From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset plans to launch three new DTT channels and an on-demand offer via the Internet by the end of 2010. According to Mediaset CFO, Marco Giordani, the three channels will be a “younger version” of the existing Italia 1 channel called Italia 2; a rolling-news channels; and […]
From Colin Mann in London Newspaper reports have suggested that BSkyB may be allowed to put premium content such as football on Freeview when broadcasting regulator Ofcom releases its pay-television market review, but the satellite operator's chief operating officer has described such a move as a “sop” to the main thrust of the review, which […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has confirmed that Viasat Broadcasting has uired the exclusive TV broadcasting rights to England's Barclays Premier League in Sweden for the next three seasons. MTG currently has the television broadcasting rights to the Barclays Premier League in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Ghana. MTG will broadcast Premier League matches from the […]
Virgin Media has signed an agreement with Universal Networks International to make the SCI FI channel available to its digital TV customers in High Definition. Launching on Virgin TV in advance of its anticipated rebrand to Syfy HD on 13th April, the channel will show some of the best science fiction entertainment, including the UK […]
FLO TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, has expanded its partnership with Turner Broadcasting to bring consumers CNN Mobile, a channel that includes programming from CNN/US, CNN International and HLN, as well as CNN.com content. The channel will be available on the FLO TV Personal Television and FLO TV Auto Entertainment platforms, in addition […]
Dailymotion and Warner Music Group have announced a new partnership to offer music videos via Dailymotion’s website in the US, Europe and North Africa. Visitors will be given unlimited, on-demand, ad-supported access to thousands of music videos, concerts and interviews from Warner Music’s roster of local and international acts. Under the terms of the agreement, […]
Virgin Media has confirmed the upcoming launch of Film4 HD and E4 HD on its digital TV platform. Virgin Media's digital TV customers will be the first to watch Film4 in high Definition as the channel launches exclusively on Virgin Media this summer. E4 HD is expected to launch on Virgin Media in April.
Cricket is to return to ITV for the first time in more than 30 years after the broadcaster acquired rights to this year’s Indian Premier League competition. The deal will see the broadcaster air 59 of 60 live matches on ITV4. The IPL starts on March 12th and runs for 45 days. The IPL will […]
Sony Pictures Television and BT Vision have signed an agreement that sees the addition of Sony Entertainment Television to BT's digital on-demand television service, BT Vision. Launching for the first time in the UK, Sony Entertainment Television offers viewing with top-rated US dramas such as Damages and The Shield. Also launching on BT Vision is […]
GlobeCast's newly launched Content Acquisition and Distribution division has signed a VOD distribution deal with ZN Animation, one of China's biggest animation producers, as well as general and popular entertainment content from Shanghai Media Group's subsidiary, WingsMedia. Under the deal, GlobeCast – the content management and delivery company and division of France Telecom, will enable […]