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Italian public broadcaster RAI has signed several deals with leading Italian media groups for the launch of new digital TV channels for Telepiu’s digital platform D+. A preliminary accord was...

DirecTV has announced DirecTV Airborne, an entertainment service for commercial airlines, to make its in-flight debut this autumn. Three airlines, Alaska Airlines, Legend Airlines and JetBlue Airways will carry the...

Italy’s Mediaset is set to close negotiations with Germany’s Kirch Media by the end of October, with the official launch of their joint pan-European TV network, tentatively called Euroset, by...

UnitedGlobalCom, parent company of cable operator United Pan European Communications (UPC), has taken a 50 per cent stake in Saudi pay-TV bouquet Al Rawwad (‘Pioneer’, formerly known as Sara Vision)....

The Personal Video Recorder (PVR) has made its first appearance in Europe at the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam. A number of manufacturers and developers including Thomson, Philips, Pioneer and Mindport...

The traditional autumn launch of new channels into the UK market has benefited both the UK’s leading uplink providers, BT Broadcast Services and NTL. BT will transmit Zee TV’s two...

UK programmer Flextech’s move from a modest profit (pounds 1.7 million for 1998) to a loss (pounds 2.9 million to June 1999), revealed the week before last, came about largely...

BSkyB moved quickly to settle a potentially damaging row over its proposed coverage of this year’s Ryder Cup golf tournament last week. The pay-TV operator had intended to put its...

Eutelsat is planning to use the development of more effective compression techniques to stimulate a new market in ultra-niche broadcasting. Director general Giuliano Berretta talked to Interspace about his expectations...

With the addition of four new channels, Middle East broadcaster Showtime is stepping up the pace in its attempts to break into new territories. On the eve of the platform’s...