The £1.4 million (€1.77m) sale of Sumo TV’s Sky EPG slot will result in a £1.1m profit in the first half of 2008 for parent company Cellcast.
No carriage deals yet for Dutch football channel
The new Dutch live football channel from Endemol and the Eredivisie league has yet to sign its first distribution agreements. According to Dutch press reports, carriage deals are pending with […]
Widevine secures Lithuanian deal
Lithuania’s UAB Viginta has opted for the Cypher solution from Widevine Technologies to secure content delivered over DTT, cable and IPTV deployments.
Macedonian pubcaster to be privatised
The government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is planning to privatise the country’s public broadcaster Makedonska Radiodifuzija (MRD) at the beginning of next year.
German race tracks get their own DTT channel
The German racetracks Norisring near Nuernberg and the Nuerburgring in the Eiffel region each received a license to broadcast during events on a dedicated DTT channel to fans who are […]
Telenet signs final Interkabel acquisition agreement
The Belgian cable operator Telenet has signed a final agreement with the municipal cable operators and their joint venture Interkabel to acquire the TV activities of the networks.
Equity fund deal to take NDS private
News Corp is to delist its set-top technology and security subsidiary NDS in a $3.6 billion transaction with private equity firm Permira.
France 2 HD launches on cable and DTH
The HD version of public channel France 2 launched today on several platforms in France including CanalSat DTH and Numéricable.
More IPTV for Bulgaria
The Bulgarian alternative telco SpectrumNet has launched a triple play service in Sofia.
BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions
The BBC has today begun test transmissions ahead of the launch of terrestrial HD services. The transmission companies National Grid Wireless and Arqiva are supporting the DVB-T2 broadcasts from the […]