CEE growth lifts Eurosport up

November 13, 2008 19.45 Europe/London By
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Eurosport took its international channel into 108 million households in the third quarter, taking advantage of the growth in satellite, ADSL and DTT distribution.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Distribution, Newsline

Jetix secures multi-year UPC CEE carriage

November 13, 2008 11.29 Europe/London By

Kids channel Jetix has signed a multi-year extension to its cable carriage deal with UPC. The agreement with one of its largest distributors in the region covers Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Distribution, Finance, Newsline

New Nigerian channel goes live on Sky

November 11, 2008 12.34 Europe/London By

African broadcaster HiTV has launched on the Sky Digital platform. It is the third channel from Nigeria to go live in the UK through support from Canis Media. The company sourced an EPG slot – the Sky EPG is effectively closed to new entrants – and handled the necessary regulatory aspects.

Filed Under: Channels, Distribution, Newsline

Mediaset Premium signs with Alice Home TV

November 10, 2008 13.20 Europe/London By

The Italian broadcaster Mediaset has reached agreement with Alice Home TV to carry programming from the Premium Gallery pay-TV channels on the IPTV net.

Filed Under: Distribution, IPTV, Newsline

Discovery grows distribution revenues

November 10, 2008 10.46 Europe/London By

Discovery Channel grew international revenues by 16% to $300 million (€236 million) in the third quarter on the back of a 22% increase in distribution revenue from the EMEA region (excluding the UK) and Latin America.

Filed Under: Distribution, Finance, Newsline

BT Vision delivers BabyTV

November 6, 2008 12.05 Europe/London By

BT Vision has added a selection of programmes from BabyTV to its portfolio of on demand content.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline

Five joins Freesat

November 5, 2008 09.40 Europe/London By
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Five is to take its place on the Freesat DTH platform from November 18. It follows the expiry of its contract with BSkyB that had meant its signal was previously encrypted.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Satellite

Telefonica launches CCTV-E on Imagenio

November 2, 2008 14.51 Europe/London By
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The Spanish incumbent telco Telefonica has launched the Chinese, Spanish language international channel CCTV-E on its Imagenio IPTV platform. The launch ceremony was held last Friday at the headquarters of Telefonica in Madrid.

Filed Under: Distribution, IPTV, Newsline, Tech

CNN to launch on Freeview

October 28, 2008 17.58 Europe/London By
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CNN International is to launch on the Freeview DTT platform, taking a primetime block being vacated by Nuts TV. CNN is anticipating a January launch and will benefit from an additional ten million homes, effectively doubling its UK distribution.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Terrestrial

McDonough new BBC VP commercial development

October 28, 2008 12.45 Europe/London By
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BBC Worldwide has hired Ian McDonough as its new vice president for commercial development, EMEA.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, People