Israel sets sights on high speed internet network

Rebecca Hawkes | 09-02-2012

A super fast internet network to deliver high definition television, 3DTV and other bandwidth rich services is on the cards for Israel after four companies submitted preliminary bids for the project. Read more...

German Bundesliga rights battle kicks off

Jörn Krieger | 09-02-2012

Germany's national football association Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has got the ball rolling on bidding competition for the domestic TV rights to Germany's national football league Bundesliga. Read more...

Al Jazeera news caught in fall out from Lebanese cable TV dispute

Rebecca Hawkes | 09-02-2012

A number of cable providers in Lebanon have cut transmission of Al Jazeera news in protest at the demand by the network's sister organization Al Jazeera Sport for increased fees to carry its premium channels. Read more...

ESPN-Star Sports wins TV rights to Bangladesh Premier League cricket

Rebecca Hawkes | 09-02-2012

Broadcast rights for the nascent Bangladesh Premier League twenty20 (BPL T20) cricket tournament, which begins today (9 February), have been awarded to the Asian sports network ESPN-Star Sports. Read more...

News Corp shrugs off hacking scandal to post billion dollar Q2 profit

Joseph O'Halloran | 09-02-2012

Almost as its UK publishing division was opening up the cheque book to pay individuals hundreds of thousands of pounds in damages in the wake of the p... Read more...

From Russia With Love for Conax

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Just as Moscow’s National Cable Networks reconfirmed a long-standing commitment, content security firm Conax was lauded for contributing to significan... Read more...

Taiwan's NCC to issue new terrestrial TV licences

Louise Duffy | 09-02-2012

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) is to issue two new terrestrial television licences. Read more...

A+E spins FreeWheel to monetise mobile video

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A+E Networks has signed up video technology company FreeWheel to deploy its Monetization Rights Management (MRM) system across all of its mobile prope... Read more...

SpaceX to Launch AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8 in 2014

Louise Duffy | 09-02-2012

Space launch company SpaceX and Asian satellite operator AsiaSat are to launch two AsiaSat communications satellites using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in... Read more...

Call for rise in foreign funding cap, tax breaks for India's TV sector

Rebecca Hawkes | 09-02-2012

The foreign direct investment (FDI) limit for India's news and current affairs channels should be increased at least to the 49% recommended by the reg... Read more...

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