TV & Radio in Europe.
Jan 7 2020
The licensing and regulatory regime in Brussels has been identified as the most attractive for organisations in the audiovisual sector looking to relocate to mainland Europe post-Brexit, according to a report released by Analysis Mason, a global consulting and research firm specialising in telecoms, media and digital services. According to the report TV broadcasters, catch-up […]
Dec 13 2019
Sky Deutschland has added a new sports package to its streaming service Sky Ticket for €9.99 (US$11) per month. The Sport Ticket offering will provide subscribers with highlights from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga, German soccer’s top two tiers, as well as from the Uefa Champions League, European club soccer’s premier competition. Subscribers will […]
Dec 11 2019
Paris, 11 December 2019 – Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has secured a multi-year capacity contract at its flagship HOTBIRD neighbourhood with Spain’s leading telecommunications operator, Telefonica. Telefonica has selected Eutelsat’s key orbital position at 13° East to broadcast RTVE free-to-air content consisting of two HD channels: TVE Internacional Europa, the world’s farthest-reaching Spanish general […]
Dec 10 2019
One year after the UHD / HDR full-scale technical test in September 2018, ARTE confirms the conclusions of these tests by launching a new experimental channel “ARTE HDR”, produced from the HD signal, for an experimental period of one year. This new experiment will be carried out in partnership with Philips, Technicolor, ATEME and COBALT. […]
Dec 3 2019
Mediaset will be launching a new free-to-air TV channel specialising in classic Italian films next month, reports local website Digital Day, citing the latest price schedule published by the broadcaster’s ad sales unit Publitalia 80. The new channel, dubbed Cine 34, will go live on 20 January to mark what would have been the 100th […]
Nov 27 2019
BRUSSELS, 27 NOVEMBER 2019. The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) is the voice of commercial television in Brussels since 1989. Representing 28 Broadcasters, active across 28 Member States and beyond, the ACT has and continues to defend policies that drive media pluralism and Europe’s global leadership in high-quality content. As such, ACT members […]
Oct 25 2019
LUXEMBOURG, 25 October 2019 — SES S.A. today announced its financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2019 with financial performance continuing to be in line with SES’ expectations; sequential growth in quarterly revenue and EBITDA and financial outlook unchanged. Steve Collar, CEO, commented: “For the seventh consecutive quarter, our results are in […]
Oct 22 2019
(Fornebu/Stockholm, 22 October 2019) Telenor Group and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) today announced the formation of a new company that combines Canal Digital and Viasat Consumer (satellite pay-TV & broadband-TV operations). This will create a vibrant Nordic TV distribution business and capture synergies in a maturing direct-to-home (DTH) segment. Telenor and NENT Group will […]
Oct 22 2019
London, October 22, 2019 – Discovery, Inc. today announces the launch in the U.K. and Ireland of dplay, the leading real life entertainment streaming service. The ad supported streaming service launches this week and includes all the great content from Discovery’s free-to-air channels; Quest, Quest Red, DMAX, Food Network, Really and Home. Fans will now […]
Sep 27 2019
MOSCOW, September 27. /TASS/. Previously delayed launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle with European satellite Eutelsat-5WB and the US MEV-1 is scheduled for October 9 at 13:17 Moscow time, according to the state commission’s decision, a source in the rocket and space industry told TASS on Friday. “By the decision of the state commission, which […]
Sep 25 2019
MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/. The launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket with European satellite Eutelsat-5WB and US spacecraft MEV-1 was postponed because the US satellite was attached incorrectly, a source in the space-rocket industry told TASS on Wednesday. “Specialists from Roscosmos [Russia’s space corporation] and MOKB Mars [manufacturer of Briz-M control systems] have established the […]
Jan 7 2020
France 4, France Ô to close in August
France 4 and France Ô will cease broadcasting and turn to non-linear distribution on August 9th, owner France Télévisions has confirmed. A summer break will allow the channels to wrap up their 2019-2020 TV schedule before switching to web and OTT platforms. The DTT demise of France 4, dedicated to children’s programming, had already been […]
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By Expat • France • • Tags: France 4, France Ô, OTT