According to data produced by AGB Nielsen Research, the Jetix brand has seen an 800% increase in viewing figures in Poland between its launch in April 1998 and Q1 this […]
Highfield opens BBC Archive trial
MIP-TV CANNES – The BBC’s director of future media and technology Ashley Highfield has announced a limited trial of the BBC Archive on the bbc.co.uk website and DTT. Speaking at […]
Disney promotes UK staff
Disney Channel has announced a series of promotions within its UK management team. Casper Bjorner is promoted to VP marketing, UK, Scandinavia and emerging markets; Jonathan Boseley is promoted to […]
Freeview overtakes Sky, confirms DVR launch
The Freeview DTT platform has overtaken BSkyB as the most popular means of receiving digital television in the UK. Freeview says that there are now 8.2 million homes where DTT-enabled […]
Swedes lose digital signal
Sweden’s digital TV network was briefly taken off the air on Wednesday afternoon after an equipment failure in the central part of the system. Service was lost between 15:30 and […]
1,000 HD subs for Belgian in-Di
Belgian cable operator Interkabel said it now has over 1,000 HD subscribers to the service it launched just a week ago. The group is the first to offer HD channels […]
CBS closes Maxdome download deal
MIPTV – CANNES. CBS Paramount has closed a deal with German download website Maxdome to offer first-run US TV series on their on-demand platform. The agreement covers prime time series […]
Arena losses “in line with expectations”
German pay-TV platform Arena gained 1,035,000 subscribers in its first five months of operation. The Unity Media company accrued €82 million in revenues and made an EBITDA loss of €132m, […]
entavio platform to host Premiere
SES Astra has won Premiere as the first client for its entavio pay-TV platform. In the process the two companies have avoided the possibilities of multiple receivers as German satellite […]
More Zone for Poland
Speaking to the local press, Zonemedia chairman Chris Wronski has said that the company will launch either Zone Horror of Zone Fantasy in Poland later this year. It already distributes […]