The board of directors at TV5 Monde have officially appointed Alain de Pouzilhac as chairman of the French-speaking channel. Marie-Christine Saragosse was appointed as director-general during the meeting on Tuesday […]
Rapture to appeal against CAT EPG decision
Rapture TV has signalled its intention to appeal against the findings of a Competition Commission Appeals Tribunal on its dispute with Ofcom and BSkyB. The appeal is expected to be […]
Gemstar approves Macrovision purchase
Gemstar-TV Guide International has approved the purchase of the company by Macrovision.
Costs cap Canal Digital
The expansion of the Canal Digital product portfolio helped increase first quarter sales at the Nordic pay-TV platform from NOK1,396m (€174.94m) to NOK1,477m (€185.09m). However, higher content and hardware cost […]
BBC iPlayer makes Virgin debut
Virgin Media today announced the introduction of the BBC iPlayer for its 3.5 million cable customers. It’s the first time the on demand service has been made available on a […]
Sky churn at lowest level for 4 years
BSkyB put evidence of the resilience of the pay-TV sector in the current credit crunch forward today. The DTH broadcaster reported net customer growth of 56,000 as total subscribers reached […]
Miniweb goes live on Sky
Miniweb has launched its much-anticipated TV Key service on the Sky Digital platform. The service went live on April 29 and is available to all 8.8 million DTH subscribers through […]
SVT HD joins Viasat
Viasat Broadcasting is to add the HD version of public broadcaster SVT to its line-up.
Racing World to close
Racing UK and Setanta Sports are reviewing their options for the Racing World channel after announcing that it would no longer be broadcast on the Sky satellite platform.
Zattoo brings big five channels to online TV
Online TV service Zattoo has added BBC One and ITV1 to its line-up, bringing together the big five terrestrial channels on a single online platform for the first time.