RTL Deutschland has decided to terminate its current DVB-T distribution in the country. This will affect terrestrial distribution of RTL, Vox, Super RTL and RTL II and, for Berlin only, […]
Discovery buys Italy’s Switchover Media
Discovery Communications is continuing its buying spree with the acquisition of Italy’s Switchover Media. The broadcaster runs four free-to-air channels and one pay-TV channel in the country.
News Corp takes control of Sky-D
News Corp has agreed to support €438 million of new equity into Sky Deutschland. At the same time it will increase its holding in the German pay-TV platform from 49.9% […]
UPC Cablecom launches Horizon in Switzerland
UPC Cablecom is launching its Horizon entertainment platform in Switzerland on Monday, January 14.
BARB studies audience measurement beyond 7 days
UK audience researcher BARB has completed pilot work on how it can report the viewing of programmes past the established seven-day period after transmission.
UPC adds 21 apps to Horizon box
UPC Nederland has added 21 new apps to its Horizon mediabox bringing the total to 35 apps.
KDG reduces ARD and ZDF distribution
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has decided to reduce the distribution of the public channels from ARD and ZDF. The cabler is taking the move in retaliation of the end […]
DTV penetration accelerates in Sub-Saharan Africa
About 35.3% of TV homes (14.0 million) in Sub-Saharan Africa took digital signals by end-2012, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
Eutelsat launches Europe’s first 4K channel
Eutelsat is launching a dedicated demonstration Ultra HD channel for Europe on the Eutelsat 10A satellite.
Al Jazeera acquires Current TV
Al Jazeera is acquiring San Francisco-based Current TV in a deal that will boost its US distribution to 40 million homes.