UK officials considered approaching the French government to persuade Eutelsat to pull transmissions from the Iranian broadcaster IRIB in the wake of the Iranian jamming of broadcasters including the BBC […]
Platform n secures exclusive HD deal
The Polish DTH platform n will begin carrying TVP1 HD, a special HD version of the public broadcaster TVP’s first channel, from January 2011.
Commission confirms BSkyB approval
19.04 Update: News Corp’s ownership of BSkyB, Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland will not have a significant effect on the European pay-TV market, according to the European Commission, which has […]
Romanian DTH sale on horizon
Long-awaited consolidation in Romania’s DTH market could finally be about to get under way, with Boom TV a takeover target for Romtelecom.
Polsat renews Eutelsat contract
Eutelsat and the leading Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat have renewed a contract for capacity on Hot Bird 6, located at 13 degrees East.
News Corp waits for EC approval
The European Commission is this week expected to give the all clear to News Corporation’s proposed purchase of the 61% of BSkyB that it does not already own.
SFR sets launch date for DTH service
French triple play operator SFR has now officially announced the launch of its DTH service for people who can not be connected to their IPTV service. Delivery of the new […]
China’s CNC World selects Eutelsat
CNC World, the English channel of Xinhua News Agency’s TV arm CNC, has signed an agreement with Euteslat to reach homes across Europe, the Middle East and Africa from January […]
Astra inks deal with CME
SES Astra has secured Central European Media Enterprises (CME) as the anchor customer for its 31.5 degrees East orbital slot in Romania and Bulgaria. CME has a presence in six […]
Hispasat 1E launch set for December 28
Arianespace has announced that the last Ariane 5 fight for this year has been rescheduled to December 28, allowing one of the mission’s customers to perform complementary checks on its […]