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BBC Worldwide names CEMA chief
BBC Worldwide has named Grant Welland as executive vice-president for central and eastern Europe, the…
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BBC kids boss takes new role
Joe Godwin, the boss of the BBC’s kids services, is leaving his role to run…
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Setanta Sports expands into the Baltics
Setanta Sports has launched its Setanta Sport Eurasia channel in Estonia on STV, with plans…
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Disney extends Bob Iger’s deal until 2018
Disney CEO Bob Iger has signed a new deal, which will keep him at the…
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A&E set for Spain and Portugal launch
A+E Networks’ general entertainment channel A&E will continue its international rollout next week with the…
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CSA censures Canal+ for breaking ad rules
French media regulator the CSA has issued a warning to Canal+ for exceeding the amount…
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nc+ names channel brand manager
Polish pay TV platform nc+ has named Paweł Kobryński as the brand manager for its…
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1+1 International extends Polish reach with Orange
Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1’s international channel 1+1 International is now available on Orange Poland’s platform. The…
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Da Vinci Learning extends reach in Hungary
Educational channel Da Vinci Learning has struck a deal with Hungarian transmission services provider Da…
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Murdoch exiting Shine after merger
Liz Murdoch with leave Shine Group, which she founded in 2001, when the production group…
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TV4’s Beck-Friis named as Bonnier’s digital chief
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster’s TV4 Group’s vice-president, Cecilia Beck-Friis, has been given an…
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Northern Ireland’s first local TV station goes live
Northern Ireland’s first local TV channel, Belfast-based NvTv, went on air for the first time…
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Baltcom adds Setanta Sports
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has added the Setanta Sports channel to its programming line-up. The…
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YFE’s RiC on Vodafone in Germany
Your Family Entertainment-owned kids channel RiC is now available on the Vodafone mobile platform in…
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Russian media law amendments pass second and third reading
Proposed amendments to Russian media law, which would block foreign investors owning more than 20%…
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Eurosport takes rights to MotoGP in Netherlands and Belgium
Eurosport has bought the exclusive TV and digital rights for MotoGP in the Netherlands as…
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SVT adds two channels to HD DTT offering
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has signed a six-year deal with transmission services provider Teracom to…
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AMC Networks secures Formula 1 rights in Czech Republic, Slovakia
AMC Networks International Central Europe has struck a three-year deal to broadcast all Formula 1…
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Baltcom adds comedy channel
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has added Russian-language comedy channel Comedy TV to its programming line-up…
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Al Arabiya News launches BlackBerry app
Al Arabiya News, the English language platform of the Al Arabiya News Channel, has launched an…
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Discovery winds down 3net, rebrands The Hub
The Hub will be rebranded as Discovery Family Channel, with Tom Cosgrove taking over as…
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CTC evaluating Russian media law threat
CTC Media and its part stakeholder Modern Times Group have each said they are evaluating…
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Chairman of Spain’s RTVE steps down
RTVE chairman Leopoldo Gonzalez-Echenique has resigned. José Manuel Penalosa, a board member at RTVE, will…
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Viacom hires former Turner exec
Viacom International Media Networks has recruited Alan Musa as vice president and commercial director of…
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BSkyB secures American football
BSkyB’s Sky Sports has secured rights to American football association the NFL’s Monday Night Football…
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Trace extends Trace Sport Stars deal with MultiChoice
Europe-based channel group Trace said it will “significantly increase” the reach of Trace Sport Stars…
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Sky Deutschland signs film deal with Tele München
Sky Deutschland has secures exclusive rights to films from Tele München Gruppe as part of…
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New sports service for Latvia
A new sports channel, Best4Sport.TV, has launched in Latvia and has secured carriage on Lattelecom’s…
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Two new channels for UPC Poland
Liberty Global-owned Polish cable operator UPC Poland has added two new channels to its programming…
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Racing UK launches new international multiscreen service
Horseracing broadcaster Racing UK has re-launched an enhanced international service, giving viewers outside the UK…