The French international news channel France 24 has announced a series of international agreements, further strengthening its worldwide distribution.
Sky Italia reduces premium prices
Sky Italia is to reduce the price of its premium movie and sports channels to a monthly €29, removing the need for subscribers to buythrough other tiers at a cost […]
BT signs contract for Sky Sports 1 and 2
Assuming that the great British public have forgiven the Premier League stars for Sunday’s premature exit from the World Cup, they will at least be able to watch them via […]
Multimedia continues share buyback
The Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has announced the continuation of a share buyback that it launched on June 4.
History widens Bulgarian reach
AETN UK’s History has launched on the Bulgarian DTH platform Bulsatcom less than a week after making its debut on the rival service Total TV, formerly known as ITV Partner.
Hulu may add paywall to its service
Hulu, the online video portal jointly owned by News Corp, NBC-Universal and Disney, is contemplating introducing a paywall for some its content, according to a report in the Wall Street […]
KPN Interactieve TV adds RTL Gemist
Dutch incumbent telecoms operator KPN has added the catch-up TV service RTL Gemist to its IPTV service Interactieve TV.
Liftoff for Ariane 5 with Arabsat-5A
Arianespace’s mission with the Arabsat-5A and COMS satellites was successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport on Saturday, June 26. It was the third launch attempt following two aborted countdowns.
Trust approval for Project Canvas
Project Canvas will be forced to publish its core specifications within 20 days under conditions set by the BBC Trust. The approval for the BBC’s involvement in the broadcast-broadband project […]
MTS to merge with Comstar
The boards of Russia’s MTS and Comstar have given the go ahead to the merger of the two companies. As a result, Comstar, which is already 61.97% owned by MTS […]