TELE SATELLITE NEWS - Number 12/2004 21 March 2004 -
A weekly roundup of global TV news sponsored by
TELE-satellite International - Editor: Branislav Pekic
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E U R O P E
DENMARK
EUROTRUST SIGNS CABLE DEAL
EuroTrust on March 6 announced that its wholly owned
subsidiary Europe-Vision signed a new 3 year agreement
to have TDC Kabel TV continue to televise channel dk4.
The agreement extends the 10 year relationship between
the two companies and means that TDC Kabel TV will
continue to provide local content, movies, sports,
political coverage and cultural programming to its
subscribers. Managing director Stig Hasner of
Europe-Vision said: "The growth in subscribers in the
past years has been very gratifying and we now have
more than .000 current subscribers to dk4 through
agreements with Canal Digital (SMATV and satellite)
and TDC Kabel TV. EuroTrust owns a broadcast media
property in Scandinavia and also operates the largest
media production company in Scandinavia with a special
focus on sports programming.
Internet
http://www.eurotrust.dk/investors
FRANCE
GREEN LIGHT FOR RTL TAKEOVER OF M6
The
European Commission on March 15 gave the green
light for German television channel RTL to take over
French station M6. The decision came after a
commission investigation found that neither channel
had enough of a market share to make their combined
entity a threat to fair competition in Europe. The
merger comes after the Suez group decided to
relinquish the majority of its shareholding power in
M6. M6 previously was jointly controlled by RTL and
Suez group, with 48.4% and 37.6% of the equity rights,
respectively, but their voting rights were limited to
34% each. In February, Suez sold 29.2% of M6 shares on
the market, a move that prompted RTL to passively
acquire sole control of M6.
PROFITS UP AT LAGARDERE
The French media-to-aerospace group Lagardere on March
15 posted net income for 2003 of
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