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Moby Group launches Iraqi channel Lana TV Rebecca Hawkes | 04 September 2014 The Dubai-based Moby Group has added a new free-to-air Iraqi entertainment channel called Lana TV ('For Us' TV) to its satellite bouquet. The channel, based in Baghdad, will include content from a range of genres...

StarTimes launches DTH service for Kenya Rebecca Hawkes | 04 September 2014 China's StarTimes has launched a digital direct-to-home (DTH) pay-TV service in Kenya via the SES 5 satellite at 5° East, to rival existing operators MultiChoice and Zuku TV. The new StarSat service, offering almost...

Netflix to be exclusive streaming home for Warner Bros' Gotham Michelle Clancy | 04 September 2014 Netflix has snagged an exclusive subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) carriage deal with Warner Bros Worldwide Television Distribution for the upcoming series, Gotham. Each season of the series...

Orange strengthens Spanish schedule Juan Fernandez Gonzalez | 04 September 2014 By adding new channels and some of Canal+'s channels, Orange TV intends to strengthen its position in a very active Spanish market, almost a year after it launched a renewed pay-TV offer which is not achieving the...

MTV acquires African rights for Jimmy Fallon show Juan Fernandez Gonzalez | 04 September 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, from NBC Universal, will be broadcast throughout Africa by MTV following a distribution agreement between the American network and Viacom International...

FOX cancels Crime, launches Life in Spain Juan Fernandez Gonzalez | 29 August 2014 FOX International Channels (FIC) is launching FOXLife in Spain to replace the currently on-air Fox Crime. The 24-hour network will be available on the main Spanish Pay-TV platforms, reaching 2.6 million...

One in ten North Americans watch BBTV on YouTube Michelle Clancy | 29 August 2014 Canada's BroadbandTV (BBTV) has added 332 million new monthly impressions to its network as of July 2014, reaching 2.4 billion monthly views on YouTube. That means that one in ten North Americans online watches...

AsiaSat 6 launch postponed Editor | 27 August 2014 In a blow for the provider, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) has been forced to delay the launch of its latest craft, what would have been its second launch in less than a month AsiaSat 6 is based on Space...

ESPN combines networks to cover the Basketball World Cup Juan Fernandez Gonzalez | 27 August 2014 Paying particular attention to the US national team's participation in the Basketball World Cup, to be held in Spain from Saturday 30 August, ESPN will combine all of its networks in order to...

ESPN, DirecTV to serve last Grand Slam Juan Fernandez Gonzalez | 22 August 2014 The US Open, the last Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year, will be broadcast by ESPN and DirecTV through an interactive and multiscreen mosaic, enabling fans to select among six matches being broadcast live...

DTH goes through the roof in post-World Cup LATAM Juan Fernandez Gonzalez | 22 August 2014 Stable subscriber figures and an increase in the importance of direct-to-home (DTH) services characterise the pay-TV industry in Latin America post- World Cup, according to latest report from Business...

DirecTV takes a third of Ecuador's subs Juan Fernandez Gonzalez | 22 August 2014 In what is still a small market shared by ten large pay-TV operators, DirecTV has become the undisputed leader in Ecuador. With 35% of subscriptions in the country, both for its pre-paid and invoiced services, the...

Mediapro transfers sports rights Juan Fernandez Gonzalez | 22 August 2014 Mediapro aims to present simpler and healthier accounts by creating a subsidiary company to manage its sports operations. The new unit, Futmedia, will manage the company's sports rights, mostly football rights, which...

MultiChoice widens HD offer to DStv viewers Rebecca Hawkes | 15 August 2014 South African pay-TV operator MultiChoice is making its high definition (HD) channels available to more of its customers. Before now, only DStv Premium customers had access to the company's 20 HD channels, however now...

MaxLinear powers low-cost HD dongle for LATAM Gabriel Miramar-Garcia | 15 August 2014 MaxLinear has announced that its MxL683 ISDB-T tuner-demodulator is powering a low-cost USB dongle reference design that brings digital broadcast high-definition (HD) TV to consumers throughout Latin America...