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ESPN QUITS EUROSPORT TO GO IT ALONE

American sports network ESPN is to pull out of Eurosport with the intention of developing its own brand in Europe. The new shareholder structure of Eurosport International sees Canal+ holding...

COURT IN THE ACT

Cable and Satellite Mediacast said goodbye to Earls Court with a near flourish The last Cable and Satellite Mediacast to be held at Earls Court (May 15-17) will probably be...

TRANSPONDER MONITOR

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 80 degreesE: Express-6A D – REN TV from Russia has launched a...

SUEZ INCREASES TPS STAKE

Suez-Lyonnaise, which owns 25 per cent of French pay-TV digital satellite platform TPS, has offered to acquire the 25 per cent in the digital platform held by terrestrial channel TF1....

EUROPE ONLINE CHOOSES ALLIANCE

Internet company Europe Online and the video-on-demand free broadcaster IchooseTV.com have formed a strategic alliance. The Europe Online network is carried on the Astra Satellite System and the new partnership...

HALLIWELL MOVES UP AT SES

SES has appointed Martin Halliwell to the newly created position of director of communications technology. He will also serve as a member of the management committee. Halliwell will be responsible...

NEWS BYTES...

Film and video distributor Metrodome, is set to move into streaming video on the Web through a joint venture with the Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), the PPV group which broadcasts...