Box 2000 [SEP] narrative location
Box 2000
Box 2000 was a regular community broadcasting slot provided by Scottish Television (STV) from the late 1980s until the millennium, around 1993 it was renamed, Action 2000.
The Box 2000 slots would advertise local community groups and charities within the STV broadcasting area. Typically, they lasted up to one minute and were shown within advertising breaks or during continuity announcements.
Box 2000 was regularly lampooned (in a similar manner to many other STV programmes such as "Late Call") by the BBC Scotland comedy
set up by Olivier DEMOLY for the international sales and Philippe Lucas for the French Market and the first satellite TV set-top box. Just one year later, Snecma took full control of its subsidiary SEP (Société Européenne de Propulsion), marking its full-fledged entry in the space propulsion market. SFIM Industries were acquired by Sagem in 1999 and, together with other subsidiaries, consolidated as SAGEM operating divisions in 2000.
During the period 1995-2000, the Mobile Phones business units was driven by Guy Rouanne and