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Manfred Aronsson is to replace Hasse Breitholtz as the CEO of TV3 Sweden and its sister channel TV6. Breitholtz is to return to being vice president of parent company Modern Times Group.
Aronsson was appointed president and CEO of MTG Sweden at the end of last year. He had returned to MTG after a spell
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A consortium comprising three of Norway’s largest broadcasters has chosen DMB for the launch of a mobile TV service this winter. Public broadcaster NRK and commercial broadcasters TV2 and MTG are planning a nine-channel line-up; on demand content and related services.
“This marks the start of real mobile TV. This is not about ‘mobile phone
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UPC’s digital cable offer in the Czech Republic now has 200,000 subscribers, according to a local report.
The service, which made its debut last year, currently offers viewers over 70 channels, some of which are in HD, along with an EPG and PVR product.
According to data published by Liberty Global, it had 186,400 subscribers
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Arqiva has deployed two HD trucks to upgrade Sky Sports’ coverage of international speedway. The trucks have been deployed at two key events in the speedway calendar, the UK Speedway Grand Prix in Cardiff and the UK Speedway World Cup in Coventry.
Coverage of the events involves a 65-strong Arqiva crew and 27 HD cameras including
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Miss World is launching a broadband TV channel and interactive website, it was announced today, in reverse order.
Despite losing its appeal in the UK market the Miss World final still has a global audience of some 2.2 billion people, second only to the World Cup and Olympic Games.
The web-based channel makes it possible for visitors
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Mezzo, the French channel for classical music and jazz, has announced the launch of a Dutch version. The new version will be available to all distributing partners in The Netherlands and Flanders.
“After the success of the channel in both Flanders and the Netherlands this is the exact right time to launch a dedicated version for Flanders and the Netherlands”, said
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The French commercial broadcaster TF1 is seeking €90 million for its 50% stake in the international news channel France 24, according to a report in this morning’s Les Echos. The demand is deemed too high by the French government and blocks the formation of the new holding company for all French overseas broadcasters.
France 24
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Macrovision has extended its multi-year agreement for the inclusion of its Interactive Program Guide (IPG) technology in Sony’s European product range.
The IPG will now be integrated with PlayTV, a combined TV tuner and personal video recorder for use with Playstation 3, due to be released later this year.
“Macrovision is pleased to extend its relationship with
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Before the end of the year the four Dutch RTL channels will start to promote internet games as a replacement for the Call TV shows, which were broadcast till the end of last year, CEO Bert Habets told the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.
Viewers can participate by sending text messages via their mobile phone, but will
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Telefonica’s IPTV platform Imagenio is launching an aggressive new pricing strategy.
From today subscribers to Telefonica’s ADSL service will be able to add Imageno for an additional €3 per month. The fee covers all of the basic channels including those found on the country’s DTT platform and buythrough to movies and sports included in the pay-per-view
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