The BBC Trust has approved proposals for the BBC to establish bbc.com, a commercial venture to offer advertising on the BBC’s international online service for users outside the UK. BBC Worldwide, in conjunction with BBC Global News, will be responsible for the development of bbc.com. Following the launch of bbc.com, advertising will be introduced on […]
Canal protects its content
Canal+ continues its fight against what it claims to be illegal use of its content on various video websites. This week, the French pay-TV broadcaster announced an agreement with French video sharing platform Dailymotion following a few weeks of negotiations. Dailymotion president Park Zaleski said that its main objective is to work together with major […]
FRK warns Kirch deal could repeat Arena disaster
The association of medium-sized cable operators in Germany FRK (Fachverband Rundfunkempfangs- und Kabelanlagen) has warned that the agreement between the German football league DFL and Leo Kirch’s marketing organisation Sirius could lead to a similar disaster as was seen with the Arena TV deal. FRK Chairman Heinz-Peter Labonte said that viewers and consumers were not […]
Polsat gets playful
The Polish national commercial station Polsat is preparing to launch an adult channel. Known as Play TV, it will reportedly make its debut on New Year’s Eve and be distributed by the DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat and cable. Around 30% of Play TV’s output will be domestically produced, with the remainder sourced from several international […]
New milestone for TV Biznes
PIKE Conference, ZAKOPANE. The Polish business channel TV Biznes has reached a new milestone, according to member of the board Piotr Barelowski, by selling all its commercial airtime for the first time ever this week. TV Biznes was acquired by Polsat earlier this year and has a technical reach of 26%. On average, it reaches […]
New French sports launch
A new sports channel kicks off in the Francophone market on Sunday. Ma Chaîne Sport will be available in France, Belgium and Luxembourg with carriage already secured on the French cablenet Numéricable. Ma Chaîne Sport will cover a mix of events from gymnastics through to Scottish football and extreme sports. “The objective is that everyone […]
NBC Universal targets Poland
The NBC Universal channels Sci Fi Channel and Universal Channel will make their debuts in Poland in December, according to local reports. Content on both channels, which will be distributed by a company named Proyektor, will be mostly obtained from Universal Pictures and small studios that distribute Universal content.
Star lands US office as part of expansion
Star, the Hong Kong-based media and entertainment company and News Corp subsidiary, is expanding distribution of its signature Hindi and Mandarin language programming in North America with the opening of a sales office in Los Angeles. Headed by David Wisnia, vice president for distribution and sales, the new office will market and drive distribution of […]
DirecTV now offers 72 HD channels
US DTH platform DirecTV has added a number of new HD channels, bringing the total to 72. The new broadcasters joining the platform include Cartoon Network, Fox Business Network, FX, National Geographic Channel, HD Theater, A&E HD and Smithsonian HD. The number of premium movie channels from Starz Entertainment has also been increased with three […]
Next year Joost comes alive
Streaming internet TV company Joost told reporters in Cannes it plans to offer live television streams alongside its on-demand programming. The company will start to test live streaming early next year. Joost hopes to secure European sports rights, as it has done with Major League Baseball in the United States. The company has entered into […]
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