The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has opened the tender for mobile TV licences. There will be room for two metropolitan multiplexes using the DVB-H standard.
Rick Spinner new CEO of Alpha Media
RTL Group and Dimitris Contominas, the current owner of Alpha Media Group, have announced that the Greek Competition Commission has approved RTL Group’s acquisition of a 66.6% majority stake in […]
Guitarist TV to rock the world on web TV
The broadband, multi-genre guitarist channel, Guitarist TV (G-TV) has signed a distribution deal with web TV broadcaster Global Digital Broadcast (GDBTV). Guitarist TV was founded by professional South African guitarist […]
Simply Movies launch on Sky and Freesat
Simply Media has announced the launch of the new film channel Simply Movies as a free-to-air service on Sky and Freesat. The channel will offer classic movies for an older […]
VMMa in talks over Kanaal Z participation
The Dutch language Belgian commercial broadcaster VMMa is in talks to take a major interest in the business news channel Kanaal Z/Canal Z, a spokesperson for the company confirmed.
Thomas Ebeling to head ProSiebenSat.1
Thomas Ebeling will become the new chairman of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG on March 1, 2009.
CSA publishes ASO schedule
The French media authority CSA has now published the timetable for the switchover to digital terrestrial television. As the publication comes late, there is a delay in the process, with […]
Intelsat brings a New Dawn to Africa
Intelsat has announced a joint venture with a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners that will utilize project financing to build and launch a new satellite in the […]
Orange wants Canal on satellite
Orange has taken the Canal+ Group before the media authority CSA in order to win the right to distribute the news channel i-Télé and the free-to-air windows of the Canal+ […]
German 123TV goes mobile with Blucom
The German auction channel 123TV has gone mobile, using a new version of the Blucom fuinctionality for mobile phones. Viewers will be able to follow and bid during live auctions […]