Singapore– StarHub launches Asianet Movies (StarHub TV Channel 140), offering viewers another channel in Malayalam. The 24-hour channel will offer viewers movie choices from classics to latest box office hits. The new channel will join the existing Asianet (StarHub TV Channel 139) to form the new Nidhi Pack. Viewers can look forward to some of the latest hit movies such as Ennum Eppozhum, Aadu Oru Beekara Jeeviyalla and Immanuel. … [Read more...] about StarHub launches new channel
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HKTVE unveils ViuTV
Hong Kong– HK Television Entertainment Company Limited (HKTVE) unveiled the name and logo of its new free TV service, ViuTV. ViuTV intends to explore programme formats globally, as well as taking its original formats to the world. The channel will offer viewers a comprehensive wide range of genres from factual entertainment to sports, drama and variety shows. A soft launch of ViuTV is scheduled for the end of March 2016 and the public broadcast of channel 99 via frequency … [Read more...] about HKTVE unveils ViuTV
BT Sport selects deltatre
Turin, Italy– BT has selected deltatre to deliver the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League games in UK and Ireland for the 2015-2018 seasons. BT Sport currently broadcasts every match of the two UEFA competitions- a first for any UK broadcaster. As part of the service, all matches are being made available through a new section of the BT Sport app, as well as via the BT Sport desktop player. This enhanced functionality offers users a more interactive experience. The service is … [Read more...] about BT Sport selects deltatre
Fox takes full control of Sky
James Murdoch, chief executive of 21st Century Fox, has revealed that the company intends to take full control of Sky, four years after it was forced to drop its plans to acquire BSkyB in the wake of a phone hacking scandal which embroiled News Corporation. In a detailed interview in the Hollywood Reporter (together with brother Lachlan) Murdoch notes that following the acquisition by BSkyB of its German and Italian counterparts and the separation of News Corporation’s print and TV assets, … [Read more...] about Fox takes full control of Sky
Technical fault impede Netflix launch in Spain
A technical failure hampered the launch of Netflix in Spain with users through Vodafone being connected to the French version of the streaming service instead of the Spanish one due to misidentification. Vodafone’s subscribers were wrongly redirected to the French website of Netflix. Apparently, Netflix website identified the IPs associated to the operator as if they were French due to a technical failure. As a result, the affected Spanish users could not be registered in the Spanish … [Read more...] about Technical fault impede Netflix launch in Spain
Z Living gets in shape with new series
Z Living has acquired the long running and successful series Fitness First Class (63x60') in HD from Prime Entertainment Group. The show will be broadcasted in both English and Latin Spanish. In other news, Prime too announced recently other deals with channels such as Claro Sports for the whole of Latin America in Latin Spanish, LiTV in Asia and also very recently with Startimes for Africa. … [Read more...] about Z Living gets in shape with new series