The Turkish DTH platform Digiturk has signed a carriage agreement with Al Jazeera English, the English language service of the Al Jazerra Network. The service will now be made available as part of Digiturk’s basic package, which includes a number of other international news channels. Digiturk is owned by the Cukurova Group and has over […]
Virgin ready for day in court
Virgin Media is preparing to submit a writ in the High Court in the latest phase of the cablenet’s carriage fee dispute with BSkyB. Virgin’s lawyers Ashurst are expected to deliver the writ as early as this week disputing BSkyB’s rejection that it had acted in an uncompetitive manner by removing its basic channels from […]
Liberty TV launches Dutch feed
Liberty TV has today launched a dedicated Dutch version of its travel channel. Until now the Flemish version of the channel was carried by a number of Dutch cable operators. Liberty TV said it will work together with travel agency Advanced Travel Partner (ATP) and Google Video Nederland for its programming. Liberty TV is already […]
Xie rolls out first digital channel
Xie, the joint venture between Dutch incumbent telecom operator KPN and Endemol, is rolling out its first thematic digital channel called Planet Prime. The channel will offer ‘gold’ programming from the archives of Endemol and will be available via DTT operator Digitenne, the KPN IPTV service Mine and as a web TV stream. The channel […]
History Channel comes to Benelux
The History Channel is finally coming to the Benelux. A launch is planned in the second quarter of this year beginning with the UPC Netherlands network. Other agreements will be announced soon. Chellomedia’s Digital Media Centre (DMC) will transmit the signal for The History Channel from its technical facility in Amsterdam to the Benelux as […]
BBC Arabic TV launch this autumn
BBC World Service is to launch its new channel, BBC Arabic TV in autumn 2007, broadcasting in Arabic to 22 countries across the Middle East. The €1.8 million euro installation will be a tapeless facility. It’s the second stab at an Arabic channel for the BBC, its earlier incarnation ran between 1994 and 1996, funded […]
Q2 launch for Dutch Sci-Fi, 13th Street
The two NBC-Universal channels Sci-Fi and 13th street are to launch on the UPC platform in the Netherlands in the second quarter of the year. Wider distribution is expected in the Netherlands and Flemish-speaking Belgium by the end of 2007. In the Benelux the channels will be represented by Chellomedia, a sister company to cable […]
Czech digital licence dispute hots up
According to local reports, the six companies that were awarded digital TV licences in the Czech Republic last year and subsequently had them withdrawn following protests by – amongst others – TV Nova and Prima TV – are likely to turn to the European Commission for help. The Digital Televisions Association (ADT), a body that […]
Sparrowhawk swoops in on kids
Sparrowhawk Media, DIC Entertainment and Corus Entertainment have teamed up to launch a multiplatform global television channel aimed at children and families. The first launch of the channel, currently known as KidsCo is, expected this autumn in Central and Eastern Europe, extending later in 2008 and 2009 to around 40 territories in the Europe, Latin […]
WRN Deutsch goes digital at 19E
WRN has extended its digital distribution of its German language channel to the Astra satellite platform at 19.2 degrees East. WRN Deutsch will launch its new feed on April 5. A period of simulcast will follow until June 5, when the existing analogue feed on the satellite will be switched off. WRN Deutsch broadcasts the […]
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