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BSkyB weathering tough conditions
BSkyB ended September with 10.4 million customers after connecting 77,000 new homes during the quarter….
Orange launches 3D magazine show
Orange and Troisième Œil Productions are joining forces to produce Mag3D, a regular magazine show…
CSA begins HD DTT auction
French communications regulator CSA has announced an auction for six new HD channels on the…
SES appoints marketing VP
Satellite operator SES has appointed Niclas Friese-Greene as senior vice-president marketing and corporate communications. In…
Nat Geo launches Farsi language channel
National Geographic Channel has launched a Farsi-language channel across the Middle East. The factual channel…
Dogan sells Star TV channel
Turkish media group Dogan Yayin Holdings has sold one of its three television channels –…
Kabel BW HD line-up reaches 40
Kabel BW is claiming to offer more HD channels than any other German TV operator…
UEFA announces Greek and Portuguese deals
UEFA has struck a raft of soccer rights deals in Europe. Greek free-to-air broadcaster ERT…
Teo’s TV numbers on the rise
Lithuanian telco and pay TV operator Teo ended September with a total of 147,104 IPTV…
Over 42 million homes using connected TV services
Over 42 million US and European homes are watching connected TV services, according to research…
SFR brings YouTube to the TV
Subscribers to French telco SFR’s Neufbox TV service can now access YouTube on the TV….
Dutch digital TV penetration passes 70%
By the end of June, 72% of Dutch TV subscribers took a digital subscription, with…
ESPN Goals app reaches one million downloads
Sports broadcaster ESPN’s Goals App has been downloaded one million times in the UK. The…
ER-Telecom doubles digital channels
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has doubled the number of digital channels it offers to TV…
PBS chooses Channel 4 for UK ad sales
US public service broadcaster PBS has selected Channel 4 to manage ad sales for its…
ITV wins Europa League from Channel 5
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has secured rights to Uefa Europa League soccer games, wresting the…
A+E promotes sales execs
Channel operator and programme seller A+E Networks has upped two sales executives. Jonathan South has…
Mattel closes in on £500 million Hit deal
Mattel is reportedly close to sealing a £500 million (€364 million) deal for kids TV…
Net Insight selected by Telecom Italia Media Broadcasting
Video transport technology specialist Net Insight has been chosen by Telecom Italia Media Broadcasting (TIMB)…
Analysts expect slowdown in Sky subscriber growth
Ahead of its quarterly results announcement on Wednesday, analysts are forecasting a sharp slowdown in…
Sky Deutschland takes Sky Go to Xbox 360
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has signed a deal with Microsoft to bring its…
iPlayer usage continues to grow
iPlayer, the BBC’s online TV platform, received 113 million video requests in September. That figure…
OTE launches new low-cost satellite offering
Greek telco OTE has launched the new satellite version of its Conn-x TV offering with…
Court calls on ARD and newspaper publishers to enter talks
A German court has rejected an initial appeal by newspaper publishers to stop public broadcaster…
Focus Sat adds HD and premium movie package
Romanian DTH operator Focus Sat has added three HD channels and a new movie package…
Fashion One expands European coverage
Fashion and entertainment channel Fashion One TV has inked a satellite deal that will see…
HBO Central Europe hires Antony Root as production boss
HBO Central Europe has appointed Antony Root executive vice-president, original programming and production and he…
ActiveVideo wins more damages in Verizon case
Interactive TV technology company ActiveVideo has won additional damages in a patent infringement case against…
Eutelsat appoints French MOD man as international affairs director
Eutelsat has appointed Jean-François Bureau as director of institutional and international affairs. He joins the…
Beltelcom’s Zala TV passes 400,000 subs
Beltelecom’s Zala TV service has passed the 400,000 subscriber mark, according to the Belarusian telco….