A new agreement between Viasat and the antenna union FDA has secured the popular TV3 and other Viasat channels for Canal Digital. There had been concerns that Viasat would withdraw […]
New premium sports channel for Finland
The Sanoma Group is to launch a localised premium sports channel into the Finnish market in partnership with Modern Times Group.
EBU General Assembly backs HBB
The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union has given its support to Hybrid Broadband Broadcasting (HBB), describing the technology as “one of the most exciting developments in the media […]
Vectra to end Polsat sports carriage
Poland’s second largest cable operator Vectra plans to radically overhaul its sports offer from the beginning of January at the expense of Polsat.
Worldwide Channels promotes Taite
BBC Worldwide Channels has promoted John Taite to VP programming, EMEA. At the same time the broadcaster has created three new heads of scheduling to assist in the further localisation […]
Dutch PSBs go HD on satellite
The HD versions of the three Dutch public channels Nederland 1, 2 and 3 will become available on the DTH platform Canal Digitaal Satelliet by March 31, 2010 at the […]
RAI launches three new channels
In a move to protect the current 41% audience share, the Italian public broadcaster RAI has laid out its digital plans in a report entitled Piano offerta tv 2010-2012 which […]
MTG inks Bulgarian Premier League deal
Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its exclusive broadcasting rights to England’s Premier League in Bulgaria until the end of the 2012-13 season.
Bouygues Telecom adds ethnic channels
The French distributor Thema has announced several agreements for the distribution of ethnic channels with the French operator Bouygues Telecom.
Hungarian digital take-up grows
Hungary had over 1.1 million homes receiving digital TV services as of this October, according to data produced by the country’s National Communications Council (NHH).