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ARCEP rules in favour of France Telecom
French communications regulator ARCEP has ruled in favour of France Telecom in a dispute with…
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UPC Austria launches Fiber Power in Tirol
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Austria has completed the upgrade of its network in the…
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Advertising recovery boost for ITV
British commercial broadcaster ITV has recorded an 11% increase in revenues over the last three…
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KDG grows premium subscriber base
Germanys leading cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) added 127,300 digital premium pay TV subscribers in…
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Discovery and Scripps looking at UKTV stake
International channel operators Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks are reportedly among the final bidders for…
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TV4 strikes TV11 deal with Com Hem, unveils new football JV
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has struck an agreement with cable operator Com Hem for the…
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Domestic pay TV growth boosts Canal Plus
French pay TV provider Canal Plus posted revenues of 3.364 billion for the nine months…
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Sky Deutschland wins praise for subscriber growth
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is expected to secure 60,000 new subscribers in its…
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BBC Worldwide sells Animal Planet stake
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, has sold its 50% stake…
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Free grows subscriber base
French triple-play provider Free had 4.528 million subscribers at the end of September, up from…
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Gaspin leaves NBC Universal
Jeff Gaspin, chairman of NBC Universal TV Entertainment, has left the US broadcaster and studio…
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KidsCo to launch on Nigerian cable
NBC Universal, Corus and Cookie Jar-owned kids channel KidsCo has teamed with Nigerian media…
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Vivendi shares fall on tax change concerns
Vivendi shares fell on the French stock market at the end of last week on…
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German online TV usage to triple by 2015
There are currently 1,275 online TV channels in Germany and the total number of videos…
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KDG tests 1Gbps internet
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has started testing new super-fast internet services, capable of delivering…
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German broadcasters raise ad prices
A return to growth in the German TV advertising market has spurred the countrys main…
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NSN unveils Ubiquity platform
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) launched its Ubiquity Multiscreen TV IPTV platform at the TelcoTV show…
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Swisscom launches new triple-play packages
Swisscom is launching three new triple-play packages as part of its new Vivo Casa range…
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Orange Cinéma sale unlikely before late 2011
Any deal between Orange/France Telecom and Vivendi-owned Canal Plus for the sale of the formerÂs…
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Cyfrowy Polsat to buy parent broadcaster
Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat is to buy its parent company, commercial broadcast group…
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New role for Media Broadcast’s Egenbauer
German broadcast services provider Media Broadcast’s CEO, Helmut Egenbauer, has been named non-executive vice-chairman of…
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TV4 re-launches youth channel as TV11
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 is to launch a new youth-oriented channel, TV11, on January 19,…
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BBC must reduce cost of red button service, says Trust
The BBC needs to reduce the cost of delivering its red button interactive services, and…
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Disney’s fourth-quarter revenue and profits down
Disney is investigating how its fiscal fourth quarter results release was issued early, prompting an…
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Digital TV homes close to one billion by 2015
There will be almost one billion digital TV homes worldwide by end-2015, according to the…
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Outlook positive for KDG, says Fitch
Analysts are bullish on German cabler Kabel Deutschlands (KDG) prospects, citing strong operational momentum and…
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German TV industry on the up, says VPRT
Germanys commercial broadcasters association the Verband Privater Rundfunk und Telemedien (VPRT) has raised its forecast…
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CNBC Arabiya extends Arqiva agreement
News channel CNBC Arabiya has renewed its contract for UK backhaul and satellite newsgathering services…
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Viasat Broadcasting chooses Accedo for LG app
Modern Times Group-owned Viasat Broadcasting has chosen interactive TV specialist Accedo to help develop, test…
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Zon launches new UI and iConcerts on-demand
Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia has launched its new advanced user interface and has…