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 […]
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 […]
RAI to expand DTT offering
Italian public broadcaster RAI wants to increase its DTT offer by two more channels; one will be youth oriented, the other a general entertainment channel. No exact launch dates have […]
CNN no longer HOT in Israel
UPDATE. Israel’s cable operator HOT has carried out its threat to drop international news channel CNN from its line-up.It had been anticipated the channel would remain on the air through […]
Telesur launches on Astra
The Latin American news and infomation channel Telesur has started free-to-air transmissions on the Astra satellte at 19.2 degrees East. The Caracas, Venezuela, based channel broadcasts a mix of news, […]
Sony brings SET and Animax to Africa
Sony Pictures Television International will today launch the general entertainment channel Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and the anime channel Animax in Africa on MultiChoice’s digital pay-TV satellite platform DStv. Launching […]
Babelgum partners with short film festival Encounters
The Internet TV network Babelgum has announced a partnership with the Encounters Short Film Festival as it celebrates its 13th year. Encounters participants will now be able to broadcast their […]