RTL Group has officially announced that Dawn Airey, currently director of global content at ITV, has been appointed chairman and CEO of Five, effective as of May 1, 2009 at […]
Channel 4 launches 7-day catch-up
Channel 4 has launched a new online catch-up service that allows viewers to view shows from the past seven days. The new service, found at channel4.com, is separate to the […]
Polsat slashes individual IPO bids
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has reduced bids in the individual investor segment of its forthcoming IPO by 88.5%.
Premiere appoints chief marketing officer
Premiere has announced it has appointed Oliver Kaltner as its chief marketing officer. The 39 year-old will join from Sony Deutschland on July 1, 2008. CEO Michael Börnicke had previously […]
Deutsche Telekom OTE deal moves closer
Deutsche Telekom and the Greek government are understood to have reached an agreement on the future ownership of the incumbent Greek telco OTE.
NDS nudging 90m active smart cards
NDS has announced an increase in third quarter revenues of 20% bringing in $213.3 million to the News Corp technology division. Nine-month revenues were up 25% to $633.1 million.
Orange Spain adds Digital+ Móvil
Mobile operator Orange has added the channel bouquet from Digital+ Móvil to its mobile TV offering in Spain. This package initially consists of 27 channels across a range of genres […]
NASN and ESPN Classic launch on D-Smart
The North American Sports Network (NASN) has today (May 1) launched on the D-Smart DTH platform in Turkey. ESPN Classic will follow on June 1.
KPN to launch DVB-H service before June
The Dutch incumbent KPN will launch its DVB-H service before the summer and in time for the start of the Euro 2008 football championships, said board member Baptiest Coopmans to the local […]
Orion Cable closes KDG networks sale
The German cable operator Orion Cable said it has closed the sale of a number of its networks to Kabel Deutschland KDG. Early April regulators approved the sale, which netted […]