Virgin Media is reportedly in the final stages of selling its wholly-owned television channels, including Virgin 1 and Living, to BSkyB after months of negotiations. According to Media Guardian, Virgin Media suggest that a deal is very much on the cards, even though related talks relating to UKTV – the independent commercial joint venture, between […]

Apple could begin selling US television shows for $1, half of its charge on its iTunes digital media store, when the computer maker's iPad tablet computer hits the stores. The test, expected to coincide with the April consumer debut of the iPad, will offer some shows at the lower price as a way to test […]

EMI has reached an agreement with Dailymotion to deliver the company's music videos to the video-sharing service’s website, mobile site, iPhone app and the Dailymotion channel on Internet-connected TVs. From April 2010, Dailymotion users will have free access to videos from artists including Coldplay, Katy Perry and Robbie Williams. The deal covers all EMI’s labels […]

Virgin Media has confirmed Discovery HD as well as more HD shows on demand, as part of the company’s growing HD offering. Launching this spring, Discovery HD on Virgin TV will broadcast all 24/7 and offer content from Discovery’s extensive collection of more than 1500 hours of HD programming. In addition, Discovery Networks and Virgin […]

Radio and Television Shanghai has signed a five-year deal with Ningxia TV to allow CBN to provide the new Ningxia Satellite service with around 17 hours of live programmes a week. CBN is the wholly owned subsidy of Radio and Television Shanghai, which specialises in business and financial information. It is expecting to enhance market […]

XYZnetworks has signed a multi-year volume deal with RDF Rights, part of the RDF Media Group. Under terms of the deal, XYZnetworks agrees to acquire a minimum of 300 hours of first run exclusive content across its portfolio of channels with equal footing to FTA television to acquire key titles. RDF is a major distributor […]

Viasat Broadcasting has strengthened its HDTV offering in the Baltic region with the launch of MTVNHD on its pay-TV platform. MTVNHD is an international high definition service dedicated to music and kids. An agreement has been signed with MTV Networks International for inclusion to Viasat's satellite TV subscribers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

SeeSaw, the online TV service from Arquiva, has revealed programming deals with broadcasters and independent production, including Channel 4 and Five. SeeSaw has confirmed that Channel 4’s content will be available on the service at launch including programmes such as Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, Skins and Grand Designs. The service has also struck a multi-year […]

Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, a division of Discovery Communications, has confirmed the launch of its two new channels Discovery Science and Discovery Turbo in India. The new networks will initially air on the Tata Sky DTH platform, but will soon be available on both analogue and digital platforms across the country.

On February 1st, Swisscom will add four new HD channels to the three channels currently offered by the telco's Swisscom TV IPTV service. German channels ARD and ZDF and Austrian channel Servus TV will be available free of charge as part of the basic package from Swisscom TV plus.