Mobile TV has suffered another blow after top French commercial channel TF1 announced it was shutting down its mobile TV services. TF1 Mobile launched last May, but five months on […]
SES Astra passes 2,000 channels
More than 2,000 channels can now be received from SES satellite positions over Europe. In the last year the number of broadcast channels broadcast from the 19.2 degrees East, 28.2 […]
Viacom in Joost content pact
Viacom has signed a deal with new broadband TV project Joost, just days after ordering that its content be pulled from YouTube, following the collapse of similar talks. Joost will […]
US satellite radio’s “merger of equals”
The two US satellite radio players Sirius and XM have announced a $13 billion merger bringing together the unlikely combination of Howard Stern and Oprah Winfrey. The involvement of self-styled […]
Premiere reaches 60,000 HD subs
Premiere has announced improved figures for its high definition service following two financial quarters when HD barely rated a mention. According to Premiere’s HD newsletter, 60,000 subscribers had signed up […]
Czech TV chases RLF dodgers
The Czech public broadcaster CT has filed lawsuits totalling CZK35 million (€1.24 million) against almost 28,500 viewers defaulting on receiver licence fee payments. CT is gradually withdrawing advertising and will […]
TVN continues to impress
According to local analysts, the Polish national commercial broadcaster TVN is likely to have made a consolidated profit of between PLN119 million (€30.59 million) and PLN142.3 million in Q4 2006. […]
Dutch Canal Digitaal grows to 700,000
The Dutch digital DTH provider Canal Digitaal has reported that it added 100,000 new subscribers in 2006, reaching a net total of just over 700,000. The last quarter of 2006 […]
Red Hot IPO
Portland, the company that owns a string of adult channels including Television X and Red Hot, is examining the possibility of a flotation. The Financial Times reports that Portland, owned […]
Sweden to relax advertising rules
Sweden’s national commercial channel TV4 is to be allowed to increase the number of commercials it broadcasts in line with those screened by TV3 and Kanal 5. The Swedish government […]