A court in Amman, Jordan has sentenced a smart card pirate to one year in jail, an $8,500 fine, and the seizure of his equipment.
Ascent adds French Disney HD
Ascent Media Network Services has added a further six channels to its European Transmission Centre (ETC) in Central London. These include the French version of Disney Cinemagic, the first Disney-branded […]
BBC Three to start web simulcast
BBC Three is to embark on a new multiplatform strategy as part of its 2008 winter/spring season.
Virgin’s Katz is on The Box
Box Television, the Emap-Channel 4 joint-venture, has named Gidon Katz as managing director of the music channels.
Banks return to Intelsat lenders
UPDATE: The banks behind the leveraged buyout of Intelsat are to ask their existing lenders to waive the fees associated with the change of control following the acquisition by BC […]
Ligue 2 Canal 0
Canal Plus has failed for a second time in its attempts to suspend the tender for French top flight football.
SRM increases Virgin stake
SRM Global Master Fund LP has once more increased its holding in Virgin Media, it has emerged.
Habets replaces RTL’s Van Westerloo
RTL has announced Bert Habets is to take over from Fons van Westerloo as the CEO of RTL Nederland with effect from February 8.
The cable guy
It’s an annual process to ‘review’ what the customer has, for review read ‘try to upgrade’.
Media regulator approves PTM purchases
PT Multimedia has been given regulatory approval for the €60 million purchase of cablenets Pluricanal and Bragatel.