National Geographic Channel Portugal is this month launching three channels into the Portuguese market.
Broadband upgrade on UPC Ireland
Chorus-NTL, the consumer facing brands of UPC Ireland, is to upgrade its broadband service. While the new residential top speed of 12 Mbps at a cost of €40 per month […]
Multimedia start for BBC Arabic TV
The BBC has given launch details for the new BBC Arabic Television service. Confirming the March 11 launch date, the publicly funded channel will begin with a 12 hour a […]
Sky-Virgin talks back on
Senior executives from BSkyB and Virgin Media have resumed talks over the carriage of Sky’s basic channels.
Racing boss has €50m Setanta stake
Irish racing tycoon John Magnier has emerged as an investor in Setanta Sports.
5.3 million Canal+ subs
The board of directors at Canal+ SA have approved the pay-TV giant’s end of year accounts. The Paris-based operation closed 2007 with 5.3 million subscribers in France, its overseas territories […]
Lagardère takes on Art Channel
Lagardère Television International (LTI) has been appointed European representative for the Art Channel. The distribution arm will have exclusive representation across Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia and Africa.
Nat Geo goes Wild in Denmark
Nat Geo Wild has been added to the Superpakken and Favorit packages of the Danish cablenet YouSee.
Kudelski revenues cut in half
Wider than expected losses at OpenTV weighed heavily on Kudelski as revenues at the conditional access company halved in 2007.
TVNorge and TV3 in channel trade
TVNorge and TV3 are to be made available across both the Canal Digital and Viasat satellite platforms. It follows yesterday’s announcement that TV2 was also to be added to the […]