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Tele Columbus rescued by creditors
Lenders to Tele Columbus have rescued the German cable operator after acquiring the company for…
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Eutelsat renews Elettronica Industriale capacity deal
Satellite operator Eutelsat has renewed its deal with Italys Elettronica Industriale, the network operator of…
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UPC Poland adds History to VOD platform
Cable operator UPC Poland has begun offering content from the History and History HD channels…
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Canal Plus takes Italian Serie A rights
French pay-TV operator Canal Plus has acquired the exclusive rights in France to Italys Serie…
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B.net achieves better-than-expected growth
Croatian cable operator B.net has said it achieved 33.9% revenue growth in its 2009 financial…
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UPC Czech Republic adds Czech TV to HD line-up
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has begun test broadcasting public broadcaster Ceské Televize in HD…
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KDG signs one million internet and telephony customers
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has signed its one-millionth internet and telephony customer. It said…
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UPC Poland eyes Aster
Polish cabler UPC is interested in acquiring its private equity-owned counterpart Aster, according to local…
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Canal Plus adds M6 Replay
Canal Plus has added commercial channel M6s catch-up service, M6 Replay, to its satellite offer,…
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CSA gives green light to Eutelsat 76° East plan
French media regulator the CSA has given its approval to satellite operator EutelsatÂs request to…
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MTG reports SEK3bn Bulgarian loss
Modern Times Group (MTG) is to reorganise approximately SEK3.4bn (325m) of one-off costs in its…
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Italy drafts new pay-TV ad rules
New rules governing the amount of advertising that pay-TV channels can carry are closer to…
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CanalSat rejects CSA ruling in favour of thematic channels
French pay-TV operator CanalSat has reacted angrily to media regulator the CSAs ruling that it…
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TF1 wins national football rights
French broadcaster TF1 has been granted exclusive broadcast rights for matches played by the countrys…
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Free granted 3G licence
French telco and ISP Free will become Frances fourth 3G network operator after being granted…
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Portuguese Casa TV launches on Xbox
Vodafone Portugal has made its Casa TV IPTV service available via Microsofts Xbox 360 games…
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Schläffer to leave Deutsche Telekom
Christopher Schläffer is stepping down from his position as chief product and innovation officer at…
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UK tops digital TV viewing growth league
Eighty-eight per cent of UK households had converted their main TV set to digital by…
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ITV chooses TV Genius for Facebook app
TV search and recommendation specialist TV Genius has been selected by UK commercial broadcaster ITV…
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Kudelski acquires Medialive
Switzerland-based TV technology group Kudelski has acquired Medialive, a company based in Paris that develops…
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YouTube in the dock as Mediaset claims landmark legal victory
A Rome court has ruled in favour of commercial broadcaster Mediaset in its dispute with…
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Lagardère pulls out of France Television deal
French media company Lagardere has pulled out of a deal to acquire a stake in…
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EBU launches new HDTV harmonization project
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has kicked off a new project to further harmonisation and…
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Italian authorities to reject pay-TV ad restrictions
Italian authorities are expected to reject plans that would have cut the amount of advertising…
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Canal Plus launches mobile TV app for iPhone
Pay-TV provider Canal Plus has launched a mobile TV application on the Apple App Store,…
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Channel 4 and Talk Talk join Canvas
UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 and internet service provider Talk Talk have joined Canvas,…
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Spain set for TV shake-up
The Spanish broadcasting business is set for a massive shake up after news that Cuatro…
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SES acquires Protostar 2
Satellite operator SES has acquired the Protostar 2 satellite and will integrate it into its…
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Extreme inks deal with Freecaster.tv
The Extreme Sports Channel has inked a deal with online video site Freecaster.tv to create…
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French pay-TV continues to grow
Pay-TV customer in France numbered 10.4 million at the end of 2008, according to figures…