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Nintendo launches original 3D video content for console
Video game manufacturer Nintendo is launching a raft of original 3D programming for its handheld…
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Pace “on track” to meet revised guidance
UK set-top giant Pace says it is now on track to meet its revised 2011…
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Canal Plus and M6 renew agreement
French pay TV operator Canal Plus and commercial broadcaster M6 have renewed their deal for…
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Viewster deal with Panasonic takes VOD service to 90 countries
Switzerland-based video-on-demand content supplier Viewster has signed a deal with Panasonic that will make its…
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View all Portugal Telecom nears one million TV customers
Portugal Telecom has increased its share of the country’s pay TV market to 32% at…
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RTL Group takes full control of Croatian unit
RTL Group has acquired full control of its Croatian broadcasting unit, RTL Hrvatska, after striking…
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Spiegel TV to launch knowledge channel
The publisher of German news magazine Der Spiegel’s TV arm, Spiegel TV, is to launch…
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TF1 looking to switch LCI to free DTT service
French commercial broadcaster TF1 plans to ask the country’s regulator, the CSA, to allow its…
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View all SBB launches WiFi hotspot service
Pay TV operator Serbia Broadband (SBB) has launched SBB Zone, a new WiFi hotspot service…
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SmarDTV shipping CI Plus modules for ORF in Austria
Kudelski-owned conditional access module supplier SmarDTV has started shipping its latest SmarCAM-3 CI Plus modules…
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Top Up TV launches CI Plus module
UK digital-terrestrial pay TV operator Top Up TV has launched a CI Plus service, enabling…
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Freesat names finance chief
UK free-to-air DTH platform Freesat has appointed Alistair Thom as finance director. Thom joins Freesat…
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Fox International Channels names European chiefs
Fox International Channels has promoted two of its key European executives, Jesus Perezagua and Jason…
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MultiChoice launches VOD platform
Multichoice has launched South Africa’s first DTH-based VOD service. The pay TV operator’s BoxOffice platform…
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On-demand revenues predicted to rocket
Video-on-demand revenues will rocket to US$5.7 billion (€4 billion) by 2016, according to forecasts issued…
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View all BSkyB to post strong performance as directors discuss Murdoch
UK pay TV platform BSkyB is expected to post decent subscriber and revenue gains when…
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Numericable looking to refinance debt
French cable operator Numericable is looking to refinance its debt between now and 2014, the…
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Horror Channel launches in Italy
Chello Zone-owned Horror Channel is to launch in Italy in September. The channel, which will…
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LCI expected to go free-to-air, Orange may take stake
TF1 chief executive Nonce Paolini is expected to announce this morning that the group’s information…
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Amino growth continues as Telecom Italia places order
IPTV set-top vendor Amino has reported strong first-half results, with an increase in shipments and…
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Skylink adds SMiT CAM to CI Plus offering
Czech and Slovak satellite pay TV operator Skylink has added Irdeto conditional access modules from…
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Joost names Cadbury as general manager
Joost has appointed Maria Cadbury its general manager. She has been director of media at…
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Film4 names new digital chief
Channel 4’s UK film channel Film4 has appointed Anna Higgs to the newly-created role of…
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BC Partners to acquire Com Hem
Private-equity group BC Partners is to acquire Swedish cable operator Com Hem from existing owners…
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View all Virgin Media trials “world’s fastest” cable broadband
Virgin Media has successfully delivered broadband speeds of 1.5Gbps to an area of London. The…
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Scripps in the frame for UKTV acquisition
US channel group Scripps Network Interactive is close to acquiring Virgin Media’s 50% stake in…
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INEA acquires telco
Polish cable operator INEA has acquired a majority share of local telco Telefony Opalenickie. Telefony…
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Belarus brings forward switchover to 2012
Belarus has brought forward its plans for digital switchover from 2015 to January 1 2012….
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RTL given green light for Indian expansion
European broadcaster RTL Group has been given the green light by Indian authorities to launch…
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View all Miramax mulls launch of pay TV channels
Hollywood film producer Miramax is eyeing the launch of a number of international cable networks…