The Arab Radio and Television Network has renewed its commitment to the Eutelsat Hot Bird neighbourhood for a further 12 years. The broadcaster has been an anchor tenant at the […]
Disney takes Jetix control
The Walt Disney Company has secured the majority of the outstanding shares in Jetix Europe at a cost of €11 per share. It takes Disney’s ownership in the pan-European kids […]
Elisa adds BBC HD
Finnish cablenet Elisa is adding the BBC HD channel to its line-up on December 9. It follows the launch of the channel in the Nordic region on December 1.
Hustler TV launches German channel
The new Hustler TV Deutschland channel has made its debut.
Meo to launch JimJam, Sci-Fi
Portugal Telecom’s pay-TV operator Meo is adding two new channels to its pay-TV offer.
US channels launch on KabelKiosk
The Global Broadcasting Company and Eutelsat VisAvision GmbH have signed a contract for the launch of a seven channel English-language bouquet on the KabelKiosk platform in early 2009. Programming will be […]
First IPTV deal for ProSiebenSat1 Welt
ProSiebenSat.1 Welt has signed its first IPTV distribution deal in the US with Verizon’s FiOS TV service. Until now, the channel was only available as part of an international package […]
CEE growth lifts Eurosport up
Eurosport took its international channel into 108 million households in the third quarter, taking advantage of the growth in satellite, ADSL and DTT distribution.
Jetix secures multi-year UPC CEE carriage
Kids channel Jetix has signed a multi-year extension to its cable carriage deal with UPC. The agreement with one of its largest distributors in the region covers Poland, Romania, Hungary, […]
New Nigerian channel goes live on Sky
African broadcaster HiTV has launched on the Sky Digital platform. It is the third channel from Nigeria to go live in the UK through support from Canis Media. The company […]