Joost today announced the appointment of Mike Volpi as the new CEO of the online TV company; with immediate effect Volpi takes over from founding CEO, Fredrik de Wahl, who […]
BSkyB takes Premiere to Berlin court
BSkyB has filed a request with the Berliner Landgericht (the Berlin district court) for an injunction against Premiere to stop them from using the name Premiere Sky. The News Corp […]
EuroNews Sales creates two new job positions
Sherri Saba has been appointed Creative Solutions Manager at EuroNews. Sherri will lead the network’s branded content activities, managing the production of all sponsored programming and commercial content for the […]
NatGeo HD on Freebox
In France National Geographic Channel HD is now available on the IPTV service from Free. The channel transmits in HD 16:9 with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound for 18 hours a […]
Saarland gets DTT before year end
The German state of Saarland will have DTT coverage before the end of the year, the Landesmedienanstalt Saarland (LMS) has said. The media authority has opened up the application process […]
Premiere Sky signs Turner channels
According to German newspaper reports Premiere Sky CEO Wolfram Winter and Turner Broadcasting System have reached agreement on carriage of three channels on the planned DTH platform. Boomerang, Cartoon Network […]
Timo Schneckenburger to head Entavio Marketing & Sales
Timo Schneckenburger has been appointed managing director, marketing & sSales at entavio, the new digital platform from SES-Astra. Schneckenburger worked for O2 in Germany from 2000 in various capacities; from […]
Warner Music to put clips online
Warner Music, the world’s fourth-largest music group, is putting its archive of music video online and making it available free-to-view. The company will work with digital services provider Premium TV […]
EMI artists go YouTube
British based music group EMI Group is to make video clips available to users of YouTube, who will be allowed not only to watch and play approved videos, but also […]
Austria continues analogue switch-off
Austrian transmission company ORS will this month switch off the analogue transmitters in the regions of Salzburg, Linz and Amstetten. The Vorarlberg region was the first to go all-digital in […]