RTL Group is set to take a 49% stake in Serbia’s TV Avala, after getting the go-ahead from the country’s broadcasting regulator.
Croatian HRT sets 2009 targets
The Croatian public broadcaster Hrvatska Radio Televizija (HRT) expects to make HRK1.57 billion (€215 million) in income and HRK20 million in profit this year.
Highfield jumps from Kangaroo
Ashley Highfield is to quit the troubled web TV service Kangaroo to head up Microsoft’s UK operations. The former head of the BBC’s Future Media division is leaving the BBC-ITV-Channel […]
Mediaset Premium signs with Alice Home TV
The Italian broadcaster Mediaset has reached agreement with Alice Home TV to carry programming from the Premium Gallery pay-TV channels on the IPTV net.
Sky Player to offer online pay-TV access
Sky has announced plans to offer a subscription based TV package through its online Sky Player platform. The package, available to both Mac and PC users, will eliminate the need […]
Premiere CA “fully secure again”
Germany pay-TV platform Premiere has said it has finally switched off its old conditional access system rendering thousands of modified digital receivers and illicit devices useless.
Distribution boost for TV Barrandov
The soon-to-be-launched Czech digital channel TV Barrandov has secured additional distribution.
Discovery grows distribution revenues
Discovery Channel grew international revenues by 16% to $300 million (€236 million) in the third quarter on the back of a 22% increase in distribution revenue from the EMEA region […]
TV1000 Russian Kino heads west
The Viasat TV1000 Russian Kino premium movie channel has been launched in the US.
ONO chairman replaced
Spanish cablenet ONO has appointed Jose Maria Castellano as its new chairman in a boardroom coup that replaced Eugenio Galdon, the cablenet’s founder and a significant shareholder.