Intelsat has announced capacity agreements with Turner Broadcasting on two Intelsat satellites. Turner Broadcasting has extended its long-term commitment on Intelsat 9, and has committed to new capacity on Intelsat 11 as part of two multi-year deals. “With Latin America’s continued growth, it’s more important than ever for Turner Broadcasting to secure long-term access to […]
Viasat Broadcasting has added nine catch-up TV channels to its Viaplay service available to Viasat pay-TV satellite subscribers across the Nordic region. The channels offer selected programmes that have previously been broadcast. Viasat subscribers with an Internet-connected set-top box can access the catch-up TV content directly on their TV using the remote control. The nine […]
Virgin Media has won back 6,300 cable customers in the third quarter of 2011, partly making up for losses of 36,000 over the summer after students disconnected for the holidays. Financial results showed that revenues grew 2.2 per cent to £1 billion year on year, marking a 3.3 per cent rise for the first nine […]
France’s leading pay-TV platform Canal+, ITI and TVN Groups are entering into exclusive negotiations to create a strategic partnership in Poland. TVN Group, the leading media group in Poland, is also the leading free-to-air TV company in the country. It is also one of the main pay-TV players through ‘n’, a fully owned subsidiary, […]
French telco Orange has reported it now has 4.8 million subscribers for its European pay-TV services – with 1 million new additions coming in the last 12 months, mainly in France and Poland. In its native market, the telco saw its pay-TV customer base in Q3 rise 28 per cent year-on-year to reach 4.1 million […]
A few weeks ago it was widely reported that China had ‘banned’ entertainment-type programming especially that emanating from Taiwan and which frequently employed ‘Western’ presentation styles and fashions. BBC Monitoring reports that speculation has arisen whether the state TV regulator has decided to stop Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainers from participating in mainland China’s […]
Paramount Pictures has inked a multi-year content deal for Germany with LOVEFiLM, Europe’s leading online entertainment subscription service. The agreement provides LOVEFiLM subscribers in Germany exclusive streaming access to Paramount titles during the first subscription TV window beginning this autumn. The deal gives LOVEFiLM members in Germany access to Paramount’s upcoming titles before any other […]
Italy’s Marche Region has asked for a postponement of the transition to Digital Terrestrial Television until at least 2012. The request was made by the Region’s president, Gian Mario Spacca, in a letter addressed to the Minister for Economic Development, Paolo Romani, and to the president of the Communications Authority (AgCom), Corrado Calibre. The postponement, […]
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has confirmed the launch of High TV 3D, a 24/7 channel for the Nordic region, on TSBc’s THOR 6 satellite, located at 1 degree West, one of Europe’s fastest-growing orbital hotspots. High TV 3D will initially reach audiences in Norway only and will distributed to viewers via Canal Digital’s DTH satellite-TV […]
BigBand Networks has unveiled its IP-based targeted advertising application. Operators using the application can increase advertising revenue generated from live TV that is delivered to both STBs and IP-connected devices. With its patented virtual zoning technique, BigBand has created a method for digital TV service providers to deliver ads based on targeting criteria most attractive […]