France gets ‘End of the world’ channel

November 22, 2012 09.14 Europe/London By
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WATCH VIDEO. NBC Universal’s SyFy has launched an ‘End of the world’ channel, exclusively on the CanalSat platform.

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NBC expands Russian presence

November 15, 2012 09.46 Europe/London By
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Rostelecom, in conjunction with NBC Universal, has launched a new service for its Interactive TV subscribers.

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NBC secures US Premier League rights

October 29, 2012 09.05 Europe/London By

NBC Sports has won the US rights to show the Premier League from the start of the 2013/14 season, shutting out previous rights holders Fox Sports and ESPN.

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Four in ten use Social TV apps

October 24, 2012 21.49 Europe/London By

38% of US adult broadband users currently participate in “social TV” activity at least a couple of times per year, according to new research from The Diffusion Group.

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Zeebox makes US debut

September 28, 2012 08.47 Europe/London By
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Zeebox has launched in the US in partnership with Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, HBO and Cinemax.

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Viasat signs multiple movie deals

September 13, 2012 08.54 Europe/London By

Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting has signed a number of movie studio deals with 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal, Nordisk and SF Film.

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NBCU sells A+E stake for $3.03bn

July 10, 2012 19.28 Europe/London By
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The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corp. will acquire NBCUniversal’s 15.8% stake in A+E Television Networks for $3.03 billion (€2.46 billion).

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CanalSat drops three NBC channels

February 28, 2012 11.57 Europe/London By
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The French CanalSat platform is dropping three channels, E! Entertainment, 13eme Rue HD and Syfy HD, from March 1 after carriage negotiations failed to renew the contract in time.

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NBCUni stops Dutch Hallmark Channel

June 3, 2011 08.51 Europe/London By
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The Dutch language version of Hallmark Channel will stop on July 20, confirmed Universal Networks International (UNI), the global channels division of NBCUniversal. The channel has been available on most Dutch and Belgian platforms.

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NBC Universal launches PictureBox Player

March 8, 2011 09.59 Europe/London By

NBC Universal has created a new streaming service for its PictureBox movies on demand streaming service.

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