Turner Broadcasting has named Peter Flamman as its senior vice president and general manager, northern Europe.
New Czech sports channel
The Czech Broadcasting Council (RRTV) has licensed a new satellite delivered channel named Sport 5.
AOL acquires Bebo social website
AOL has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo, a global social media network. Founded in 2005, Bebo now has 40 million members worldwide. Together AIM and ICQ, AOL will have […]
Second sports channel for Bulgaria
The Bulgarian sports broadcaster Ring TV has announced plans to launch a second TV channel.
Today sees official launch of Hulu
Hulu, the online video joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp, will officially launch today, ending 18 weeks of an invitation-only beta test. In addition to content from NBC, […]
New channel for Dutch live football
Dutch football clubs are planning to launch their own channel following disappointing results in the first two rounds of bidding for top flight football coverage. The clubs will partner production […]
TVP to go HD
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has announced plans to launch its first HD channel.
HD coup for NTV-Plus
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus will broadcast Euro 2008 in HD, according to Anna Dmitreva, the director of its sports channels.
Russian 2×2 channel under pressure
The Russian children’s channel 2×2 has been forced to take two programmes off the air by the Federal Culture and Cinematography Agency.
Paris gets its local DTT channels
The French media authority CSA has given the green light for a March 20 launch of seven new local broadcasters in the Ile-de-France, or greater Paris area.