German media and technology company Wige Media has agreed to sell its 51% share in Sport Media Group to US-based Motorsport Network.
Archives for July 2017
Medi-1 TV HD joins Arabsat DVB-S2 platform
Arabsat has added Medi-1 TV HD to the its Free-To-Air DVB-S2 platform.
Discovery to buy Scripps for $14.6bn
Discovery Communications is to acquire Scripps Networks Interactive in a cash-and-stock transaction worth $14.6 billion, or $90 per share, based on Discovery’s Friday, July 21 closing price.
1 in 2 Smart HD TVs sold enabled for Freeview Play
Freeview Play TVs now represent more than half of all Smart HD TV sales in the UK.
MYTF1 pulled from SFR
French cablenet SFR says nothing has changed after French commercial network TF1 pulled its MYTF1 catch-up services.
Russian TV: winners and losers in 2016
Ren TV and Pyatnitsa were the star performers in Russia’s TV industry in 2016, with both growing their revenues by around 20%.
sportdigital and DAZN secure Primeira Liga NOS
German pay-TV channel sportdigital and DAZN, the OTT sports portal operated by UK-based Perform Group, have acquired the TV rights of first-division Portuguese football league Primeira Liga NOS in Germany.
Movistar to ring in the changes
Telefónica’s Movistar is set to increase its prices while at the same time making the MultiAccess Hogar service more widely available to TV subscribers.
ECJ: Italy’s digital switchover violated European law
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Italy’s move from analogue to digital terrestrial television was violating EU laws, failing to allocate one mux for each analogue channel.
Olympic Channel content comes to Eurosport Player
Olympic Channel-branded programming will launch on Eurosport and Eurosport Player on August 2.