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
January 27, 2010 09.13 Europe/London By
C4 to release long-form content to YouTube
October 15, 2009 17.48 Europe/London 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
May 16, 2009 07.21 Europe/London By
Tiscali introduces EPG search
June 2, 2008 23.54 Europe/London By
4fun heads for IPO
December 10, 2007 13.23 Europe/London 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The threat of having its licence withdrawn by the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has been lifted from the Polish participation channel 4fun.TV, according to local reports.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
September 18, 2007 04.50 Europe/London 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
September 13, 2007 15.47 Europe/London 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
August 27, 2007 07.04 Europe/London 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
August 1, 2007 11.26 Europe/London 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 [...]
