"    TV/COM International Inc. will  spin-off of the
 company's Analog Business Group to form Aegis Integration
 Inc. The spin-off allows TV/COM to focus its product
 development, manufacturing and sales of end-to-end digital
 compression systems for cable, satellite, PC and
 telecommunications customers worldwide.
"    Television Zanzibar (TVZ) plans to introduce more
 channels and increase air time for its programs. TVZ is in
 negotiations with a South African firm on establishing a
 television channel to run on a commercial basis. The channel
 would operate on 24-hour basis and would be delivered via
 satellite.
"    NEC Corporation as part of a consortium with Mitsui &
 Co. Ltd. has won a contract to provide satellite earth
 stations to Paraguay's Administracion Nacional de Telecom
 (ANTELCO). The contract is valued at US$19 million.
"    Bloomberg Television, the news and financial
 information service, has  begun broadcasts on the Astra 1A
 satellite. The television service is now available free to
 TV viewers in UK and Ireland, and can also be viewed in
 Europe. The new service will form a part of the Sky digital
 television  package which is expected to launch in the UK in
 1998.
"    Wegener  has received an order from Muzak Inc. for
 Wegener's Digital Audio Satellite receivers.  Wegener said
 that it will begin shipping this order, valued in excess of
 $1 million, at once.  The Company said that these shipments
 are expected to continue over the next 12 months.
"    TCI Music Inc. and DMX Inc. have completed their
 merger, following approval of DMX
shareholders at a special meeting.
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