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Vivendi has Âno plans to increase NBCU stake
French media conglomerate Vivendi has reiterated that it has no plans to increase its stake…
BH Telecom uses Verimatrix
Bosnian telco BH Telecom has contracted content security company Verimatrix to use its technology to…
Sony signs up Five for internet TV
Sony has struck a deal with UK commercial broadcaster Five to include its content on…
Tele Columbus upgrades Potsdam
German cable operator Tele Columbus has upgraded its network in Potsdam to offer triple-play services….
Stream-TV drops BBC World News
Russian pay-TV operator Stream-TV has dropped BBC World News from its service following the termination…
Free adds Sundance Channel HD
French IPTV provider Free has added independent movie service Sundance Channel HD to its line-up….
Liberty Global unit ups stake in Telenet
Liberty Globals Dutch-based investment unit Binan Investments has acquired a stake of over 30% in…
Tandberg encoders for Macedonian digital-terrestrial platform
Telekom Slovenije-owned Macedonian ISP On.Net is using MPEG-4 encoders from Tandberg for its 60-channel digital-terrestrial…
CableTel adds Nickelodeon
Bulgarian cable operator CableTel has added kids channel Nickelodeon to its line-up. CableTel offers TV…
Zon lambasts regulator over fine
Portuguese triple-play provider Zon Multimédia has said it will appeal against a fine of 8m…
ITV plans catch-up service
British commercial broadcaster ITV is planning to launch a catch-up channel for its main network…
Discovery makes EMEA acquisitions appointment
Factual channel Discovery has named Helen Fox Gladwell as vice-president, business affairs and programming legal,…
HaiVision names engineering chief
Video technology provider HaiVision has named Mahmoud Al-Daccak as senior vice-president of engineering. Al-Daccak was…
News Corp linked to Rotana deal
News Corp is in discussions to acquire a 20% stake in Saudi-based broadcast group…
Akado launches Mini Mix
Russian service provider Akado has launched a new low-cost package called Mini Mix, comprising 12…
Arris acquires EGT video processing lines
Video technology company Arris has acquired the video processing assets of Atlanta-based EGT for US$6.5m….
T-VIPS launches DVB-T2 gateway
TV transport technology specialist T-VIPS is launching a new DVB-T2 gateway. The product, the CP560…
French broadcasters hit out at tax
Leading French commercial channels have condemned the tax imposed on them to compensate France Télévisions’…
Cablecom launches 100Mbps service
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator Cablecom is the latest of the international cable group’s properties…
Freeview launches new campaign
UK free-to-air digital-terrestrial platform Freeview has launched a new £4m (4.50) national and regional marketing…
UPC Slovakia launches 120Mbps internet
Cable operator UPC Slovakia has launched EuroDOCSIS 3.0-based high-speed internet services offering speeds up to…
Macedonia’s On.Net chooses Viaccess
Macedonian internet service provider On.Net has chosen Viaccess to provide conditional access to secure the…
ESPN secures UEFA rights
Sports broadcaster ESPN has secured the UK rights to broadcast the UEFA Europa League for…
Telefónica still interested in Digital Plus
Spanish telco Telefónica is still interested tin taking a minority stake in Prisa’s pay-TV platform…
SeaChange acquires eventIS
Video-on-demand and interactive TV technology specialist SeaChange International has acquired Dutch-based VOD and broadcasting…
JSTV gains carriage on Free
General entertainment channel Japan Satellite TV Europe (JSTV) has appointed Paris-based Thema to handle its…
European Commission investigates French public TV
The European Commission is examining whether French authorities plans to phase out advertising on public…
Kabel BW launches 100Mpbs in Stuttgart
Germany cable operator Kabel BW has launched a 100Mbps broadband internet service in the Stuttgart…
French broadband base grows
France had 18.675 million broadband internet subscribers at the end of June, of which 17.625…
UPC launches high-speed internet in Czech Republic
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has launched 50Mbps and 100Mbps internet services in the…