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MTGÂs pay-TV business continues to grow
Modern Times Group added 24,000 premium subscribers in Scandinavia during the third quarter as the…
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UPC Poland launches free bundle promotion
Cable operator UPC Poland is launching a new promotion giving new subscribers free services until…
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Russian watchdog takes aim at Viasat in drive against foreign channels
The body that oversees telecoms and mass communications in Russia, the Roskomnadzor, has accused the…
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Russia Today reaches seven million
Russian international news channel Russia Today has secured an audience of seven million people across…
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Media Capital sees revenues fall
Portuguese media company Media Capital recorded a fall in revenue of 6% to 194m in…
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Tele Columbus invests Â1m in MDU upgrade
German cable operator Tele Columbus will invest about Â1m in offering triple-play services to some…
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Unitymedia launches ultra-fast internet
German cable operator Unitymedia will offer ultra-fast 120Mbps internet connections to residents of Cologne and…
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Cyfra Plus survey reveals DVR and VOD appeal
A growing number of Polish TV viewers want to be able to choose when to…
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ProSiebenSat.1 expects ad bounce next year
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is expected to see a significant bounce in advertising revenues at…
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Clix Mobile TV adds Canal Panda in HD
Portuguese mobile TV service Clix Mobile TV has added kids channel Canal Panda in high…
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Rai chief plays down Sky USB module, highlights legal issues
Italian public broadcaster Rais director-general Mauro Masi has described pay-TV operator Sky ItaliaÂs announcement yesterday…
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Iskon chooses Appear TV
Headend equipment provider Appear TV is supplying its SC2000 IP Streamer to enable Croatian ISP…
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CSA announces Canal Plus switch off date
French media regulator the CSA has set the date for the switch-off of the analogue…
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EVS to provide equipment for Sky News HD
UK pay-TV operator BSkyBs news channel Sky News has chosen EVS to provide a server…
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UPC Ireland reported Â65m loss in first year
The recently merged operations of Irish cable operators Chorus and NTL lost over Â65m in…
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SwitzerlandÂs Cablecom mulls CI Plus launch
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator Cablecom is considering launching CI Plus modules to facilitate a…
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UK MPs call for spectrum for local TV
A group of 80 UK members of parliament have called on the government to introduce…
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BBC to reduce Red Button Freeview service
UK public broadcaster the BBC will switch off two of the three interactive streams it…
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Rosmedia chooses Netris for wholesale model
St Petersburg-based Russian IPTV service provider Rosmedia, a subsidiary of Rostelecom, has selected local middleware…
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BBC wonÂt share iPlayer tech with other PSBs
The BBCÂs governing body, the BBC Trust, has vetoed plans to share its iPlayer technology…
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Stream TV expands Universal Channel
Russian pay-TV operator Stream TV has launched the Universal Channel in the city of Perm….
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UPC Hungary plans Â3.8m internet investment
Hungarian cable operator UPC Magyarorszag will invest approximately HUF1bn (Â3.8m) in launching next-generation internet services,…
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IPTV and DTH drive Portuguese pay-TV numbers
There were 2.37 million pay-TV subscribers in Portugal at end-June, according to the latest figures…
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CSA chief voices support for tax moratorium
The president of French media regulator the CSA has expressed his qualified support for a…
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Ukraine cable numbers down
The number of cable subscribers in Ukrainian fell 0.2% year-on-year in the third quarter to…
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CNBC secures sponsorship deal with Erste Group
Business news channel CNBC has secured a deal with financial services provider Erste Group Bank…
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Kabel BW offers superfast broadband in Oberschwaben and Allgäu
German cable operator Kabel BW has launched superfast broadband in the Oberschwaben and Allgäu regions….
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Sky Italia launches USB DTT key
Italian pay-TV operator Sky Italia will roll out a USB device that allows its high…
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Cyfrowy Polsat launches new Echostar DVR
Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a new high-definition DVR from Echostar. Customers can…
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Dutch public broadcast chief calls for copyright rethink
Henk Hagoort, the head of the Dutch public broadcasting organisation Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO), has…