TRACE Group is celebrating additional growth in Africa, as it announced a deal extension with TVCABO, one of Angola and Mozambique’s leading pay-TV operators. The agreement continues TRACE African expansion, following recent announcements of new music channel TRACE Toca also in Angola and Mozambique, plus a new deal with Montage and the appointment of their new COO for Africa, with more news to be communicated soon. TRACE Urban renews its agreement with TVCABO, whilst TRACE Urban French … [Read more...] about TRACE Group continues growth in Africa
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MTG acquires 75% of Trace
Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’), the international entertainment group, announced on February 25 that it has signed an agreement to acquire 75% of Trace Partners SAS (‘Trace’), the France-based youth media brand and global pay-TV channel operator that has distribution agreements with third party network operators in 160 countries worldwide, including all 55 countries in Africa. The stake is being acquired from Citizen Capital, … [Read more...] about MTG acquires 75% of Trace
TV ASIA Plus WEB EXCLUSIVE: Interview with TRACE’s Co-founder, Chairman and CEO Olivier Laouchez; and MD, Asia-Pacific, James Ross
Olivier Laouchez and James Ross Q: I hear you have some announcements to make? Laouchez: We have two big announcements to make. Firstly, we are going to launch a channel in South Korea on CJ which is one of the biggest cable operators. There are not many international channels now that are really getting access to the South Korean market. The second biggest announcement in fact; is we are going to change the name of TRACE Sports to TRACE Sports Stars to really show the faces that we put on … [Read more...] about TV ASIA Plus WEB EXCLUSIVE: Interview with TRACE’s Co-founder, Chairman and CEO Olivier Laouchez; and MD, Asia-Pacific, James Ross
TRACE Sports launches on India’s Airtel
TRACE Sports has launched on one of India's major satellite operators, Airtel, which counts over 7 million subscribers nationwide. The sports celebrities channel is now available in standard definition to over 3 million Airtel subscribers in the South of India via the “South value sports pack" and in the rest of the country via the “Economy sports pack”. The deal was signed through TRACE Sports’ Indian partner New Delhi Television (NDTV). TRACE Sports is the first channel … [Read more...] about TRACE Sports launches on India’s Airtel
TRACE Sports to launch on Singapore’s mio TV
Hong Kong – TRACE has joined forces with mio TV to bring TRACE Sports to the Singapore market. Through this partnership, over 380,000 Singaporean subscribers will have access to TRACE programming through mio TV, a unit of SingTel. The mio TV deal brings to sports fans TRACE Sport’s exclusive celebrity programming on the same operator that carries the English Premier League. TRACE Sports is the first channel to focus exclusively on sports celebrities and brings fans … [Read more...] about TRACE Sports to launch on Singapore’s mio TV
TRACE enters Malaysia
Hong Kong – TRACE continues to expand across Asia. TRACE Sports HD and TRACE Urban HD content will now be available in Malaysia via Maxis Communications’ IPTV service. Leading up to the 2012 London Olympic Games, TRACE viewers can learn about champions who will be participating in the games in an exclusive programme Going to London. With more than 12 million subscribers, Maxis is one of Malaysia’s largest telecommunications entities. TRACE channels are already available on Hong … [Read more...] about TRACE enters Malaysia
