MultiChoice tightens grip on Africa with Nairobi hub

Source: Business Daily

MultiChoice Africa, which runs DStv pay-television service, has upgraded its Nairobi office to a regional hub and elevated its country manager Stephen Isaboke to head the eastern Africa unit that will serve 10 ...
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India to help satellite pay TV mkt grow to USD 150-bn by 2021

Source: MSN India

New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) India and some other emerging markets will help the satellite pay-TV industry attain annual global revenue of USD 150 billion by 2012, from close to USD 90 billion in 2011, a research report has said. As per a ...
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Cameron Defends Handling of Murdoch Bid to Take Over Sky Broadcasting

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

May 26, 2012 1:05 pm Share with others: By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL / The New York Times LONDON -- Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday defended his handling of a contentious and ultimately doomed $12 bi ...
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Cameron defends handling of BSkyB bid

Source: Charlotte Observer

LONDON Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday defended his handling of a contentious and ultimately doomed $12 billion bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to take control of Britain’s most powerful and lucrative pay-television network. Cameron ...
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Business Analysis of Sky

Source: OpPapers.com

BSKYB BSkyB, better known in the market today as Sky, is the largest contractual pay television platform provider in the UK. Originally established in 1989 by Rupert Murdoch, the company has grown rapidly reaching over 10 million customers natio ...
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DISH Network (DISH) Files Autohop Defense Suit

Source: iStockAnalyst

DISH), a pay-television provider, said it filed a lawsuit in defense of its AutoHop commercial-skipping feature after threats from broadcasters. The defense suit is in response to subsequent suits filed ag ...
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Dish Sues Networks, Fox Sues Dish Over Ad-Skipping Auto Hop

Source: The Wrap

Dish sued the big four television networks over its new ad-skipping Auto Hop feature Thursday, even as Fox filed the first network lawsuit to stop Dish from offering the technology. Dish sought a federal court's "declaratory judgment ...
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BREAKFAST DEALS: DJs desire

Source: Business Spectator

David Jones Macquarie analyst Greg Dring has added his voice to the growing chorus of onlookers that see department store David Jones as a possible leveraged buyout candidate. The theory goes that DJs would be an easy thing to pick up, break ...
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Foxtel merger boosts Packer's hopes

Source: The Australian

FOXTEL'S $2 billion merger with Austar has boosted James Packer's hopes of selling Consolidated Media Holdings. Foxtel confirmed yesterday the conclusion of the transaction, creating Australia's first national pay-TV company ...
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