The French football association Ligue de Football Professionnel today launched the tender for the Ligue 1 seasons 2008-09 through until 2011-12. The French State council (Conseil d’Etat) has agreed that […]
A&E signs Arcor IPTV deal
The German IPTV provider Arcord has signed an agreement with A&E Networks for the distribution of the History Channel and The Biography Channel. Apart from streaming the two channels to […]
Babelgum gets Serie A Italian football channel
Today the online TV channel Babelgum has launched a Serie A Italian football channel offering comprehensive highlights of Italy’s premier division. The new servicel, featuring all 20 Serie A teams, […]
KDG reports less analogue, more digital TV subs
This morning Kabel Deutschland KDG published its figures for Q3, 2007 reporting a total of 9,155,900 cable homes (Kabel Anschluss), down from 9,571,500 a year before. However, the number of […]
France plans new holding for international services
The three international French broadcasters, TV5 Monde, France 24 and Radio France International, should come under a single holding company, France Monde, but remain as separate entities. This is the […]
Record RGUs for Unitymedia in Q3
Unitymedia CEO Parm Sandhu has declared the ‘Jetzt digital’ campaign a success, securing about 100,000 new digital subscribers in eight weeks. Speaking to Broadband TV News this morning, Sandhu said […]
First ProSiebenSat.1 Group results after SBS take-over
ProSiebenSat.1 Group today announced its first results following the consolidation of the SBS Broadcasting Group, acquired in July 2007 and subsequently included in the company’s accounts. Revenues were up €237.1 […]
CanalSat renews Voyage and NatGeo contracts
Today, CanalSat announced it has renewed its contract with Fox until 2010 for carriage of National Geographic and the French travel channel Voyage on their platform. However, CanalSat will drop […]
Telenet launches HD bouquets
The Belgian cable operator Telenet will launch two HD bouquets on its network on December 1. The starter package costs €5 monthly and offers National Geographic HD and the Flemish […]
ProSiebenSat1 programmes to go mobile
SevenSenses, a division of the German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, has signed a deal with the independent video portal operator ViiF to offer selected clips from a number of its programmes. […]