Broadcasters
Thinkbox makes executive changes
Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial television in the UK, has made a number of…
Virgin Media nets 3D tennis
UK cabler Virgin Media will transmit Eurosport’s 3D coverage of the French Open tennis tournament….
Endemol appoints French managing director
Production and distribution group Endemol has hired Nicholas Coppermann as the managing director of Endemol…
ITU unveils “dawn of a new age for television” UHDTV standard
The ITU has released a new recommendation that it says will serve as the basis…
Al Jazeera to launch at 13° East and 5° West, expects to profitable in “four to five years”
Al Jazeera Networks has chosen Eutelsat’s Hot Bird platform at 13° East and Eutelsat 5…
Film1 inks pay TV and SVOD deal
Chellomedia has agreed an output deal with MGM that gives its Dutch movie channel Film1…
ProSiebenSat.1 buys into price comparison site
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s SevenVentures subsidiary has acquired a majority stake in Sixt e-ventures-backed price…
Mobile operators should pay LTE inteference costs, says Freeview
Mobile operators should bear cost of protecting viewers’ TV services from interference from LTE signals,…
Viasat adds new dimension to the Olympics
MTG-backed commercial broadcaster Viasat plans to show 100 hours of 3D TV coverage of the…
Broussard named as programming chief for TMC-NT1
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has named Vincent Broussard as vice-president, broadcasting and programming at its…