Viasat Broadcasting has launched its TV1000 Russian Kino premium movie channel on Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable operator in the US. TV1000 Russian Kino, broadcasts in 12 countries in Eastern Europe, is now also available for the Russian language speaking population of the US. Time Warner Cable New York City customers can subscribe to […]

From 1st February, the North American Sports Network (NASN) will officially become ESPN America. ESPN America will broadcast over 800 live and as-live sports events from Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL) and NCAA college football and basketball. The channel will be available to sports to fans across the UK on both Sky […]

Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has revealed that it will launch a new free-TV channel in Denmark. TV3 PULS will be launched on Monday 23rd March as a broad appeal general entertainment channel targeting an audience of 15-49 year old men and women. The channel will be available in more than […]

A deal between CBS and Top UP TV will provide subscribers to the VoD service with drama, comedy and reality shows. Top Up TV customers will initially enjoy eight hours of programmes from CBS Paramount every week, rising to 11 hours a week within months.

The UK Film Council has launched FindAnyFilm.com; A film search engine, that will find out when, where and how a film is available in the UK, legally and across all formats and platforms – cinema, TV, DVD & Blu-ray sale or rental, download and streaming. The service is free to use and currently contains over […]

The forthcoming premium movie channel from Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate, Epix is launching on the web in May but has failed to find network carriage yet. At a launch in Las Vegas the joint venture announced Epix, which is intended as a competitor to HBO and Showtime, will come online with a Web site […]

A broadcast industry poll conducted by AmberFin has revealed that poor picture quality remains a major barrier to content adoption on new viewing devices, such as a mobile phone and PC. Furthermore, 70 per cent of experts surveyed agreed the industry is failing to capitalise on the new market opportunities offered by the Internet, VOD […]

Pay-TV company UKTV is to launch the Blighty channel, a rebrand of UKTV People, next month as an “unashamed” celebration of all things British. UKTV said Blighty was aimed primarily at young couples in their 30s and 40s who are “interested in reconnecting with the country they live in and will also attract anyone who […]

Live international cricket could be among sports to return to terrestrial television in some form following the completion of a ¬government-commissioned review into which events should be protected for ¬free-to-air broadcasters. As the former FA executive director David Davies and a panel of former sports¬persons, broadcasters and academics begins an independent review into the so-called […]

The English Premier League is planning an aggressive campaign to protect its intellectual property rights in an attempt to clamp down on rogue websites that stream football matches for nothing and pub landlords who broadcast foreign feeds, amid fears that they could damage its income from broadcasting rights. Having recently recorded a surge in the […]