Author: Staff Writer

Norwegian viewers will soon have another domestic channel to choose from: on September 22 Metropol will launch in the greater Oslo area, taking over the franchise, and the local terrestrial...

In a move that took the German media business by surprise, Georg Kofler, chairman of Pro Sieben Media AG, has decided to leave the German media group when his contract...

Bernie Ecclestone, the president of the world motor-racing body, the FOA, has announced major changes in the way Formula 1 Grand Prix will be transmitted on digital PPV. Speaking at...

Comsat shareholders have approved the company’s proposed merger with Lockheed Martin. Approximately 99 per cent of the total votes cast were in favour of the merger, representing over 74 per...

Key: A. Analogue D. Digital 83-E: Insat–2E D. For the first time for one of its regular TV channel relays, Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan has started to use digital compression...

Ian Ritchie, CEO of Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) in an exclusive interview with Interspace, says he expects Arabic broadcasters to be increasingly open to merger and acquisition activity from...

The UK’s ONdigital is locked into a dispute over what is perceived to be BSkyB’s reluctance to supply the much-coveted Sky Sports 2 channel to the digital terrestrial operator. Responding...

BSkyB’s new CEO Tony Ball continues to make his mark at the organisation. Ian West, managing director of BSkyB’s Entertainment division for the past year, quit the company on August...

Turner Broadcasting System is to encrypt the Astra 1C signal of Cartoon Network and TNT Classic Movies "to restrict its delivery to the United Kingdom". Cartoon Network now has eight...

BSkyB is to grow its in-house production activities and investigate new and untried distribution channels such as the use of ADSL technology and UMTS wireless distribution, according to CEO Tony...