AMC Networks has announced that Bruce Tuchman is joining the company as president, AMC/Sundance Channel Global, the company’s international division.
New participation channel for Slovakia
09.13 Europe/London, January 27, 2010 By
A new Slovak participation channel named TV8 will make its debut on February 1.
C4 to release long-form content to YouTube
17.48 Europe/London, October 15, 2009 By
YouTube and Channel 4 have signed a pioneering deal that will bring some of the networks most popular shows from its 4oD service to the video site shortly after their linear transmission.
Converging on personal TV
07.21 Europe/London, May 16, 2009 By
ANGA CABLE 2009 – COLOGNE. EventIS will demonstrate how its cSDP VOD back-office solution enables personal TV on multiple devices.
Tiscali introduces EPG search
23.54 Europe/London, June 2, 2008 By
Tiscali TV has introduced a new search tool to its EPG that is designed to help viewers navigate their way through the IPTV operator’s mix of on demand, catch up and broadcast content.
4fun heads for IPO
13.23 Europe/London, December 10, 2007 By
The threat of having its licence withdrawn by the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has been lifted from the Polish participation channel 4fun.TV, according to local reports. As a result, it should now be able to go ahead with a planned IPO that could net the company between PLN20-25 million (€5.6 –7.0 million). 4fun.TV is operated [...]
4Fun gears up for IPO
04.50 Europe/London, September 18, 2007 By
Poland’s 4Fun Media has submitted the necessary documentation to hold an IPO and will, according to local sources, hold one by the end of this year. Expected to raise between PLN20-25 million (€5.3-6.6 million), it will be used for the acquisition and production of content for distribution on mobiles, IPTV and the proprietary participation channel [...]
RTL and SBS6 offices raided over call-in game shows
15.47 Europe/London, September 13, 2007 By
The Dutch fiscal police and the watchdog of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (FIOD and ECD) have raided the offices of RTL and SBS to gather evidence in criminal proceedings that they are preparing against the broadcasters for breaking the Dutch gambling laws. Also, the offices of production companies 2WayTraffic and Endemol were searched. In [...]
Viva Polska tops the charts
07.04 Europe/London, August 27, 2007 By
Data produced by AGB Nielsen Media Research shows that Viva Polska is currently the most popular music channel in Poland. In H1 2007 it claimed an audience share of 0.51% among all viewers aged 4+ and 0.95% in the cable and satellite sector. MTV Polska was in second place (0.27%, 0.50%), followed by VH1 Polska [...]
4fun.TV joins Aster
11.26 Europe/London, August 1, 2007 By
The Polish MSO Aster has added the participation channel 4fun.TV to its programme offer. 4fun.TV, which made its debut in 2004, is owned by 4FunMedia, itself majority-owned by the UK-based company Nova Holding. Aster is meanwhile present in Warsaw, Kraków and Zielona Góra, Besides 368,000 analogue TV subscribers, it has 48,000 who receive its digital [...]
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