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MTG: Viasat Extends UEFA Champions League Broadcasting Rights in the Baltics and Acquires Exclusive Premier League Rights in Ghana

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’) (STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that it has extended its exclusive live broadcasting rights to the UEFA Champions League in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania until the end of the 2011/2012 season. MTG also announced that Viasat has acquired the exclusive live [...]

weComm deliver companion MiniTV 3G mobile application for Norway

The MiniTV Mobil application is the companion application to the recently launched Norwegian Mobile TV (NMTV) MiniTV DMB service. NMTV is a joint venture between the three largest broadcasters in Norway: the public broadcaster NRK, TV 2 and Modern Times Group.
LONDON, 23 June 2009 – weComm, the leader in interactive mobile data solutions, today announces [...]

MTG: Launch of Viasat Hockey Pay-TV Channel in Sweden

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’) (STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that Viasat Broadcasting will launch Sweden’s only dedicated ice hockey channel at the start of the new season in the Autumn. Viasat Hockey will be available on the Viasat satellite platform as part of Viasat’s premium [...]

MTG: Viasat to Launch TV1000 Russian Kino in the United States with DISH Network®

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’) (STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB) , the international entertainment-broadcasting group, today announced the launch of Viasat’s TV1000 Russian Kino premium movie channel for the Russian speaking population of the United States. The movie channel will initially be available through DISH Network® (NASDAQ: DISH), the nation’s third largest pay-TV [...]

MTG: New Sports Channel Line-up in Sweden and Norway

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’)(STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced the launch of a number of new localised premium sports channels in Sweden and Norway. The launch of the Viasat Sport, Viasat Football and Viasat Motor channels in Sweden, and Viasat Sport and Viasat Motor in Norway, [...]

MTG: VIASAT EXTENDS UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BROADCASTING RIGHTS

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’) (STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that it has prolonged its exclusive live UEFA Champions League football broadcasting rights in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, until the end of the 2011/2012 championship in the Spring of 2012. All of the games from the [...]

MTG Acquires Nova TV Bulgaria for EUR 620 Million

Acquisition of 100% of Nova Televisia Bulgaria, owner of Nova, the 2nd largest TV channel in Bulgaria
Nova attracted 18% share of viewing in first half of 2008 & 32% advertising market share in 2007
Nova generated 54% year on year sales growth & 49% EBITDA margin in 2007
Acquisition of scale asset in one of Emerging Europe’s [...]

MTG: Viasat to Sell Pay-TV Packages in Telia IPTV Network

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’) (STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that Viasat Broadcasting has signed a five year agreement with number one Swedish Telecommunications operator, Telia, to enable Viasat to market and sell its pay-TV channel packages to Telia’s more than 300,000 IPTV customers and broadband [...]

MTG Awarded Two New Channel Licences in Swedish Digital Terrestrial Network

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’) (STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that the Swedish Radio and TV Authority (‘Radio- och TV-verket’) has awarded Viasat Broadcasting two new channel broadcast licenses in the Swedish digital terrestrial network and renewed Viasat’s existing four licenses. Premium channels ‘Viasat Sport 1’ [...]

MTG: TV3 & TVNorge to Be Available on Both Viasat and Canal Digital Satellite Platforms

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’) (STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that Viasat Broadcasting has signed an agreement with Canal Digital in Norway to include the TVNorge channel on Viasat’s DTH satellite platform, and for TV3 to be made available on the Canal Digital satellite platform. The [...]

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