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 […]
Windstream has announced the launch of Merge, the company’s new high-speed Internet and streaming entertainment service in the US Merge allows consumers to customise their entertainment experience with high-speed access to their specific programming choices from the Internet directly to their television. “With the explosive growth of streaming content, the ‘information superhighway’ has become outdated,” […]
Following the lead taken earlier in the week by the Chief Executive of parent company Time Warner, Warner Home Entertainment Group President Kevin Tsujihara has reiterated Warner’s intentions to persuade consumers to convert physical content into digital files, managing their movies online and steering them away from cheap rentals and piracy. Addressing delegates at the […]
South Africa-based broadcaster e-TV is looking to launch another version of its popular channel for Zambian viewers. E-TV already has spin-off channels transmitting in Botswana, Ghana and Kenya. The current thinking, according to a BBC Monitoring report, is that e-TV will partner with a Zambian newspaper, the ‘Daily Mail’, to provide news and other programming […]
Sky has confirmed the arrival of Animal Planet HD – the 60th high definition channel to join the platform. In January 2012, share of viewing to HD channels within Sky+HD households saw a 68 per cent year on year rise in audiences. Luke Bradley-Jones, Sky’s Director of TV Products, said: “As we add our 60th […]
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group will expand its pay-TV portfolio this May. As the first such transfer of its kind, it will create a pay-TV channel modelled after the strongest German TV brand: Germany’s most successful family of TV stations will launch ProSieben FUN, featuring a fresh, varied selection of programmes. The pay-TV spin-off of SAT.1 will […]
Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes has defended the autumn 2011 launch of digital movie technology UltraViolet, led by the Warner Bros. studio, stressing the importance of launching early rather than waiting for further improvements. Speaking at the Deutsche Bank Media and Telecommunications conference in Palm Beach, Bewkes said the reason the studio didn’t wait […]