coverage in Europe. Its pitch dovetails with...
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