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German media company Pro Sieben Group managed to increase turnover and profit during the first nine months of this year. Profit before tax climbed by DM10.3 million (Euro5.3 million) to...

Italian pay-TV operator Stream has reported a record 120 per cent increase in subscribers to its digital platform for June. At the same time, Stream has announced that Corrado Sciolla...

The latest figures from Canal Plus reveal a total of 12.789 million pay TV subscribers in Europe as of September 30, an increase of 17 per cent over the previous...

The satellite TV channel of Montenegro’s public broadcaster RTV Crna Gora has switched to a 24-hour format in clear MPEG-2. TV Montenegro will continue to broadcast in analogue five hours...

Liberty Media Group has signed a letter of intent to invest $425 million in the Lockheed Martin-backed Astrolink broadband satellite project. Astrolink was formed as a joint venture between Lockheed...

Pace Micro Technology’s share price rocketed last week thanks to news of its co-operation agreement with nine other technology companies to adopt a common, open standard for high speed broadband...

Capital Research and Management Funds, part of The Capital Group, will become a shareholder of KirchMedia. In return for a share of 3.5 per cent, the Los Angeles-based company will...

German general interest channel RTL Television can launch its planned digital thematic channels. The federal anti-concentration commission, the KEK, at its latest meeting gave the green light to the licence...

Hamburg-based record company Edel Music intends to take over 16 per cent in German music channel Viva. According to chairman Michael Haentjes, Edel considers its investment in the Cologne-based channel...

Two regional TV channels from North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany’s largest state, will launch on satellite next year. Media authority LfR last week granted satellite licences to NRW 1, Privat TV and...