Viasat Broadcasting has secured exclusive live broadcasting pay-TV rights to the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
More sport for UPC Slovakia
10.35 Europe/London, March 30, 2009 By
UPC is to start offering Sport2 in Slovakia on April 1, bringing the total number of sports channels in its digital cable offer to 10.
Hungarian media law edges closer
10.21 Europe/London, March 30, 2009 By
Minor amendments have been made to the draft version of Hungary’s new media law.
History chooses new director
08.27 Europe/London, March 30, 2009 By
Christina Foley is to be the new commercial director of The History Channel UK, a joint venture between A&E Television Networks (AETN) and British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB).
Creative Commons: is it the answer?
08.22 Europe/London, March 30, 2009 By
MIPTV 2009 – CANNES. Is Creative Commons the answer in a changing world of digital distribution?
Dolce rollercoaster ride continues
08.14 Europe/London, March 30, 2009 By
Romtelecom more than doubled its pay-TV subscriber total in 2008, its DTH service Dolce ending the year with 643,000 subscribers, or 390,000 more than 12 months earlier.
Astra gains Croatian client
08.00 Europe/London, March 30, 2009 By
SES Astra has signed a long-term agreement with CME paving the way for the launch of the first Croatian channel on its satellite network.
Telekom Slovenije IPTV lead continues
07.39 Europe/London, March 30, 2009 By
Telekom Slovenije ended 2008 with a 52.7% share of Slovenia’s IPTV market.
FastTV sells Danish business
15.37 Europe/London, March 29, 2009 By
FastTV has announced it has sold the remaining 51% of its Danish operations to local partner A + Holding.
History joins Benelux DTH platforms
08.08 Europe/London, March 29, 2009 By
Both Belgian TV Vlaanderen and Dutch Canal Digitaal Satelliet will add History to their line-up of thematic channels from April 1.
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