Chello Central Europe has secured the rights to the Spanish La Liga for the next three seasons.
In Brief: Be in Sport, UPC, Astra, Global iPlayer
Free is the first platform in France to sign a distribution agreement to carry the new Al Jazeera sports channels in France, Be In Sport 1 and 2. The new broadcaster will start its pprogramming on June 1.
In Brief: Belgacom, Lite TV, Ziggo
Belgacom has acquired the rights to the UEFA Champions League games. Until now, the competition was broadcast by cablers Telenet (Flanders) and BeTV (Walloon). In addition, free-to-air broadcaster 2Be will broadcast one game per day under the new arrangement.
In Brief: DTG, Ofcom 600/700MHz consultation
The DTG has published an updated version of the seventh edition of the D-Book, the technical specification for Freeview HD and connected TV products and services.
In Brief: Miramax, A+E, Simon’s Cat
MIPTV 2012 – CANNES. Miramax and Sky Italia have announced a new movie deal under which Sky will air many of the leading titles from Miramax’s unmatched collection across all of Sky Italia’s pay television channels in Italy.
In Brief: Super RTL, Nitro, Miramax, Visual Radio
Super RTL will launch its HD version in Germany on the HD+ platform on May 1, after the analogue shutdown of all German channels on satellite. Super RTL is a 50/50 JV between the RTL Group and Disney.
In Brief: QVC, Servus TV, Maxdome
German home shopping channel QVC is now also available as a live stream on the online video portal of Zattoo.
In Brief: High TV 3D, Philips, Sundance, RTL Nitro, UKTV
High TV 3D is now debuting in Germany thanks to a carriage contract with Liberty Global’s Unitymedia in Cologne.
In Brief: AustriaSat, Unitymedia, Intelsat
The Austrian DTH platform AustriaSat has added the KidsCo channel to its line-up. The channel is part of the basic tier and is transmitted in MPEG4/DVB-S2.
In Brief: MTV Live HD, Hispasat, Arte, QVC
Sky Deutschland is adding MTV Live HD to its German and Austrian DTH bouquet of HD channels.