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Avanti Screenmedia runs TV-networks for commercial
customers like pubs or super markets. It offers broadband Internet
access via satellite.
In 2005 the British telecommunications
and media regulator Ofcom
granted Avanti two authorisations to operate radio spectrum and
orbital resources at the geostationary orbital position at 33.5° W.
<ref>http://www.avanti-screenmedia.com/index_pr_28.htm Avanti
Press Release regarding Ofcom Award</ref> Avanti is planning
to launch the HYLAS
satellite to this orbital position in
2008<ref>http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/content.aspx?nid=5920 BNSC
case study on Avanti and the HYLAS satellite</ref>.
Avanti
is based in London is has a staff of about 100 people (2006) and a
turnover of around 20 MEUR (2005).