Exhibit 4.43

[CONFORMED
COPY]

Service Agreement

Scandinavian Broadcasting System (Jersey) Limited

and

Harry Evans Sloan

1 September 2002

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CONTENTS

|CLAUSE |  |                                  |  | PAGE
|------ |  | -------------------------------- |  | ----
|1.     |  | DEFINITIONS                      |  | 1   
|2.     |  | TERM AND APPOINTMENT             |  | 2   
|3.     |  | POWERS, DUTIES AND WORKING HOURS |  | 2   
|4.     |  | HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT              |  | 3   
|5.     |  | DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS          |  | 3   
|6.     |  | REMUNERATION                     |  | 4   
|7.     |  | STOCK OPTIONS                    |  | 6   
|8.     |  | EXPENSES                         |  | 6   
|9.     |  | CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION         |  | 7   
|10.    |  | INVENTIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS    |  | 7   
|11.    |  | RESTRICTIONS AFTER TERMINATION   |  | 7   
|12.    |  | TERMINATION BY EVENTS OF DEFAULT |  | 8   
|13.    |  | OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION     |  | 9   
|14.    |  | ADVERSE CHANGE                   |  | 9   
|15.    |  | NOTICES                          |  | 10  
|16.    |  | PROPER LAW                       |  | 10  
|17.    |  | CONSTRUCTION                     |  | 11  
|18.    |  | GENERAL                          |  | 11  
|19.    |  | OTHER AGREEMENTS                 |  | 11  

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THIS AGREEMENTis made as of 1 September 2002

BETWEEN:

RECITALS



THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1.     DEFINITIONS

In
this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires:

"Appointment"has the meaning set out in clause 2.1;

"Board"means the Board of Directors from time to time of SBS;

"Commencement Date"means 1 September 2002;

"Committee(s)"means any standing or ex officio committee meeting of the Board set up from time to time;

"Compensation Committee"means that Committee comprising non-executive members of the Board responsible for approving the
compensation arrangements for senior executives of the SBS Group;

"Industrial Property"includes inventions, designs, processes, formulae, notations, improvements, know-how, reputation,
moulds, get-ups, logos, devices, plans, models and literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works as defined by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1968 (UK);

"Industrial Property Rights"includes patents, designs, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, and all other forms of industrial or
intellectual property (in each case in any part of the world and whether or not registered or registrable and to the fullest extent thereof and for the full period thereof and all extensions and
renewals thereof) and all applications for registration thereof, and all rights and interest thereto and therein;

"Plan"means either SBS's 1994 Share Incentive Plan or 1992 Share Incentive Plan;

"SBS"means SBS Broadcasting SA;

"SBS Group"means SBS and each Subsidiary of SBS;

"Subsidiary"has the meaning ascribed thereto in section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 (UK);

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"Term"means the period referred to in clause 2 hereof;

"US$"means United States dollars, the lawful currency of the United States of America.

2.     TERM AND APPOINTMENT

3.     POWERS, DUTIES AND WORKING HOURS

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4.     HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT

During
the Appointment the Executive shall be entitled to 5 (five) weeks' paid holiday each year during the Term.

5.     DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

6.     REMUNERATION

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Upon
Adjusted Budgeted EBITDA being determined, the Bonus payable to the Executive pursuant to clause 6.3 will be determined by comparing Actual EBITDA against Adjusted EBITDA.

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7.     STOCK OPTIONS

|                 |  | Exercise Price: US$17.71
|---------------- |  | ------------------------
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|March 1 2003     |  | 166,668                 
|September 1 2003 |  | 166,668                 
|March 1 2004     |  | 166,668                 
|August 31 2004   |  | 166,670                 

8.     EXPENSES

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9.     CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

10.   INVENTIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS

The
Executive agrees that all relevant Industrial Property and Industrial Property Rights therein created by the Executive during the course of his employment with the Company shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, belong to, vest in and be the absolute, sole and unencumbered property of the Company. The Executive undertakes absolutely and unconditionally to execute all
documents and do all other things necessary to give effect to this provision.

11.   RESTRICTIONS AFTER TERMINATION

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12.   TERMINATION BY EVENTS OF DEFAULT

13.   OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION

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14.   ADVERSE CHANGE



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15.   NOTICES

Any
notice to be given hereunder shall be in writing. Notices may be given by either party by personal delivery or post or by fax addressed to the other party at (in the case of the
Company) its registered
office for the time being and (in the case of the Executive) his last known address first above written and any such notice given by letter or fax shall be deemed to have been served at the time at
which the letter was delivered personally or transmitted or if sent by post would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

16.   PROPER LAW

17.   CONSTRUCTION

18.   GENERAL

No
failure or delay by the Company in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise by the
Company of any right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power or privilege.

19.   OTHER AGREEMENTS

This
Agreement shall supersede and replace all previous agreements between the Company or any other member of the SBS Group and the Executive, if any, in relation to his employment.

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IN WITNESSwhereof this Agreement has been executed as at the date first written above.

|Signed by: | /s/ Harry Evans Sloan     |  | )
|---------- | ------------------------- |  | -
|           | HARRY EVANS SLOAN         |  | )
|           |                           |  | )
|           |                           |  | )
|Signed by: | /s/ Anthony William Ghee  |  | )
|           | ANTHONY WILLIAM GHEE      |  | )
|           | for and on behalf of      |  | )
|           | SCANDINAVIAN BROADCASTING |  | )
|           | SYSTEM (JERSEY) LIMITED   |  | )

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