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TMC and NT1 undergo reshuffle
French digital terrestrial channels TMC and NT1 are to undergo a major executive shuffle following…
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Numericable and Virgin Mobile protest changes to Free 3G licence
French cable operator and telco Numericable-Completel and mobile telco Virgin Mobile have written to telecom…
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Playboy renews Private deal
Adult broadcaster Playboy TV International has renewed its joint venture deal with Private Media to…
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TeliaSonera builds fibre in Gotland, calls for regulatory clarity
Swedish telco TeliaSonera is to invest SEK300m (31m) in building a new fibre network for…
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Romtelecom adds mobile to launch quad-play
Romanian telco Romtelecom is launching a quad-play service by adding mobile operator Cosmotes offering to…
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Market improving for Cabovisão
Portugal’s cable market continues to be “extremely competitive” but is stabilising, according to Louis Audet,…
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Stofa sold to private equity firm
TeliaSonera is to sell its Danish subsidiary Stofa to private equity firm Ratos for DKK1.1bn…
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France 24 signs Turkey and Latin America deals
News channel France 24 has launched in Turkey on DTH platform Digiturk. The channel…
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Antena 3 will be boosted by Nitro
Antena 3 is launching a male-skewed channel, Nitro. The Spanish free-to-air broadcaster has launched…
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Russia passes must-carry rules
Russian authorities have approved new rules that require pay-TV platforms to carry eight channels free-to-air….
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TF1 launches new gaming service
French free-to-air broadcaster TF1 has launched a new range of online games, some of which…
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BT signs CNBC deal
BT has signed a five-year contract with business and financial news channel CNBC to distribute…
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Astra to carry Dance TV HD
Satellite operator SES Astra has signed an agreement with Dutch channel Dance TV HD to…
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European project investigates four-camera technology for glasses-free 3D
The European MUSCADE (Multimedia Scalable 3D for Europe) project has begun exploring a four-camera system…
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Comstar adds channels
Russian cable operator Comstar has added a range of new channels to its line-up after…
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Cablecom extends high-speed internet offer
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator Cablecom has extended its Fiber Power very high-speed internet service…
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Technicolor chooses PubliTronic for NPO playout
Media services provider Technicolor has chosen broadcast equipment provider PubliTronics Nexus servers to deliver playout…
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Netgem boosted by international sales
TV technology provider Netgems half-year performance was boosted by international sales, while the company saw…
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Canal Plus-Ladbrokes JV names management team
The Paris-based online gaming joint-venture between pay-TV operator Canal Plus and betting company Ladbrokes has…
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Canvas chooses Marlin DRM for launch
Project Canvas, the planned UK connected TV platform for Freeview, has set out a range…
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Ono chooses Nagra to protect hybrid platform
Nagravision has been selected by Spanish pay-TV operator Ono to secure its next generation, hybrid…
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Free catch-up offer could signal Âtwo speed internet, say observers
French service provider FreeÂs offer of differentiated Quality of Service for a premium as part…
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Alwaleed to launch Arabic news channel
Kingdom Holding, owned by Saudi Arabias Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, plans to launch a new…
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FranceÂs Lasserre calls for pay-TV regulation based on Ofcom example
Bruno Lasserre, the president of the French competition regulator, has said that a new law…
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Arris and Vector to jointly market HFC and fibre solutions
Broadband technology supplier Arris has signed a deal with European broadband equipment company Vector to…
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UPC Czech to add new documentary channels
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic is to offer additional services from documentary channel provider Discovery…
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News Corp eyes Orange channels in France
News Corp is eyeing the acquisition of France Telecom/Orange’s pay-TV channels, according to press reports….
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YouSee strikes on-demand deal with TV2
Danish cable operator YouSee has struck a deal with commercial broadcaster TV2 that will see…
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Half of UPC Direct dishes redirected
Over half of UPC Direct customers have redirected their satellite dishes to Telenors 1° West…
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UK says goodbye to analogue TVs
The end of analogue TV in the UK is nigh May was the first…