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- Berlusconi buys into troubled Premiere
- Fininvest, the family investment vehicle of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, is buying a 3.1% stake in Premiere, the loss-making German satellite operator 25.1% owned by News Corp. News of the purchase temporarily sent Premiere's shares up 32.2% on speculation that Fininvest may take over the firm. However, the Italian...
- Articles 2008-11-26
- News Corp raises stake in German pay broadcaster
- News Corp is increasing its stake in German pay-TV broadcaster Premiere AG to 30.5% with an investment of EUR115m (USD150m). The news follows the appointment of News Corp exec Mark Williams as Premiere CEO last September. News Corp bought its...
- Articles 2009-04-21
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- Murdoch may take over Premiere TV.
- Apr 15, 2002 The Mercury ABIX via COMTEX -- Negotiations between News Corporation and the pay television arm of Germany's KirchHolding are nearing conclusion. News Corporation chairman, Rupert Murdoch, initiated the talks after KirchMedia filed for insolvency. It is increasingly likely that News...
- Research articles 2002-04-15
- Premiere TV closes long-term deal with Universal Studios.(Brief Article)
- TV MEETS THE WEB-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ TV MEETS THE WEB-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/
- Research articles 2002-08-21
- DF1, Premiere in legal spat. (Canal +, Bertelsmann sue Kirch Group over movie broadcasts on German pay-TV channels DFI and Premiere)(Brief Article)
- Germany's pay-TV battle looks set to be played out in court. Two of Premiere's shareholders--Canal+ and Bertelsmann-- have filed a lawsuit against the Kirch Group, Premiere's other shareholder, demanding DM35 million ($23 million) in compensation. Germany's pay-TV battle looks set to be played...
- Research articles 1996-11-04
- 'TV Guide' to add digital-cable editions. (This Just In).(TV Guide International is launching four digital-cable editions)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK -- Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.'s will premiere four editions of TV Guide catering to digital-cable customers over the next few weeks in San Diego; Baton Rouge, La.; Austin, Texas; and portions of Ohio. The first weekly TV Gui ...
- Research articles 2002-12-16
- German pay TV giant Premiere files court suit after losing football rights
- FRANKFURT AFP — German pay TV group Premiere has reportedly brought suit against the cable operators that have just won the rights to show live German football matches from 2006 to 2009. According to the newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, Premiere lost the rights to show the matches on Wednesday, when...
- Research articles 2005-12-23
- News Corp. raises stake again in German pay-TV Premiere
- NEW YORK AFP — US media giant News Corporation said Monday it has raised its stake in German pay-television operator Premiere to 25.01 percent, the second increase since buying into the firm in January. "News Corporation today announced it has secured additional shares in leading German pay-TV operator, Premiere...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- German TV network Premiere adopts Sky brand
- German pay-TV company Premiere is adopting the Sky brand and will become Sky Deutschland. The decision was taken after Rupert Murdoch, who owns 30.5% stake in Premiere, exerted his influence to expand the Sky brand over Europe. Sky Deutschland will join BSkyB in July, along with...
- Articles 2009-05-14
- Disney Channel Acquires License Rights From TV-Loonland for Series "Connie the Cow".
- MUNICH, Germany, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- TV-Loonland has sold the television rights for Connie the Cow to the Disney Channel. The pay TV network has been broadcasting the series since September 2004 on its Premiere platform - a first in the h ...
- Research articles 2004-11-25
- U.S. Coast Guard Partners with Veteran Hunter and TV Personality to Deliver Safety Messages this Hunting Season
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that it is entering into a partnership, in support of recreational boating safety, with Wade Bourne, co-host of TV's premiere waterfowl show on Ducks Unlimited TV (featured on theWASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Coast Guard...
- Research articles 2005-10-12
- Guide's New Series Talks TV.(Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. TV Guide Publishing Group to partner with Scott Sternberg Productions for a television program)(Brief article)
- By R. Thomas Umstead TV Guide Channel will partner with Scott Sternberg Productions to develop a new weekly primetime debate series set to premiere April 7. The one-hour series, dubbed Square Off , will tackle the business...
- Research articles 2006-03-27
- Germany's Kirch Attracts New Money.(Kirch Pay TV KGaA)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- Amid growing indications that Kirch Pay TV KGaA's digital direct-to-home platform Premiere World will not meet its end-of-year projections, the company has signed on two new investors. Last week, Kirch Pay TV announced t FRANKFURT,...
- Research articles 2000-09-18
- Fox sets fall release for Family Guy DVDP.(SUPPLIERS)(Fox Broadcasting Co.)(Digital videodisks premiere)(Brief Article)
- After more than a year of speculation, Fox has announced the release of an animated DVD premiere movie version Family Guy on Sept. 27, backed by Fox's biggest marketing campaign ever for a TV DVD. The situation is appropriate, as the network...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- Premiere secures German TV deal for 2006 World Cup
- MUNICH, Germany AFP — The German subscription TV channel Premiere said it would broadcast live all 64 matches of the 2006 World Cup to be hosted by Germany. Premiere, formerly part of the now dismantled Kirch group, will have exclusive domestic rights to eight of the matches after reaching...
- Research articles 2004-12-13
- "Mad Men" Debut Ignites the Era of the Social Premiere
- "Mad Men" may be launching its third season tonight on the big box, but it will also play out online. Though maybe not the first social premiere, it's indicative of a trend toward big TV events being shared with friends, virtually, in real-time. In this caseâ€" as CNN was with...
- Blog posts 2009-08-16
- Meow TV to premiere on Oxygen Network
- The Meow Mix Co., whose mission is "keeping cats happy," will premiere the first television show produced for cats, Meow TV, at 6:30 p.m. May 30 on the Oxygen Network, repeating the show several times throughout the month of June. Meow TV was born out of research revealing that one-third...
- Research articles 2003-05-21
- Affiliation violation over 'NYPD.' (ABC affiliate WHOA-TV edits program NYPD Blue) (Brief Article)
- Apparently dissatisfied with the amount of editing done by Steven Bochco for the premiere episode of NYPD Blue, whoa-tv Montgomery, Ala., made additional cuts before d aired the show last Tuesday. The station was one of 168 ABC affiliates that clea Apparently dissatisfied with...
- Research articles 1993-09-27
- All-soccer network takes U.S. shot.(Gol TV will premier; EchoStar Communications Corp offers service as part of Dish Latino package)
- Gol TV, a new television channel devoted to a single sport -- soccer -- and aimed at the U.S. Latino population, is set to premiere this week. Households that take EchoStar Communications Corp.'s Dish Latino package are expected to get the...
- Research articles 2003-02-17
- Verizon to sponsor Spielberg TV reality show.(Upfront)
- Byline: MATT KAPKO Verizon Wireless is one of two premiere sponsors behind a new TV show that overtly places brand names and products in budding filmmakers' creative talent. The filmmaking competition, "On the Lot,'' will prominently fea Byline:...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
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