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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...

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National Geographic Television has added another UK digital channel, Adventure 1, from November 1. A company spokesman said the material is expected to attract younger viewers than its existing National...

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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...

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Fox Kids Poland will extend its transmission hours from November 20, closing at 2200 hrs. At the same time new station idents come into use. Fox’s Polish service now claims...

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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...

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TVE Tematica, the company Spanish public broadcaster Television Espanola (TVE) created two years ago to make channels for Via Digital when TVE had a 15 per cent of the digital...

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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...

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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...

NEW CHANNELS FOR GERMANY

Germany’s satellite market will see three new entrants if the Frankfurt-based regional media authority approves new licence applications. Dogan Media International, the German sister company of the Turkish Dogan group,...

MTV DEAL WITH PREMIERE WORLD

Kirch Group’s digital pay-TV operator Premiere World and MTV Networks Europe have reached a compromise, ending the conflict over the removal of MTV and VH-1 from the digital platform after...