Classical music and jazz channel Mezzo closed 2006 with more than 1.3 million subscribers. The channel, represented internationally by Lagardère Networks International, says that it is seeing major growth. As of December 31, 2006 the channel was available in more than 11 million homes outside of France, an increase of 268,000 international subscribers since the [...]

The governments of Spain, Italy and France have asked the European Commission to launch an Arabic version of the European television channel EuroNews so that Muslim countries can learn more about life and politics in the European Union. The three countries formulated the request in a letter to EU’s executive body that was delivered by [...]

A deal to bring John de Mol’s channel Tien into the fold of RTL Nederland is imminent, according to Dutch newspaper reports. RTL CEO Fons van Westerloo said he expects to make an announcement “one of these days.” John de Mol confirmed talks are ongoing with various parties, but said a possible deal with RTL [...]

The Middle East is one of the world’s most dynamic markets for broadcasting technology and content providers, delegates at last week’s Cabsat 2007 regional trade show in Dubai heard, reports Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring. Over 200 Arabic-language satellite TV channels were on the air globally, second only to the number of international satellite channels [...]

Turner Broadcasting System’s Boomerang, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), channels will be distributed to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg through Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk platform. Signals are taken from the TBS playout centre in London and delivered by fibre to Eutelsat’s Rambouillet teleport via a PoP in Telehouse N, London. At Rambouillet, [...]