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By Robert Briel

Euronews is extending its distribution in the Caribbean region with a new agreement with Canal+ Overseas which will make the international news channel available on the basic...

By Robert Briel

The announcement of Mobistar to suspend sales of its internet, fixed telephony and TV services has created a rush at TV Vlaanderen and Télésat.

Existing customers of Mobistar TV...

French satellite operator Eutelsat Communicaitons gradually develops its new orbital position 3 ° E in Europe and the Middle East. In May acquired satellite Eutelsat 3C new customers - public ERT...

SES today announced the signing of multi-year agreement to lease transmission capacity of Telekom Srbija via ASTRA 3B, operated by SES at 23.5 st. east.

Telekom Srbija is currently used bandwidth...

Arabic satellite operator Arabsat leased telecommunications satellite Nimiq 1 Telesat.Sputnik Canadian company in a few weeks will be tested in the new position 44,5 ° E, which will be the basis for...

The Middle East and North Africa region is still lagging behind advanced markets in the development of HD services, despite being ahead of Europe in terms of HD screen sales growth and HDTV growth...

By Chris Forrester

On Digital Media broadcasts as TopTV and is in the process of being bought by China’s StarTimes media group. However TopTV is suffering a major backlash from South African...

Liberty Global Inc has put its Chellomedia television-channel business up for sale, in a move that it hopes could net between $800 million and $1 billion, reports the WSJ.

Chellomedia is Liberty...

Star India has launched its new movie channel, Star Movies Actions, targeted at male audiences. The new channel replaces the company’s action brand Fox Action Movies.


Kevin Vaz, Business...

The choice of a Chinese satellite by the Pentagon's Defence Information Systems Agency was criticised by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers. The Pentagon will continue for another year...

English-language teaching channel English Club TV has secured carriage with Slovak Telecom’s Magio TV service.

Erika Luzsicza, managing director of IKO Cable, which distributes English Club TV...

By Chris Dziadul

HbbTV take-up could be higher in Italy than any other leading television market in Western Europe by 2015.

According to Idate, the number of connected TV households among...

By Chris Dziadul

The new Polish DTH platform nc+ is to appeal the PLN11 million (€2.62 million) fine imposed on it by the competition authority UOKiK.

The move was confirmed by the latter,...

By Julian Clover

Canal Plus has said it intends to launch its multiscreen service Canal Touch on Windows 8 tablets this November.

Canal Touch is already available on PCs and the latest...

By Robert Briel

SBS Discovery is buying Sweden’s TV11 from the TV4 Group.

With the acquisition, SBS Discovery Media adds a third ‘free TV channel’ in addition to Channel 5 and Channel 9. The...

From David Del Valle in Madrid

The Spanish government is considering calling a fresh public tender to award the nine DTT licences that were recently revoked following the Supreme Court ruling that...

CASBAA has commented on Vietnam’s ‘Decision 20′ pay-TV regulations which came into effect today. As a result of confusion over the regulations, one satellite provider has taken down 21 international...

Dubai-based My-HD is launching a low-cost all-HD bundle of 20 channels exclusively using Arabsat and with the aim of dramatically undercutting the prices charged by the Middle East’s existing...

By Chris Dziadul

Les Chaines Canal+ had total revenues of €473 million in the quarter, barely changed on the €472 million it posted in the same period last year despite a decline in the...

By Chris Dziadul

There are currently over 3,000 on demand audiovisual services established in European countries or received in at least one country, according to the European Audiovisual...

By Robert Briel

French international news channel France 24 has concluded a new distribution agreement with Tanzanian operator Sahara Media and is now available on DTT in the country.

France...

From David Del Valle in Madrid

Pay-TV business in Spain is not going well. In the first quarter of the year the pay-TV market lost 98,000 subscribers as a whole with the financial crisis, higher...

By Robert Briel

Belgian operator said it suspends marketing of its fixed products on the residential market, while awaiting more favourable regulation.

The marketing of internet, fixed...

Gabriel Miramar-Garcia

On 17 May, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will face off in the Spanish football league's Copa del Rey. The game, a derbi madrileño, will be shown exclusively in Latin...

Problems mount for Bulgaria’s Satellite BG

By Chris Dziadul

The Bulgarian DTH platform Satellite BG has run into serious difficulties, with its owners facing the threat of bankruptcy.
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