STV and ITV have reached a deal over which should mean some missing favourites returning to Scottish screens. For three years, the Scottish station has dropped some major ITV1 programmes including several dramas. If regulator Ofcom backs the plan, STV will pay a fixed amount for the whole network schedule regardless of how many programmes […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Spanish media group Vocento have reached an agreement to launch in April Paramount Channel on Spain’s DTT platform as an FTA channel on frequency previously used by the former TV channel La 10. Paramount Channel will offer movies from the archives of Paramount Pictures with genres including drama, comedy, action, […]
Latino broadcasting giant TV Globo says it has secured the exclusive TV rights for the FIFA World Cup for Brazil. The rights, which cover the Russia and Qatari events, include pay-TV, free-to-air, web and cellular distribution. However, there may be legal action ahead from arch-rival TV Record, which has the 2014 ‘rights’ and has now […]
AMC/Sundance Channel Global, AMC Networks’ international division, and Liberty Global have announced several new deals with Liberty Global affiliates across Europe. These deals follow fast on the heels of the announcement made earlier this month that Sundance Channel will be launching in the Netherlands in March in partnership with Film1, Benelux’s leading film channel bouquet, […]
ActiveVideo Networks, creators of CloudTV, the cloud-based app platform for television, will show how a television app platform based entirely in the network cloud can enable unparalleled service velocity of next-generation navigation and other services at the Cable Congress March 7-9. During the three-day event at The Square in Brussels, ActiveVideo will demonstrate how its […]
A Canadian media conference has been told that piracy is a good thing as illegal downloading secures indie producers more business and markets for their product. “We’re really coming to a place right now where piracy and file sharing is actually doing what it’s supposed to do: It’s showing new markets, it’s taking the content […]
The BBC’s Persian TV channel continues to be hard hit by signal jamming and censorship, as well as physical intimidation from Iranian thugs. But the endless switching of transponder transmission locations has not hurt its viewing numbers, which have rocketed in this past year. New data shows that its viewing numbers have grown 94 per […]
Russian-speaking iPhone and iPod touch users around the world now have instant access to the latest news from the BBC by downloading the new BBC Russian App, available now on the App Store. The BBC Russian App offers news stories from bbcrussian.com as well as in-depth analysis and features on major stories of the day. […]
Belgian cable operator Telenet has extended its distribution agreement with the AMC/Sundance Channel. The US channel will now be available in 1.4 million households in Flanders and Wallonia. The Sundance Channel was founded by actor Robert Redford and features independent films, documentaries and other programmes. The channel was previously available across Belgium in both Flemish […]
For the third straight year, Winter X Games Tignes will be covered live and exclusively by ESPN on television and broadband in the UK, as the world’s leading skiers and snowboarders gather at Tignes, France March 14-16. The sports media company will provide fans extensive coverage on television and online, via ESPN (TV) and ESPNPlayer.com […]