FRANKFURT, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - The German radio and television broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 posted on Wednesday a second-quarter sales increase of 45.4 percent owing to the acquisition of the Luxembourg media group SBS, but said it had suffered from the weak performance of free TV activities.

LONDON, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - ITV, the biggest British commercial television network, said on Wednesday that it made a first-half net loss of 1.537 billion pounds (1.9 billion euros, 3.0 billion dollars) owing to special charges in view of an advertising downturn.

SOFIA, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Sweden-based international broadcasting company Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed an agreement to acquire all of Bulgaria's second private TV channel Nova Television for 620 million euros (966 million dollars), Nova said on Thursday.

BUDAPEST, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - A million Hungarian households will be able to receive eight to 10 digital radio and television channels instead of three analogue channels now, under a contract for Antenna Hungaria, officials said on Friday.

BERLIN, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - The US media and leisure group Disney wants to boost its European presence by launching new television channels to beam Mickey Mouse and friends into millions of homes, a press report said on Thursday.

'We see very large growth potential' in Europe, Disney's head of European television operations John Hardie told the financial daily Handelsblatt.

BRUSSELS, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission dropped on Thursday a court case against Sweden after Stockholm abolished partly state-owned Boxer's monopoly in digital terrestrial broadcasting.

Europe's top competition watchdog had sued Sweden in mid-October 2006 before an EU court for failing to abolish Boxer's monopoly as required by European law.

KABUL, June 3, 2008 (AFP) - 'I'm not the father,' Mehir Verani exclaims, accusing his virtuous wife Tulsi of having their son with another man.

Shocked, the beautiful woman throws her husband a tearful glance.

GENEVA, June 1, 2008 (AFP) - The Swiss on Sunday voted to reject a referendum proposal by a far-right party making it harder for foreigners to become naturalised citizens, Swiss TV reported citing first estimates.

Polling closed at midday (1000 GMT), regular practice in Swiss referendums, and results were due to be announced at around 1500 GMT Sunday.

KABUL, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - Afghanistan's culture ministry said Thursday it had referred two television stations for prosecution after they ignored deadlines to drop Indian soap operas it says violate Islamic morals.

KABUL, April 23, 2008 (AFP) - The Afghan government extended Wednesday a deadline for two private television stations to drop Indian serials it claims violate Islamic morals, but one of the stations vowed not to buckle.