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Turkey
TRT chooses SES for Africa
Turkish public broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) has chosen satellite operator SES to…
Sundance makes Turkey debut, expands in Poland
Sundance Channel is expanding its European distribution after parent company AMC/Sundance Channel Global signed a…
D-Smart’s pay TV base up 50%
Turkish DTH platform D-Smart ended September with 815,000 pay TV subscribers, up 49% year-on-year. The…
Discovery launching five channels on Turkish IPTV
Discovery is launching five of its channels on Turkish IPTV service Tivibu. The IPTV service…
D-Smart to launch OTT service with KIT digital
Turkish pay TV operator D-Smart is to launch a multiscreen OTT service targeting users in…
English Club TV Channel signs Turkish distributor
English Club TV Channel (ECTV) has appointed Ureteam Medya Hizmetleri as its distributor in Turkey….
Turner closes TNT in Turkey
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) has closed its general entertainment channel TNT in Turkey. The broadcaster…
Turkish international channel takes capacity on Astra
Turkish public broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) has signed a multi-year contract with…
History HD heads to Turkey
A+E Networks has launched History HD in Turkey on Digiturk’s pay TV platform. The localised…
New European 3D launch for Discovery
Discovery has inked its second major 3D programming deal in Europe, our sister publication TBI…
AirTies names hardware engineering chief
Turkey-based set-top vendor AirTies has named Nadeem Ullah as director of hardware engineering. Ullah, who…
AirTies restructures sales team
Set-top vendor AirTies has promoted Karl Tempest-Mitchell to executive vice-president sales and marketing, and appointed…
Turksat deploys Conax Contego for cable
Turksat has chosen Conax to deploy its Contego content security technology for the development of…
Viacom airs six-year deal for six channels in Turkey
MTV will relaunch on the Digiturk pay TV service in Turkey in a six-year carriage…
Digiturk launches international OTT service
Turkish pay TV provider Digiturk is making its DigiturkWebTV service available internationally via over-the-top TV…
Saran Media turns to SterGen for 3D conversion
Turkish rights distributor Saran Media has signed an agreement to use a 3D conversion platform…
Beesmart teams up with Vestel
Slovenia-based middleware provider Beesmart has teamed up with Turkey-based device manufacturer Vestel to take the…
Trace strikes deal for Turkish sports channel
France-based niche content provider Trace has signed a deal with Turkish sports production company Enda…
Disney Channel going free-to-air in Turkey
Disney Channel is launching on Free Sat in Turkey, taking the kids and family offering…
Dogan sells Star TV channel
Turkish media group Dogan Yayin Holdings has sold one of its three television channels –…
TTNet places AirTies order for set-tops and modems
Set-top vendor AirTies, has received an order for 20,000 Air 7120 boxes and 13,000 WAV-275…
SES adds Turkish channels to 31.5° East
Satellite operator SES has signed a capacity agreement with Turkish media company Istanbul FM TV….
Digiturk to deliver VOD services with Motive technology
Turkish pay TV operator Digiturk is using hybrid technology provider Motive’s Television Anytime on-demand TV…
Miramax to launch Facebook streaming service
US studio Miramax is to launch a movie streaming service via Facebook in the US,…
Kurdish Roj TV on trial in Denmark
A court case began in Copenhagen yesterday to determine whether Kurdish channel Roj TV, which…
Farncombe designs UI for Digiturk’s new hybrid service
European TV services consultancy Farncombe Consulting has announced that its design division WeAreAka has developed…