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France Télévisions’ Pflimlin calls for new look at ad rules
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has called for a fresh look at the rules governing…
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Telenet grows digital base and arrests basic decline
Belgian cable operator Telenet increased customers across its main product lines and reduced the rate…
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Vision247 acquires IPTV specialist Fora
Media services provider Vision247 has acquired Slovenian IPTV software specialist Fora in a deal valued…
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UPC DTH pirates convicted
Investigations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia have resulted in convictions for card sharing-based piracy…
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YouTube partner Rightster acquires Preview Networks
YouTube channel partner Rightster has acquired Preview Networks, a distributor of movie trailers online. Rightster…
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Bright outlook for Eutelsat and fixed satellite, says Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley has given an Overweight recommendation to Eutelsat’s stock, arguing that the Paris-based satellite…
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UPC Austria removes basic encryption
Cable operator UPC Austria has removed basic digital encryption, enabling basic cable users to access…
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Swisscom to roll out FTTS with Huawei
Swisscom has chosen Huawei as technology partner for a planned rollout of fibre-to-the-street to deliver…
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Liam Keelan opts for BBC Worldwide over Sky
Liam Keelan has opted to take a new role at BBC Worldwide over the position…
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EBU acquires weightlifting rights
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has secured media rights to European Weightlifting Federation championships until…
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Mixed performance for professional flat panel market
The global flat panel professional display market saw 1.1 million units shipped in the fourth…
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BringCom to revitalise Djibouti teleport
African communications technology specialist BringCom has struck a deal with local partners in Djibouti to…
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Benefits from Virgin Media acquisition will be limited, say analysts
While Liberty Global’s acquisition of Virgin Media will create scale and moderately improve the cable…
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BBC to launch programming on iPlayer before TV
The BBC has approved plans to launch a raft of programming online before it hits…
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Belgacom boosts TV everywhere offering
Belgacom has added Belgian public broadcaster RTBF’s La Une, La Deux and La Trois to…
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Pro TV channels back on Romtelecom
Romanian service provider Romtelecom has struck a deal with commercial broadcaster Pro TV to resume…
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Com Hem hires Virgin Media’s Gunatillaka
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has named former Virgin Media exec Asanga Gunatillaka as its…
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MTS increases HD offering
Russian service provider MTS is to increase the number of HD channels it offer to…
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YourTV wins Manchester local TV licence
YourTV, backed by former BBC chairman Michael Lyons among others, has secured UK regulator Ofcom’s…
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Volia adds HD channels
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added Discovery HD Showcase and Animal Planet HD to its…
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Euronews renews Arabsat contract
Euronews has renewed its contract with Arabsat to broadcast its Euronews Arabic channel on the…
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Azerbaijan launches first satellite
Azerbaijan has launched its first geostationary telecommunications satellite. Azerspace-1, operated by Azercosmos, was launched from…
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KPN launches new pay TV service for Belgium
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new pay TV service in Belgium via its local…
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Virgin Media signs new deal with FilmFlex
UK cabler Virgin Media has inked a new video-on-demand deal with FilmFlex, the video-on-demand provider…
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French collecting societies agree SVOD deal with Canal Plus
Two groups representing French content creation professionals’ intellectual property rights have agreed a deal with…
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Numericable launches new social TV features on LaBox
French cable operator Numericable has launched new social TV features on its LaBox advanced set-top….
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Arabsat to acquire Hellas Sat
Arabsat is to acquire OTE-owned satellite operator Hellas Sat for €208 million. Hellas Sat operates…
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Eutelsat sees record backlog
Satellite operator Eutelsat said it had a record €5.4 billion backlog or orders at the…
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Volia grows pay TV share
Ukrainian cable operator Volia’s share of the pay TV market in the cities in which…
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ProSiebenSat.1 strikes deal for Lionsgate movies
ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up free-to-air TV rights and second and basic pay TV windows and…