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German publishing house Axel Springer is buying the N24 news channel from N24 Media GmbH. Read the story »

The Government has named Dame Patricia Hodgson as the preferred candidate as the next Chairman of Ofcom. Read the story »

Comigo and KartinaTV have expanded their partnership which began in January 2013 when Comigo began to provide KartinaTV with its TV platform. Read the story »

SPT Networks Central Europe has concluded a new agreement with RCS&RDS for the continued distribution of AXN channel in Hungary. Read the story »

Multithek, the HbbTV service from Germany’s Media Broadcast, is launching a games portal in partnership with itsmy.TV. Read the story »

Sky Deutschland has been awarded the live broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League in Germany through until 2018. Read the story »

Swedish cablenet Com Hem has named former Virgin Media COO Andrew Barron as its executive chairman. Read the story »

The BBC will launch five additional HD channels on Tuesday. BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD will be available on Freeview HD, Freesat HD, YouView, Sky HD and Virgin Media. Read the story »

A+E Networks has established A+E Networks Italy, a Rome-based company to launch and operate branded channels and services in Italy. Read the story »

Freesat has confirmed the launch of five new BBC High Definition channels in December and a new HD Genre in the New Year. This will bring the total number of HD channels available on Freesat to 11. The new channels are HD versions of BBC News, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBeebies and CBBC. These will join BBC One HD and BBC Two HD plus variants of the BBC One HD service for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which are already available on Freesat. With 11 free HD channels available to viewer…

The new Georgian DTH platform Global TV, which is distributed by Eutelsat 36B from the 36 degrees East slot, has made its debut. Read the story »

 

Youview has released the second in a series of updates to deliver better accessibility for blind and partially sighted customers as well as those with motor skill and cognitive impairment, to improve the journey for this audience to find their favourite TV. YouView has improved the zoom functionality which now allows visually impaired users to zoom into and navigate the programme guide and select or record programmes. This improved zoom functionality is market leading in the UK and works…