The governments of Spain, Italy and France have asked the European Commission to launch an Arabic version of the European television channel EuroNews so that Muslim countries can learn more […]
De Mol’s Tien set to join Dutch RTL
A deal to bring John de Mol’s channel Tien into the fold of RTL Nederland is imminent, according to Dutch newspaper reports. RTL CEO Fons van Westerloo said he expects […]
Sports deal for Joost
Joost has signed a deal with the World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) to distribute short-form WCSN content via the P2P webTV service. WCSN features Olympic and lifestyle sports including track […]
Middle East broadcast market ‘dynamic’
The Middle East is one of the world’s most dynamic markets for broadcasting technology and content providers, delegates at last week’s Cabsat 2007 regional trade show in Dubai heard, reports […]
4Fun looks for funding
4Fun Media, the owner of the Polish participation TV channel 4Fun TV, has submitted the necessary paperwork to hold a floatation on the Warsaw stock exchange in the first half […]
Viacom sues YouTube/Google for $1 Billion
Videosharing site YouTube is being sued for over a billion dollars in damages by Viacom, parent company to popular TV channels MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Viacom claims that […]
Turner in KabelKiosk
Turner Broadcasting System’s Boomerang, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), channels will be distributed to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg through Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk platform. Signals are […]
HD first for Poland’s TVP
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has become the first station in Poland to broadcast a programme in HD over the Internet. Known as Oficerowie, it is being shown by its […]
More HD for platform n
The Polish DTH platform n is to make movies and popular local series available on a VOD basis in HD and Dolby Digital 5.1 from later this month. It will […]
MTV looks to Czech Republic
According to a local report, MTV plans to launch a localised channel in the Czech Republic in 2008. Although MTV introduced its first localised service in Central and Eastern Europe […]