The Polish public broadcaster TVP will launch its latest channel on December 10, according to local reports. The service will be known as TV Bialorus and target viewers in neighbouring […]
Cinemax secures Cyfra+ carriage
The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has announced that it will add the film channel Movies 24 to its offer on December 12. The Sparrowhawk Media-owned service will join a line […]
Romanian MediaPro favoured for TV rights
The Romanian media group MediaPro appears to have an in-built advantage in its bid to secure the TV rights to games played by the country’s national football team. Several local […]
Sky to increase minimum EPG hours
Sky is planning to stop channels from sitting on positions within the EPG by increasing the number of broadcast hours required to maintain a position in the guide. The move […]
Bundesliga doubts put Premiere 2008 figures on hold
Premiere has put its 2008 forecasts in abeyance due to uncertainty over rights to the German Bundesliga. “The bidding process will begin much later than expected and an agency has […]
Sky-BBC secure Football League rights
Live coverage of the Football League is to return to free-to-air television following a £264 million (€350m) joint bid by the BBC and Sky, representing a 135% increase on the […]
Court rules AVS holds Spanish football
A Spanish court ruling is being interpreted as requiring the free-to-air channel La Sixta to buy its football coverage direct from Sogecable’s Audiovisual Sports (AVS) unit rather than its own […]
Setanta Sports News sets launch date
Setanta Sports News is to commence broadcasting on November 29. The broadcaster has confirmed the channel will be available on Sky in addition to the Virgin Media cablenet. It will […]
Zattoo gets ABC News Now for Europe
Zattoo, the web TV provider from Switzerland, has entered into an agreement with ABC News and Disney-ABC International Television to distribute the ABC News Now channel in Germany, Spain and […]
Serbia Broadband opts for Transmode
Serbia Broadband (SBB) has selected technology supplied by Stockholm-based Transmode for its metro and regional backbone networks. SBB is the leading cable company in Serbia, providing services on over 30 […]