The Czech national commercial station TV Nova has announced that it will extend the coverage of its DTT signals beyond Prague, Brno, Ostrava and Domazlice on July 1. As a result, they will be able to reach almost half (48%) of the population. TV Nova is carried on a multiplex operated by the national transmission [...]
MGM and Tele Munchen ink deal
June 28, 2007 15.20 Europe/London By
MGM has signed a long-term TV licensing deal with Germany’s Tele München. Under it, the Munich-based company will have free TV rights for a number of MGM and UA theatrical titles, as well as MGM Telefilms and consumer direct movies. Tele München is a shareholder in the FTA stations Tele5 and RTL ll in Germany, [...]
Satellite holds onto higher HD bandwidth
June 28, 2007 15.02 Europe/London By
C-COR GLOBAL IP SUMMIT – CANNES. SES-Astra VP, Product Management, Thomas Wrede is standing by the satellite operator’s strategy of using around 14 Mbps for the transmission of HD channels. “We don’t believe we can deliver good quality below 10 Mbps…but the broadcasters need to give the best quality,” Wrede told the C-COR IP Summit. [...]
Discovery expands online-VOD to Germany
June 28, 2007 13.16 Europe/London By
Discovery Channel has expanded its online VOD service to people in German speaking territories. For a monthly fee of €5 (or an annual subscription of €55) viewers can watch a choice of programming from the channel’s archives. At the moment about 60 programmes are available including ‘Mythbusters’, ‘American Chopper’ and others. The service is already [...]
Boxer appoints new CEO
June 28, 2007 11.18 Europe/London By
Per Norman has been appointed the CEO of the Swedish pay-TV operator Boxer. He was formerly the CEO of the satellite operator SES Sirius, prior to which he held several positions at Modern Times Group (MTG). Norman will take up his new post in September.
Manfred Aronsson steps down at C More and Kanal 5
June 28, 2007 10.23 Europe/London By
C More Entertainment AB announced today that Manfred Aronsson has resigned as chairman of the board of C More Entertainment AB, the operator of premium Pay TV services under the Canal+ brand in the Nordic region, and Kanal 5 AB. Both operations are owned by the SBS Broadcasting Group. Patrick Tillieux, acting Chief Executive Officer [...]
Research says ‘mobile TV is like sushi’
June 28, 2007 08.51 Europe/London By
An international study about mobile TV from the ‘Institut der WU’ in Vienna, commissioned by 3, claims that consumers will not be able to resist mobile TV. “Mobile TV is like sushi”, the study claims, after talking to 52 experts and 232 consumers in Austria, Germany and Italy. According to the study, mobile TV is [...]
JumpTV to stream FIFA football to Canada
June 28, 2007 07.22 Europe/London By
Internet streaming TV Provider JumpTV and Telelatino, Canada’s Latino Superstation, have partnered to bring live all of the FIFA championship tournaments through 2014 on the Internet. The games will be available free-to-view and will be funded by advertising. FIFA has generally included its internet broadcasting rights in the broadcasting arrangements it has made worldwide on [...]
Spanish giants join forces
June 28, 2007 07.10 Europe/London By
Spain’s Telefónica and Sogecable have signed a four-year agreement that will see them offer a new triple play service named Trio + from this November. It will consist of Telefónica’s Duo service (ADSL and voice) and the DTH service offered by Sogecable. The two parties have also agreed to join forces to buy pay-TV content [...]
Premiere thematic bouquet takes shape
June 28, 2007 07.05 Europe/London By
The new thematic bouquet from German pay TV operator Premiere is taking shape. The platform, which will use the entavio encryption facilities of SES-Astra, is close to signing deals with both the RTL Group and ProSiebenSat1 to carry their new thematic channels. The two contracts would bring RTL Living, RTL Crime, Passion, SAT1 Comedy and [...]
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