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Sky adds Bollywood channel UMP

Indian movie channel UMP Movies has launched on Sky in the UK. The Hindi language…

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RTL announces board reshuffle



Pan regional broadcast group RTL Group has reorganised its board of directors following the resignation…

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BBC content tops iTunes in 2011

Content from BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, made up half of the…

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MCE TV expected to apply for DTT frequency

French student-oriented channel Ma Chaine Étudiante TV (MCE TV) is expected with the next few…

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Jewish News 1 launches on the web

Jewish News 1, the 24-hour international news channel launched in September, is now available on…

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SuperSport launches football channel

African sports broadcaster SuperSport is launching a pan regional 24 hours football channel after winning…

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Hamish Mykura joins Nat Geo as restructuring continues

Hamish Mykura has joined National Geographic Channels as executive vice-president and head of international content….

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CSA rejects Paris Première and LCI requests to go FTA

French media regulator the CSA has rejected requests by M6-owned digital channel Paris Première and…

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Trace Africa gets carriage with SFR

Trace Africa, the music channel dedicated to African music, has launched in France on SFR’s…

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UPC Poland offers 3D porn

UPC Poland has begun offering 3D adult video clips via its on-demand portal. The eight…

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Playboy set for South African launch

South African pay TV operator On Digital Media (ODM) has struck a deal with adult…

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Paramount’s Hedges steps down

Paramount Pictures International’s vice-president and managing director Chris Hedges is leaving the company and will…

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Freesat gets five from Channel 5

Freesat, the UK’s free-to-air DTH platform, has added five channels from Richard Desmond’s Five to…

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Al Jazeera takes French Champions League rights

Al Jazeera has been awarded the French broadcasting rights for the majority of Champions League…

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UKTV appoints marketing boss



UKTV has hired Simon Michaelides as its head of marketing. The UK digital TV channels…

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Mezzo Live HD launches in Israel

Jazz and classical music channel Mezzo Live HD has launched in Israel. The Lagardère-owned channel…

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MTG gets new ice hockey deal 


Modern Times Group has extended a deal for free and pay TV rights to the…

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TF1 re-enters pay TV world with Lib’Télé

French broadcaster TF1 is set to re-enter the pay TV world five years after the…

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Orange to expand 3D offering

French pay TV operator Orange is expanding its 3D content after striking a deal with…

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MBC Group delivers HD bouquet to YahLive

United Arab Emirates-based YahLive, a joint venture between YahSat and SES, has signed a deal…

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Eurosport and ESPN pick up Club World Cup rights

Eurosport and ESPN have jointly been awarded the rights to the FIFA Club World Cup…

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Sport1 acquires Spanish football rights

Dutch sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired the rights to show the Spanish Primera División soccer…

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OTE adds BBC World News

Greek pay TV operator OTE has added the BBC World News channel to its line-up….

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CSA warns channels on subtitling

French media regulator the CSA has put five channels on notice about their failure to…

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Turner to boost local production in Germany

Following the announcement in September of its planned launch of a female-focused channel, Glitz, next…

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Imagenio channels launch on Xbox


Users of the Xbox 360 console in Spain can now access twelve channels from the…

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Al Jazeera launches live news apps

News channel operator Al Jazeera has launched new applications for Android and Blackberry mobile devices…

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Canal Plus and Bolloré finalise channels deal

French pay TV group Canal+ has finalised a deal to acquire the digital terrestrial channels…

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Comedy Central rolls out in Sub-Saharan Africa



MTV is launching its Comedy Central channel in sub-Saharan Africa next week on DStv. It…

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INEA adds Disney Junior

Polish cable operator INEA has added Disney Junior to its programming line-up. The channel will…