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Vimpelcom adds 16 new channels

Russian service provider Vimpelcom has added 16 new channels to its IPTV service ‘Beeline TV’, including 11 in HD. The new channels are being rolled out in the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in the wider regions of Moscow and Leningrad. The new additions takes the total available channels in excess […]

November 23, 2012

Zeebox launches in Australia

The UK-developed social TV platform Zeebox has arrived in Australia, following its US launch in September. Zeebox has been backed locally by the Ten Network. The social TV app is available across iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and through zeebox.com. zeebox Australia CEO, Craig Blair anticipates that the platform will introduce a new layer of interactivity […]

November 22, 2012

Food Network debuts in Poland

Global food entertainment and lifestyle channel Food Network, owned by Scripps Networks Interactive, is now available on Poland’s biggest satellite platform Cyfrowy Polsat. In Poland, the channel will be referred to as Polsat Food Network. The new carriage agreement will enable the 24 hour Food Network channel to be seen in by all 3.5 million […]

November 22, 2012

BT sports channels secure Sky slots

BT has reserved two EPG slots on the Sky platform in preparation for the launch of its sports channels. The UK telco has secured rights to Premier League football and Premiership rugby packages, has acquired the placeholders on the pay TV platform, which it has temporarily branded as Sailing 1 and Sailing 2. BT will […]

November 21, 2012

ITV, C5 licences renewed, PSB commitments upped?

UK Culture secretary Maria Miller has told ITV and Channel 5 that they may be expected to up their public service broadcasting commitment to news and original programming, as she confirmed the 10-year renewal of their licences. Both of the commercial broadcasters will have their licences renewed as expected after their current agreements expire at […]

November 21, 2012

Chello launches Megamax in Romania, Slovakia

Chello Central Europe’s children’s channel Megamax has launched in Romania and will be available in Slovakia as of December 1st. Targeting 7-14 year olds, Megamax will offer local-dubbed versions of popular animated content from around the globe, including Transformers, Gormiti, Iron Kid and Metajets. “We are delighted that after one year of success in Hungary, […]

November 21, 2012

Ofcom: No 3-strike letters before mid-2014

UK comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that implementation of copyright infringement warning letters is unlikely to occur before mid-2014. Speaking at a Westminster Media Forum Seminar on Copyright regulation and combating piracy in the UK and Europe, Justin Le Patourel, Head of Copyright, Ofcom admitted that there would be a further delay to the process. […]

November 20, 2012By Colin Mann

Half of Internet users unsure of content legality

Nearly half of all Internet users are unsure whether the content they are accessing online is legal, Ofcom research has found. However, one in six people online believed they downloaded or accessed content illegally over a three-month period this year. The findings come from the first wave of a large-scale consumer study into the extent […]

November 20, 2012By Colin Mann

Fransat debuts December 12th

From December 12th, TV viewers across metropolitan France will be able to watch six new DTT channels broadcast exclusively in HD: Chérie 25, HD1, L’Équipe 21, Numéro 23, RMC Découverte and 6TER. The launch of these brand new channels marks another milestone in the expansion of free-to-air digital broadcast services in France and the progressive […]

November 20, 2012

E! Entertainment fined £40,000 for nudity

“Girls of the Playboy Mansion”, a show that aired on E! Entertainment in the UK, has cost the broadcaster a £40,000 (€50,000) fine from TV regulator Ofcom. According to Ofcom the show featured “prolonged sequences of nudity” in two back-to-back episodes shown during last year’s Christmas holiday season. Even though the shows aired at 10pm, […]

November 19, 2012By Chris Forrester