Viacom’s Comedy Central will launch in The Netherlands on April 30. The channel will broadcast in the evenings only in a channel share with the Dutch version of Nickelodeon and […]
Super docu channel for Iberia
Sogecable and chellomedia’s Multicanal have announced an agreement under which the latter will acquire the assets of the documentary channel Documania. Multicanal will then go on re-launch its own documentary […]
Israeli VOD launch for Hallmark
Hallmark Channel is to introduce a video on demand service on the HOT cable network in Israel. Commencing in April, subscribers will be able to choose from a library that […]
VOOM HD comes to Hong Kong
Hong Kong based IPTV operator PCCW and Rainbow Networks have signed a carriage agreement to launch the VOOM HD channel in Hong Kong, the first launch of the channel in […]
MTV veterans to launch ‘micro networks’
Former executives of MTV and Nickelodeon are launching six ‘micro networks’ on the web. Called Next New Networks the new venture will provide streaming content on subjects such as comics, […]
France 24 to launch Arab service
France 24, the French international news channel, will launch its Arabic service on April 2. Arabic programming will initially be broadcast for just four hours a day from 16.00 until […]
RTP contemplates launching pay channels
Portuguese public broadcaster RTP is contemplating the launch of a number of pay channels. Following the introduction of a new television law on March 30 the broadcaster will be allowed […]
SPI buys up film channel
The Polish film channel Kino Polska has been acquired by SPI International for a fee believed to be in the region of PLN12-16 million (€3.10-4.14 million). SPI will now add […]
Simply Media to carry Jump TV channels
Channels from broadband TV network Jump TV are to appear through a new set-top box being launched by Simply Media. Channels from Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle […]
Mezzo performs in 1.3 million homes
Classical music and jazz channel Mezzo closed 2006 with more than 1.3 million subscribers. The channel, represented internationally by Lagardère Networks International, says that it is seeing major growth. As […]