News Corp’s Sky Italia has reported an annual fall in operating income of $52 million (€40.61m), putting the second quarter figure to December 31, 2008 at $10m.
Kangaroo rejected by Competition Commission
Partners in Project Kangaroo have reacted with dismay to the Competition Commission’s decision to block the online VOD venture. In a statement the Commission said it was keeping to its […]
Premier League bids go to second round
Sky has paid a reputed £1 billion (€1.107 billion) to keep the four prime live Premier League packages until 2013. The remaining two packages will now go to a second […]
Chellomedia reports 360,000 subscribers
Chellomedia has said it reached a record number of 360,000 subscribers to its premium products Film1 and Sport1 in The Netherlands on February 1. This represented a 10% growth in […]
Bmcoforum opposes customs duties on mobile TV phones
The Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum (bmcoforum) believes that the plans of the European Commission to introduce a 14% customs duty on high-end mobile TV enabled phones, as well as on […]
50% Sky+ penetration
BSkyB has made good the premise that an economic downturn can help build pay-TV numbers by adding 171,000 new customers in the second quarter and reducing churn to below 10%.
Freeview+ PVR boosts sales
Freeview is enjoying renewed success through increasing sales of its PVR product. The UK DTT platform says sales for Freeview+ boxes have reached over 900,000, representing a 118% increase between […]
Spanish judge orders open decoder market
A judge of the Provincial Court of Madrid (Audiencia Provincial de Madrid) has ruled that the pay-TV operator Sogecable and its subsidiary Digital+ have to open up the market for […]
Prime secures Telenet customer record
Belgian premium channel Prime has registered more than 180,000, the cable operator Telenet has announced. The December 31, 2008 figure represents a high watermark for a premium channel in the […]
June launch for Italian freesat
Mediaset is to launch its free-to-air satellite platform Tivu in June this year. Tivu, a joint venture with the public broadcaster Rai and Telecom Italia Media is aimed at driving […]