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DISCOVERY GOES INTERACTIVE

Discovery Channel is to become the first thematic channel to offer enhanced programming for the UK market, reports our sister publication Inside Digital TV. The enhancements will be made available...

OFTEL FORCES BSKYB TO OPEN... UP

UK telecommunications regulator Oftel is set to force BSkyB’s SMS division Sky Subscriber Services Limited (SSSL) to publish what it charges for access to the Open… interactive shopping mall. Other...

VIA TRAFFIC SERVICE

Via Digital has launched a new interactive traffic service called Trafico Activo (Active Traffic). The service allows the subscriber to find out in real time about conditions on Spanish roads...

EM-TV OUTLINES FORMULA 1 PLANS

EM-TV CEO Thomas Haffa spoke exclusively about his plans for Formula 1, in which his company has taken a 50 per cent stake, to Interspace at last week’s MIPtv. “We...

E! "CLOSER THAN EVER TO UK"

For the past three or four MIPtv markets E! Entertainment Television’s senior vice-president, international development Jon Helmrich has told Interspace that a UK launch for the channel is “close”. But...

ZONE VISION LOOKS TO THE WEST

Zone Vision has established itself as the market leader in developing and distributing channels for eastern and central Europe. Zone Vision’s CEO and founder Chris Wronski spoke to Interspace about...

SESAT TAKES TO THE AIR

Eutelsat’s Sesat launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 0306 local time on April 18. Russian senior staff spoke of their “mutual happiness”, referring to links between Eutelsat and the...

ART LOOKS TO SAUDI ARABIA

Middle East broadcaster ART is set to benefit from the cancellation of the Sara Vision MMDS project in Saudi Arabia and the relaxation of the dish ban in that country....