Broadcasters
Al Jazeera signs satellite deal with Es’hailSat
Middle Eastern broadcaster Al Jazeera is partnering with Qatari satellite company Es’hailSat that will see…
France 24 strikes deal with Tricolor
French international news channel France 24 has struck a distribution deal with Russian pay TV…
Discovery rolling out second-screen app across Europe
Discovery’s international division is launching a second-screen application that it has been trialling in Latin…
News Corp names new Fox chief
News Corp has promoted Peter Rice to chairman and chief executive of Fox Networks Group,…
ESPN renews German football deal
Sports channel ESPN has renewed its broadcast deal with the DFL, the commercial arm of…
New BBC boss considers Worldwide revamp
Incoming BBC director general George Entwistle is considering a strategic repositioning of the public broadcaster’s…
Mediaset Italia launches on KPN and Caiway
Mediaset Italia will get distributed in the Netherlands following the agreement of carriage deals with…
Murdoch steps down from newspaper board ahead of stock split
Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from the boards of News International’s various UK newspapers ahead…
MTG says pay TV revenues offsetting downturn in free-to-air
Modern Times Group has reported a 2% increase in half year revenues of SEK6.8 billion…
MobiTV licenses nDVR solution
Mobile TV and video-on-demand technology specialist MobiTV has launched a licensable network DVR solution. The…