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Ball appointment could net ITV £500m
Investment bank Citigroup has pledged to underwrite £500m (Â593m) fundraising by British commercial broadcaster ITV…
Premiere looking to triple sub base
German pay-TV operator Premiere is aiming to triple its subscriber base, according to local reports…
BSkyB and ESPN favourites to take SetantaÂs EPL packages
UK pay-TV operator BSkyB and Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN are favourites to secure the two…
TechniSat launches Freesat STB
CPE vendor TechniSat has a launched an advanced HD set-top box for Freesat, the UKs…
Jazztel board authorises capital increase
The board of Spanish triple-play provider Jazztel has authorised a share rights issue of 82m….
Orange plans online TV site
Orange is reportedly planning to launch a new online video-on-demand site where it will make…
WISI acquires A2B Electronics
German cable technology specialist WISI has acquired Swedish headend specialist A2B Electronics. A2B is strong…
Teracom chooses Net Insight for media network
Swedish transmission services provider Teracom has chosen Net Insights Nimbra platform for the expansion of…
Premiere to launch Â100m Sky promotional campaign
German pay-TV operator Premiere will spend Â100m on advertising for its newly-branded Sky Deutschland service,…
UPC to offer public broadcaster HD channels
Cable operator UPC Netherlands will add public broadcast channels Nederland 1, 2 and 3…
Romania begins switchover process
Romanias government has given the Ministry of Communications permission to start the digital switchover process….
Canal Plus launching weekend-only pay TV package
French pay-TV operator Canal Plus is launching a weekend-only pay-TV service that will cost subscribers…
Canal Plus Polska acquires equestrian rights
Pay-TV provider Canal Plus Polska has acquired the rights to broadcast the FEI World Cup…
One in ten consumers download video illegally
Nearly one in ten consumers across the UK, France, Germany and the US admit to…
Canal Plus and Triax to deliver TNTSat Collectif
French pay-TV group Canal Plus has teamed up with antenna provider Triax to deliver its…
Agora tuning up Tuba
Polish media group Agora will launch a music channel in the Polish market later this…
Cablecom upgrades million households
Swiss cable operator Cablecom, owned by UPC, has upgraded one million homes on its network…
Freecaster.tv chooses Akamai
Belgium-based online video portal Freecaster.tv, which delivers live and on-demand broadcasts of extreme sports events,…
SpacecomÂs Amos-3 broadcasts Nat Geo Wild
Satellite operator Spacecom has announced that Nat Geo has launched its latest channel National Geographic…
Astrium signs Eutelsat capacity deal
Satellite manufacturer and services provider Astrium has signed a five-year deal to take 36MHz of…
Baltkom concedes defeat on DTT
Latvian cable operator Baltkom has said it will discontinue its trial transmission of digital-terrestrial TV…
Stofa adds TV 2 Sputnik to digital
Danish cable operator Stofa has added domestic channel TV 2 Sputnik to its digital package….
Multimedia Polska reduces investment but eyes acquisitions
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska is to spend PLN40m to 50m (9m to Â11m) less…
Prisa appeals against pay-DTT plans
Spanish media group Prisa is to appeal against the governments decision to allow all DTT…
Ziggo to carry Dutch public broadcasterÂs HD services
The Netherlands public broadcaster will launch HD versions of Nederland 1, 2 and 3 on…
M6 to sue Duroux
French broadcaster M6 is set to take Axel Duroux, the new general director of rival…
MAXtv adds news channel
Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom has added Croatian news channel 24sata TV to its MAXtv IPTV…
TDF names suppliers for DTT VOD delivery
French transmission services provider TDF has chosen conditional access provider Viaccess, content push technology specialist…
KT takes SES capacity for Africa and Middle East coverage
Korea Telecom (KT) has signed an agreement with satellite operator SES to take up to…
Ziggo inks SVOD deal with Sony
â¨â¨Dutch cable operator Ziggo has struck a deal with Hollywood studio Sony Pictures Television that…