Focus: Broadcasting

Premiere CEO Georg Kofler, the man behind the German pay-TV operators’ renaissance, will step down at the end of the month, Premiere announced Aug.13. Kofler cited personal reasons behind the...

Just over a year ago, BSkyB launched key initiatives in the mobile and broadband arenas, giving its customers more access to Sky content than ever before. Its Anytime PC service...

BSkyB is planning to spend 125 million British pounds ($253.5 million) to acquire British set-top box vendor Amstrad, the operator announced July 31. Two days later, BSkyB reported that Sky...

IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) has emerged as the driving next-generation core business of the fixed satellite services (FSS) sector. Analysts have predicted there will be between 35 million and 50...

BT is rolling out a sports-content package which promises customers a low-cost option for watching Premiership soccer. BT hopes its offering will tap into a market unwilling to pay more...

The proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio is likely to pass “on merits” unless political pressures hold sway against federal regulators, Bear Stearns said in a...

A would-be player in the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio is making a new pitch for an old plan, even though he has little confidence...

Competition for the direct-to-home (DTH) market in Africa is warming up with MultiChoice Africa’s pre-eminence in the region likely to come under threat from Gateway Broadcast Services as the latter...

DTH in Africa is a hot topic this year with Multichoice’s pre-eminence in the region likely to come under threat from Gateway Broadcast Services, which is looking to tap into...

All systems are go for German pay-TV operator Premiere and its new Premiere Star subsidiary as the companies plan the September launch of the latter’s eponymous direct-to-home (DTH) offering. Premiere...