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Star channels launch on Clix
Hindi general entertainment channel Star Plus and Bollywood movie channel Star Gold have launched on…
French regulators move to open up pay-TV market
French authorities have moved to ensure that Canal Plus and Orange do not establish a…
Ziggo ups broadband speeds
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has begun upgrading the speed of its internet packages. Subscribers to…
Numericable adds Eurosport HD to line-up
French cable operator Numericable has begun broadcasting Eurosport HD as part of its premium bouquet….
Viasat adds TV4 and SVT Play on-demand
Modern Times Group-owned pay-TV operator Viasat Broadcasting has added TV4 and SVT Play to its…
Carphone Warehouse completes Tiscali takeover
Mobile phone retailer and ISP Carphone Warehouse has completed the £236m (274m) takeover of Tiscali…
BBC interactive Wimbledon coverage breaks records
The BBCs red-button interactive TV service attracted 7.5 million users during the Wimbledon tennis championships….
Mediaset takes ad revenue hit
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset saw advertising revenues fall by 13% in the first half of…
Cool wants to get Hot
Investment group Cool Holding has made an offer to buy an additional 5% stake in…
UPC Poland offers Kino Polska to analogue subs
UPC Poland is making the Kino Polska movie channel available free of charge to analogue…
BT commences FTTC trial
UK telco BT has started fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) trials in the north London suburb of Muswell…
Cameron aims to remove Ofcom policy role
UK Conservative party leader David Cameron has said he will strip media and communications regulator…
Abu Dhabi TV secures MENA rights to Premier League
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC), owner of Abu Dhabi TV, has secured the exclusive rights…
Al Jazeera launches live streaming on iPhone
News channel Al Jazeera English has launched AJE Live, a new software application that gives…
Full global TV ad recovery forecast for 2011
Global advertising revenues will be lower than expected this year, but a mild recovery…
Netgem adds Deezer to Vidéo Futur service
French consumer electronics and service provider Netgem has added the Webradio and Smartradio services from…
Sirius broadcasts Ukrainian football channel
Satellite operator SES Sirius has announced that Football TV-Channel has started transmitting from Sirius 4…
Telekom Austria plans Â1bn fixed-line upgrade
Telekom Austria has said it will invest Â1bn in modernising its fixed-line infrastructure over the…
MTV International unveils new look and feel
MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has begun rolling out a new unified look and feel across…
Sky Deutschland launches with premium offers
The German pay-TV operator formerly known as Premieres newly-branded service Sky Deutschland launched on Saturday,…
KDG eyes Orion acquisition
Germany’s leading cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is considering acquiring local rival Orion as well…
Volia hits out against regulator bias
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has sharply criticised a decision by the countrys antitrust regulator, the…
EC greenlights state aid for pubcasters’ online activities
The European Commission has updated its rules for state funding of public broadcasters to accommodate…
AETN renames UK operation
â¨Channel operator AETN has renamed its UK operation from The History Channel to AETN…
MediasetÂs pay-TV service to lift ad downturn gloom
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is set to announce that revenues from its pay-DTT service Mediaset Premium…
ITV considers charging for online catch up service
British commercial broadcaster ITV is considering charging consumers to catch up with shows on its…
Summer of offers for O2 TV
Telefónica-owned Czech IPTV service O2 TV is promoting a range of offers for new and…
MTG refinances SEK3bn loan facility
Nordic free and pay-TV provider Modern Times Group (MTG) has successfully refinanced its SEK3bn (275m)…
Prisa unwilling to sell majority stake in Media Capital
Spanish media company Prisa is only willing to sell a minority stake in Portuguese media…
Hulu set for September UK launch, content deals imminent
Hulu, the online on-demand service from US broadcasters NBC Universal, Fox and Disney ABC is…