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Olympic rights for France and Spain


The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded a raft of Olympic television rights across Germany…

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French regulator likely to rule on Canal Plus in September

France’s competition regulator is likely to make a decision on its procedure against pay TV…

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TV4 renews Europa League deal

Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group has extended its exclusive broadcasting rights to the UEFA Europa League…

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Tele Columbus makes changes to digital package

German cable operator Tele Columbus has added female-oriented channel Sixx HD to its basic digital…

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KDG upgrades more cities for fast internet

German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has begun offering fast internet services to households in…

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Italian Space Agency signs broadband MoU with Eutelsat

The ASI, the Italian Space Agency, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Eutelsat subsidiary…

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Google could acquire Hulu

Google is preparing to bid for US online videos service Hulu, according to various press…

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CFoot to air on Freebox service

French football league the LFP’s new football channel CFoot will join ISP Free’s TV bouquet,…

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ComHem strikes local network deal for 8,000 homes

Swedish cable operator ComHem has signed a deal that will see its services offered by…

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Anomaly delays Astra 1N launch

The launch of SES Astra’s 1N satellite has been postponed until late July following a…

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Rostelecom grows pay TV presence

Russian telco Rostelecom grew its pay TV subscriber base to 5.5 million at the end…

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KidsCo extends D-Smart carriage

Kids channel KidsCo has renewed its carriage deal with Turkey’s D-Smart. The channel, which airs…

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Sky Italia removes Mediaset Plus

News Corp backed Italian pay TV platform operator Sky Italia is embroiled in another row…

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News Corp and Moby launching two Middle East channels

News Corp and Moby plan to launch a pair of Farsi-language channels, according to local…

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Akado adds new music channel

Russian cable operator Akado has added music channel Europa Plus TV to its Mix package….

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TF1 to migrate VOD services to MyTF1 brand

French commercial broadcaster TF1 is to migrate its video-on-demand services to the MyTF1 brand and…

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KPN offers IPTV customers two set-tops as standard

Dutch telco KPN has begun offering its IPTV customers two set-top boxes as standard, allowing…

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ITV Player launches on Apple devices

ITV has launched an iOS version of its catch-up service, bringing ITV Player to iPhones,…

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Telenet to air every JPL football match on new sports channel

Belgian cable operator Telenet has announced that it will air every Juliper Pro League football…

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Teo relaunches RTR Planeta

Lithuanian telco Teo has begun carrying Russian channel RTR Planeta on its Gala and Digital…

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Kabel BW strikes HD and VOD deal with RTL

German cable operator Kabel BW has struck a deal with broadcaster RTL to carry the…

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KDG signs ProSiebenSat.1 HD and VOD deal


German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has inked a deal with local broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1…

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Belgacom launches multi-screen TV service

Belgacom has launched a new ‘TV everywhere’ service, allowing its customers to watch its pay…

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News Corp expected to move swiftly on BSkyB deal

Following culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s decision to approve the proposed takeover of pay TV operator…

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Akado adds Travel Channel and Europa Plus

Russian service provider Akado has added the Travel Channel and Europa Plus TV to its…

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Astra 1N scheduled for launch today

SES Astra’s latest satellite, 1N, is set to launch today. The satellite operator said Astra…

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Connected TVs to overtake games consoles this year

Worldwide sales of connected TVs will outstrip games consoles for the first time this year,…

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Cosmos TV Belarus adds channels, ups prices

IPTV service provider Cosmos TV Belarus has added culture and information channel Zhest to…

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Hope for Spanish ad market


The Spanish TV market is expected to rebound from September, according to Morgan Stanley, a…

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MBC launches HD with Technosat



Middle Eastern broadcasting company MBC is to launch a number of high definition channels after…