The French international news channel France 24 has announced a series of international agreements, further strengthening its worldwide distribution.
Sky Italia reduces premium prices
10.39 Europe/London, June 28, 2010 By
Sky Italia is to reduce the price of its premium movie and sports channels to a monthly €29, removing the need for subscribers to buythrough other tiers at a cost of at least €39.
BT signs contract for Sky Sports 1 and 2
10.04 Europe/London, June 28, 2010 By
Assuming that the great British public have forgiven the Premier League stars for Sunday’s premature exit from the World Cup, they will at least be able to watch them via Sky Sports on BT Vision from the start of next season.
Multimedia continues share buyback
10.01 Europe/London, June 28, 2010 By
The Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has announced the continuation of a share buyback that it launched on June 4.
History widens Bulgarian reach
09.40 Europe/London, June 28, 2010 By
AETN UK’s History has launched on the Bulgarian DTH platform Bulsatcom less than a week after making its debut on the rival service Total TV, formerly known as ITV Partner.
Hulu may add paywall to its service
08.20 Europe/London, June 28, 2010 By
Hulu, the online video portal jointly owned by News Corp, NBC-Universal and Disney, is contemplating introducing a paywall for some its content, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
KPN Interactieve TV adds RTL Gemist
07.34 Europe/London, June 28, 2010 By
Dutch incumbent telecoms operator KPN has added the catch-up TV service RTL Gemist to its IPTV service Interactieve TV.
Liftoff for Ariane 5 with Arabsat-5A
13.25 Europe/London, June 26, 2010 By
Arianespace’s mission with the Arabsat-5A and COMS satellites was successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport on Saturday, June 26. It was the third launch attempt following two aborted countdowns.
Trust approval for Project Canvas
10.44 Europe/London, June 25, 2010 By
Project Canvas will be forced to publish its core specifications within 20 days under conditions set by the BBC Trust. The approval for the BBC’s involvement in the broadcast-broadband project follows a year of intensive consultation and often-bitter public exchanges between the industry and six other partners – Arqiva, BT, Channel 4, Five, ITV and [...]
MTS to merge with Comstar
10.39 Europe/London, June 25, 2010 By
The boards of Russia’s MTS and Comstar have given the go ahead to the merger of the two companies. As a result, Comstar, which is already 61.97% owned by MTS (64.03% excluding treasury shares) will be subsumed into the latter and cease to exist as a separate legal entity.
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