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Telenet sees digital growth and analogue decline

Belgian cable operator Telenet saw its analogue TV base fall to 853,300 at the end…

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Disney to launch free-to-air in Russia

Disney is to begin broadcasting a free-to-air channel in Russia next year in partnership with…

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Zon sees Iris growth in solid third quarter

Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia added 20,000 subscribers to its high-end Iris triple-play offering…

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New 3D channel for Norway

High TV 3D, a 24-hour 3D channel for the Nordic region, has launched on Telenor…

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Belgacom sees TV growth despite loss of football exclusivity

Belgian telco Belgacom saw its TV base grow by 52,000 in the last quarter despite…

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Fox buys Viajar in Spain



Fox International Channels has bought Spanish travel channel Viajar. Fox acquired the channel from Spanish…

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Eros sells Bollywood fare to Middle East



Bollywood producer and distributor Eros has inked a video-on-demand deal and content deals with a…

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T-Hrvatski Telekom sees strong TV growth

Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom had 317,847 TV customers at the end of September,…

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History launches on Hungarian DTT

A+E Networks’ has inked a carriage deal for its History channel with Antenna Hungaria, which…

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NTV Plus offers enhanced 3D football

Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus has teamed up with Panasonic and UEFA to offer…

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Akado names commercial chief

Russian cable operator Akado has appointed Sergey Nazarov as vice-president responsible for commercial services and…

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Volia boosts HD offering

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has boosted its HD offering with the addition of Modern Times…

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Tele Columbus invests in Dresden headend

German cable operator Tele Columbus has installed a new headend in Dresden, providing services to…

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Virgin Media boasts strong TiVo take-up

UK cable operator Virgin Media has signed up 222,000 customers to its TiVo service to…

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Canal Plus Group in talks to acquire TVN

Canal Plus Group and Polish commercial broadcaster TVN have revealed that they are in exclusive…

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Strong Orange TV growth fails to offset revenue slide

France Telecom/Orange’s TV base, including both IPTV and satellite customers, grew by 26.5% year-on-year to…

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Viasat adds nine catch-up channels

Pan Nordic broadcaster Viasat has added nine channels to its online catch-up television service Viaplay….

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Al Jazeera to launch new sports channel

Al Jazeera Media Network is launching a sports news channel across the Middle East next…

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Etisalat launches new channels

Middle Eastern pay TV platform Etisalat is launching three channels from India’s Times Television Network….

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Rostelecom signs strategic partnership with Sagemcom

Russian service provider Rostelecom has signed an agreement with France-based decoder provider Sagemcom to cooperate…

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Lovefilm strikes Paramount deal for Germany

Digital streaming service and DVD rental firm Lovefilm has struck a deal with Hollywood studio…

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BBC extends Wimbledon rights deal

The BBC has extended its deal to broadcast the Wimbledon tennis championship until 2017. The…

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German 3D TV sales exceed expectations

German consumer electronics association the GFU has upgraded its expectation for 3D TV sales this…

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TV Norge launching new FTA channel

Norwegian broadcaster TV Norge is launching a new free-to-air channel to appeal to an older…

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Numericable adds ESPN America HD

French cable operator Numericable has added ESPN America HD to its line-up. The service, which…

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Akado acquires Leningrad operator

Russian service provider Akado has acquired Leningrad region cable operator Sertolovskoe Televidenie, according to local…

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ANGA Cable Show teams up with SCTE Cable-Tec Expo

German cable association ANGA and the US Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) have agreed…

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Du teams up with Intelsat for distribution platform

UAE service provider du has teamed up with satellite operator Intelsat to jointly offer turnkey…

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BBC agrees S4C funding deal

The BBC Trust, the corporation’s governing body, has agreed a funding deal for Welsh-language channel…

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Sky Deutschland inks movie deal with Tele München


German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has agreed a new movie deal with German studio…