BBC Worldwide has added a travel distribution director to its global channels business. The role has been awarded to Zina Neophytou, who joined global news channel BBC World in 1999, […]
Gateway raises $40 million for African DTH
Gateway Broadcast Services has raised a further $40 million (€29.77m) for the financing of its pan-African pay-TV service GTV. The broadcaster, a subsidiary of Gateway Telecommunications plc, is planning to […]
Pace promises improved second half
Pace Micro Technology has said the growing demand for high definition television products, particularly in the United States, has delivered improved results in the second half of the financial year. […]
Plus TV adds new Finnish sports channel
A new sports channel has been made available to terrestrial viewers in Finland. Sports+Channel is a joint venture between Sports Channel and the DTT pay package Plus TV. The new […]
Premiere and Arena aim at Kartellamt compromise
UPDATE Premiere and Arena have drawn up a series of proposals over Premiere’s marketing of Arena’s programming packages on satellite that the two companies hope will satisfy the German competition […]
Telegraaf to take ProSiebenSat.1 stake
The Dutch Telegraaf Media Groep has said the company has agreed to take a minority stake in Germany’s ProSiebenSat1 Media. TMG owns 20% in SBS Broadcasting alongside Lavena Holding 4, […]
Liwest chooses the BigBand sound
BigBand has announced the deployment of its Cuda CMTS on the Liwest network in the Austrian city of Linz. In the initial development phase, Liwest is installing Cuda as an […]
Changing from the inside
ANT is moving away from manufacturers and towards the operators. Julian Clover reports The entrance of IPTV into the multichannel television mix has brought with it new companies and new […]
French DTT gains ground
Established French broadcasters are already experiencing significant erosion in their audience share just a year after the launch of DTT in the country. Having already achieved favourable viewing figures in […]
NRJ Hits comes to CanalSat
Newly launched music channel NRJ Hits is joining CanalSat’s basic package on June 1. NRJ Hits is a dedicated music channel aimed at 15-34 year olds and will celebrate its […]