French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed that public broadcasters should no longer carry advertising. Instead the commercial broadcasters would be required to pay a levy that would make up the […]
News Corp buys Unity’s Premiere stake
News Corp has bought into Premiere, paying €287 million for a 14.58 % stake previously held by Unitymedia and making it the company’s largest shareholder. It followed renewed speculation that […]
Xbox 360 combines with BT Vision
Subscribers to BT’s broadband services will be able to use the Microsoft Xbox 360 to access the access the BT Vision video-on-demand service. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Robbie Bach, […]
Weather Channel forecasts sale
One of the most iconic brands in US multichannel television is considering putting itself up for sale. The privately held Landmark Communications, also former owners of The Travel Channel, is […]
Motorola becomes BT Vision STB supplier
Motorola is to take over as the lead supplier of set-top boxes for the BT Vision IPTV service, a role previously held by Philips Set-Top Boxes and Connectivity Solutions, the […]
A change in our RSS feed
As you may have noticed the Broadband TV News website underwent something of a makeover during the Christmas holiday period. A side effect has been the loss of our RSS […]
Disney and Sony take FilmFlex control
On Demand Group (ODG), the VOD service provider owned by technology company SeaChange International, has sold its holding in FilmFlex Movies Limited to the two other existing shareholders The Walt […]
Telenor wins Danish football rights
Telenor Broadcast has acquired the TV rights to the SAS-ligaen, Denmarks top flight football league, in an agreement that will run for three years from 2009. The rights were sold […]
Discovery joins Sky Picnic
Discovery Networks UK has been signed as the factual channel partner on Picnic TV, Sky’s proposed DTT pay service, currently under regulatory consideration. Discovery Channel would broadcast a 12-hour service […]
Landlady loses Sky pub appeal
The High Court has ruled against the pub landlady who had been screening Premier League matches from the Greek DTH platform Nova. Karen Murphy, landlady of the Red, White and […]