The Military History channel is to launch in the UK and Ireland after securing capacity on Sky Digital. It is the first time the brand has appeared as a linear channel outside the United States. Play out and sales will be handled by The History Channel (UK), a joint venture between AETN and BSkyB. “Military […]
NBC Universal and private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group have agreed to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications. The terms of the deal have not been revealed, but the price tag is reported to have been almost $3.5 billion. The channel will be run as a separate business from the company’s other […]
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Philippines has served its first ever temporary restraining order (TRO) against a pirate cable operator – Turtle Cable, a company in Baao, Camarines Sur province – for copyright infringement. This latest move by the IPO has been applauded by the international pay-TV industry. The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting […]
Cable TV and satellite operator Turksat has chosen to deploy a Conax CAS7 conditional access solution for the new Turksat DTV platform. The unique cable operator in Turkey, Turksat serves over 1.7 million homes across the region. Partnering between Broadcast Group Turkey and Conax to deploy a content security solution will enable Turksat to focus […]
Satellite and cable operators in the UAE say efforts to put an end to pay TV piracy have failed thus far. “Piracy is harming our business but we cannot put a definite number on the customers lost,” e-vision CEO Humaid Rashid Sahoo told Emirates Business. “Broadcasting from other countries such as India and South Africa […]
Satellite and cable operators in the UAE say efforts to put an end to pay TV piracy have failed thus far. “Piracy is harming our business but we cannot put a definite number on the customers lost,” e-vision CEO Humaid Rashid Sahoo told Emirates Business. “Broadcasting from other countries such as India and South Africa […]
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has launched a voluntary online ratings scheme, extending its established ratings labels to digital downloads and computer games. Web stores and services that sign up to the content ratings system, called BBFC Online, will apply the guidance labels to downloaded and streamed films, TV shows and computer games […]
MGM Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, has signed an agreement with News Corp's Sky Italia, one of Europe's largest subscriptions television platforms and the leading pay television service in Italy, to launch a local language version of the MGM Channel beginning June 1st. The deal marks the MGM channel's debut in Italy.
MGM Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, has signed an agreement with News Corp's Sky Italia, one of Europe's largest subscriptions television platforms and the leading pay television service in Italy, to launch a local language version of the MGM Channel beginning June 1st. The deal marks the MGM channel's debut in Italy.
From David Del Valle in Madrid Sogecable, owner of Digital + and Canal +, and telco Yacom, controlled by Orange, is launching Yacom +, a joint triple play offer with broadband Internet access, phone calls and satellite pay-TV. The service, similar to Trio Plus launched last November by Sogecable and Telefonica, will be available in […]