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France 24 comes to DTT in Estonia
France 24 has signed a distribution deal with Estonian broadcast services provider Levira, making the…
Sharjah Media Corporation chooses Pebble Beach
UAE-based Sharjah Media Corporation has chosen Pebble Beach Systems to provide playout and disaster recovery…
Vevo launches ‘MTV-like’ linear music channel
Music video website Vevo has launched a 24-hour linear music TV channel in the US…
Eurocinema signs Miramax VoD deal
North American on-demand TV channel Eurocinema has signed a multi-year VOD deal with film studio…
SABC in crisis as leadership team quits
South Africa’s national broadcaster SABC has been plunged into crisis following the resignation of its…
Ridley Scott making 12 projects for Machinima
Ridley Scott is making 12 short films with online video site Machinima. The projects will…
News brief: Viacom raising US$500 million
Viacom is raising US$500 million (€385 million) via a new bond offering. The US-listed media…
Czech publisher buys Metropol TV
Czech publisher Mlada Fronta has moved into the broadcasting space by acquiring regional Czech television…
Lagardère Active sees boost from cost-cutting and TV channel profitability
Lagardère Active, the media arm of the French conglomerate, saw an improvement in its like-for-like…
E! Entertainment HD to launch on Sky Deutschland
Sky Deutschland is to add the E! Entertainment HD channel to its programming line-up at…
Ziggo launches ‘cloud-based’ cable TV
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has launched what it describes as the world’s first interactive cloud-based…
BBC Trust to review kids services
The BBC Trust, the UK public broadcaster’s governing body, has announced a review of its…
ARCEP could force Canal Plus to reveal exclusivity prices
French competition regulator ARCEP could force Canal Plus to make details of the prices it…
Universal HD launches on Cyfrowy Polsat
Universal Networks International has debuted Universal Channel HD in Poland on pay TV platform Cyfrowy…
Lattelecom launches Sony Turbo
Latvian telco Lattelecom has launched the male-skewing Sony Turbo network on its pay TV platform,…
AXN Spin launches in Romania
Romtelecom has added Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) channel AXN Spin to its programming line-up. …
The Style Network preps date with Virgin Media
Fashion and entertainment channel The Style Network has secured carriage on Virgin Media in the…
Eurosport secures four more years of Giro d’Italia
Sports channel Eurosport has secured a four-year extension of its rights to the Giro d’Italia…
Swisscom expands catch-up availability and channel range
Swisscom has expanded the availability of its catch-up TV service Replay to basic TV customers…
Polsat launches co-branded Viasat channels
Cyfrowy Polsat has launched three Viasat channels under a joint Polsat-Viasat banner as part of…
Telekom Slovenia adds raft of new channels including BBC Knowledge
Telekom Slovenia is adding a large number of channels to its SiOL TV programming line-up…
Canal Plus Spain adds TVI International
Canal Plus Spain has added Portuguese channel TVI International to its line-up. The channel offers…
A+E ups Dirk Hoogstra
A+E Networks has promoted Dirk Hoogstra to executive VP, development and programming, for its History…
The Euro50 Q&A: Laurent-Eric Le Lay, chairman and CEO, Eurosport Group
Eurosport has increased both its audience, across all platforms, and its revenues despite tough competition…
Digital drives ProSiebenSat.1 to record earnings
German’s ProSiebenSat.1 Group reported record results last year thanks to digital gains and a strong…
CEE and MEA viewers turn to multiscreen, linear viewing remains strong
Interest in multiscreen viewing is increasing across the emerging markets of central and eastern Europe,…
BBC hires C4 COO Anne Bulford
The BBC has appointed Channel 4’s chief operating officer Anne Bulford as its MD of…
BT buys ESPN’s UK and Irish channels
BT Group has agreed to buy ESPN’s UK and Ireland channels business, in a move…
BBC Knowledge block to air on Retequattro
Mediaset-owned Italian free-to-air channel Retequattro is to air a one-hour block of programming from the…
RTL sees massive growth for online and on-demand
Pan-European broadcast group RTL has said that its European online and on-demand platforms collectively were…