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STAR, TrueVisions and GMM Media channel venture

STAR, TrueVisions and GMM Media have announced a three-party joint venture for CHANNEL V Thailand, a leading music and youth entertainment channel targeted at Thailand's youth market. STAR will hold a 49 per cent stake in the joint venture while TrueVisions, Thailand's leading pay-TV operator, and GMM Media, Thailand's leading multi-media group, will hold 26 […]

November 12, 2007

First mobile HD trial in Spain

From David del Valle in Madrid Orange Spain, controlled by France Telecom, is launching the first HDTV broadcasts via mobile in Spain. The trial will last three months and will include three TV channels – MTV, National Geographic Channel and Sci Fi and some other sports content (football, tennis and basketball) – to be received […]

November 9, 2007

BBC social networking show

BBC3 is to screen an entertainment show early next year, hosted by singer Lily Allen, based on the social networking phenomenon that helped launch her career. Viewers will shape the show online by becoming her virtual friends and contributing to topical discussions, putting questions to guests and presenting parts of the show. The audience will […]

November 9, 2007

BT Q2 results, still top in broadband

BT met forecasts with a 3 per cent rise in second-quarter revenues on good growth in broadband and networked IT services and said it was confident in its growth prospects. The BT Retail unit accounted for 37 per cent of net DSL broadband additions during the quarter, giving it a broadband customer base of over […]

November 9, 2007

Multi-taskers use Internet with other media

Internet users, more than ever before, are multitasking and incorporating different and new media types into an interconnected experience, according to a recent survey by Burst Media. The study found that over four-fifths (82.4 per cent) of respondents are involved with another media, activity, or device while online. Among these multi-taskers, nearly one-quarter (23.6 per […]

November 9, 2007

Southern Africa Direct on the Sky Platform

Southern Africa Direct, a new free-to-air lifestyle and culture television channel, will go on-air on the Sky digital broadcast platform on November 26th 2007. This new channel is the UK's first 'Destination TV' channel, providing an information source for anyone interested in visiting or building commercial links with Southern Africa.

November 9, 2007

MTG: management appointments

Modern Times Group has announced a number of new senior management appointments and the reorganization of its Central Eastern European operations. Manfred Aronsson has been appointed as CEO of MTG Sweden and Anders Nilsson as Co-Chief Operating Officer of MTG. Ulrik Bengtsson has been appointed as CEO of Pay-TV Emerging Markets, and Laurence Miall-d’Aout as […]

November 9, 2007

Télédiffusion acquires Media&Broadcast from Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom has concluded an agreement with the French TDF group on the sale of T-Systems Media&Broadcast. The transaction has an enterprise value of E0.85 billion. The sale of Media&Broadcast is part of the 'Focus, fix and grow' strategy presented to the public by the Deutsche Telekom in March.

November 9, 2007

Pace selects PartnerTech

Pace Micro Technology, independent developer of digital TV technologies for the global pay TV industry, has selected PartnerTech, one of Europe's leading contract manufacturing companies, to provide a fast-turnaround new product introduction (NPI) and prototyping service covering its range of digital set-top boxes. The business will be fulfilled from PartnerTech's UK facilities in Poole and […]

November 9, 2007

Profit falls, sales rise at News Corp

News Corp first-quarter profit fell 13 per cent from a year earlier, when the sale of investments boosted results by $428 million (E291m). Income dropped to $732 million from $843 million a year earlier. Sales rose 19 per cent to $7.07 billion. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch highlighted the results at Fox Interactive Media, that […]

November 9, 2007