There’s a carriage fee dispute at Romania’s giant cable and DTH TV operator RCS/RDS between the operator and Discovery Networks. The squabble extends to Hungarian subsidiary Digi. The disagreement centres on the renewal of a contract which ends this week on November 30th, and the two parties have failed to reach harmony on a new […]
Dream TV, a popular Arabic-language entertainment channel, is back on air over the Middle East. It was removed just over a week ago in an alleged dispute over its location. It has its studios within the Dreamland theme park and hotel complex at Six October City, on the Giza plateau outside Cairo. Local regulators said […]
The ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign spearheaded by pro-copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness is inspiring film fans to play fair, according to new research unveiled by Nicola Pearcey, Managing Director, Home Entertainment and New Media for film producer and distributor Lionsgate UK, at the Trust’s Annual General Meeting in Soho. […]
Canadian telco Bell has confirmed the launch of V network on Bell Mobile TV, Bell Fibe TV On Demand and Bell TV Online – offering consumers 4-screen access to some of the most popular French-language TV programming. “With live and on-demand access to V’s great French-language programming, Bell TV just got better,” said Wade Oosterman, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]