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December: critical month for Galileo

The ministers of the European Space Agency (ESA) members are meeting to discuss the funding and implementation of the 30-satellite European navigation project called Galileo. Europeans are currently working very...

Italian pay-TV merger in trouble

Italy’s Antitrust Authority (AA) has postponed its decision on the planned merger of the country’s two loss-making pay-TV platforms, Tele+ and Stream. The formal decision had been expected on Nov....

Paris Match for C+

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...

Thomas Cook to launch channel

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...

First for History Channel

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...

Reality TV expands

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...

Sportal finally sold

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...

Fashion TV hits million subs

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...

RTL7 looks for buyers

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...