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Raduga TV puts Kazakh card activations on hold

Russian satellite pay TV operator Raduga TV has put the commericalisation of its service in…

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Sky to update EPG to reflect growing VOD usage

UK pay TV operator BSkyB has begun updating the EPG for its Sky Plus HD…

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Samsung beats Apple and Sony as most preferred CE brand

Samsung is the most preferred consumer electronics brand in the US and Europe, beating rivals…

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YouTube to stream Olympics in Asia and Africa

YouTube has announced plans to stream live Olympic Games coverage to users in Asia and…

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South Africa’s subsidised DTT boxes will have return path

The South African government has confirmed that the DTT set-top boxes it intends to subsidise…

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Vodafone Portugal launches TV app

Vodafone Portugal has launched an app for its Net TV service available on iOS and…

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DR launches two new channels

Danish public broadcaster DR is launching two new channels and has reorganised a number of…

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Sony SAB launches on Freesat

Sony Entertainment Network’s Sony SAB channel has joined the Freesat platform in the UK. The…

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Etisalat strikes deal with Al Jazeera Sport

Middle Eastern pay TV operator Etisalat has struck a deal with Al Jazeera Sport that…

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Sky Italia secures F1 rights

Sky Italia has secured Formula 1 broadcast rights from 2013. The pay TV broadcaster has…

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Media Broadcast takes capacity at 19° East

Media services provider Media Broadcast has acquired a transponder on the Astra platform at 19.2°…

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Lattelecom adds CTC Baltics

Latvian IPTV provider Lattelecom has added the Russian-language CTC Baltics channel to its movies and…

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Uganda Commission chooses Volicon

Monitoring systems provider Volicon has been chosen by the Uganda Communications Commission to provide its…

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SeaChange sees revenues and income down

Video software provider SeaChange International posted revenues of US$36.6 million (€29.3 million) for the first…

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Sky Deutschland expands customer service numbers

Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is extending its customer service operations, provided by Invoco Group….

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Cosmos TV begins selling CAMs

Belarusian pay TV provider Cosmos TV has begun selling CI Plus modules to enable customers…

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Six new French DTT channels launching before end-2012


Six new DTT channels will launch in France on December 12, the country’s communications regulator…

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Microsoft introduces Xbox SmartGlass

Microsoft has unveiled SmartGlass for Xbox, a new product designed to allow the games console’s…

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Portugal sees pay TV surge

Portugal was home to around 3.07 million pay TV subscribers at the end of the…

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Netflix beats Apple in online movie race

Netflix was the top online movie service in the US last year, surpassing Apple’s iTunes,…

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Platforma HD to cease broadcasting in July

Russian pay TV service Platforma HD is to cease broadcasting on July 1, the company…

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TVN sells control of Onet for €217.5 million
 


Polish broadcaster TVN is selling control of the Onet internet portal to Ringier Axel Springer…

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CTAM Europe names Cablecom chief as chairman

CTAM Europe, the marketing body for European cable operators, has appointed Eric Tveter as chairman…

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Jewish News 1 launching in French

Jewish News 1 (JN1), the 24-hour news channel launched last year, is launching a French-language…

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Swisscom lets users watch DVR recordings online

Swisscom has launched a service that lets customers watch DVR recordings on PCs and laptops…

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Polsat launches DVB-T mobile TV

Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a DVB-T mobile TV service. The TV Mobilna…

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Cablecom adds 17 channels, expands HD offer

Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom has considerably enhanced its TV offer with the addition of…

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Paramount Comedy launches on NCN networks in Russia

The Russian version of Paramount Comedy Channel has launched on Rostelecom-owned cable operator NCN’s platform….

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Telenor and UPC Direct to jointly offer DTH and mobile broadband

Telenor and UPC Direct have begun jointly offering a bundled offering of TV channels and…

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Polsat Sport Extra HD extends reach

Polish pay TV operators Multimedia Polska and UPC have added sports channel Polsat’s Sport Extra…