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According to their latest quarterly results (Q1/2002 to September 30), the News Corp-owned subscription specialists NDS now have 25.7 million digital TV subscribers. NDS’s revenue was up 10 percent to...

A summit of leading European pubcasters held in Rome late last month agreed to increase co-operation in both the programming and satellite TV sectors. On the initiative of Italy’s RAI,...

France’s Lagardere group is to launch a new channel named Match TV based on the concept of the well-known glossy news magazine Paris Match. The service, which will be available...

Chris Forrester Editor Speaking at the BSkyB AGM last Friday, Rupert Murdoch said that its 24 percent investment in Leo Kirch’s Premiere World had proved to be a disappointment, with...

Travel agents Thomas Cook will launch a new travel-based service in December this year. Named Thomas Cook TV, it will be available initially as a free-to-air digital satellite channel uplinked...

The History Channel has linked up with a travel specialist to offer what it claims is a first for a documentary channel, in that viewers to its upcoming “Egypt: Beyond...

The London-based broadcaster and distribution company Zone Vision has expanded distribution of its Reality TV channel onto the Multichoice DSTV South Africa bouquet. By doing so, it has added some...

The struggling interactive games service Sportal has been sold for a nominal price to the online gaming company UKbetting. Some eighteen months ago BSkyB paid around GBP10 million for a...

Paris-based Fashion TV says it expects to reach 1 million viewers a week on Sky Digital during this month. According to BARB data for October, the channel has a UK...

The Polish satellite channel RTL7 is reported to be in talks with a number of possible buyers including the Church-backed TV Puls, UK company Zone Vision, film distributor SPI and...