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UPC Austria offers Fit promotion
UPC Austria has reduced the cost of most of its Fit packages. The reductions include…
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Tele Columbus opens new Berlin HQ
German cable operator Tele Columbus has opened a new headquarters in Berlin. The company’s new…
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Sky Deutschland reveals details of Sports News channel
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has unveiled details about its forthcoming Sky Sports News…
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BBC’s Thompson on defensive against Murdoch and Cameron
The BBC’s director general Mark Thompson has taken a sideswipe at News Corp’s James Murdoch,…
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Channel 4 launches new 4oD with improved content discovery
UK broadcaster Channel 4 will relaunch its 4oD on-demand platform at the end of the…
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Eutelsat signs triple-play deal with Greek pay TV operator
Forthnet Group has signed a deal with Eutelsat that will see it bundle the satellite…
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Kabel BW adds trio of Sky HD channels
Kabel BW is adding three HD channels from Sky Deutschland to its line-up, taking the…
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Chellomedia takes stake in Bosnia’s OBN
Liberty Global’s content arm Chellomedia has acquired a 40% stake in Bosnian free-to-air broadcaster OBN….
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OPTA reveals latest Dutch TV numbers
Cable TV subscribers in the Netherlands numbered 5.291 million at the end of the first…
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3net launches first 3D kids block
3net, the 3D broadcaster operated by Sony, Discovery and IMAX, is launching a kids block…
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M6 renews CBS output deal
French commercial broadcaster M6 has renewed its output deal with Hollywood studio CBS Studios International….
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Star Africa expands in Rwanda
African pay TV operator Star Africa Media is launching three new channels in Rwanda. The…
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Azerbaijan to expand DTT to 60 channels
Authorities in Azerbaijan are eyeing the launch of up to 60 channels on its digital…
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France implements Telecom Package
France has finally passed the EU’s Telecom Package into law, three months after the original…
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UPC Slovakia passes 80,000 broadband subs
Cable operator UPC Slovakia now has 80,000 broadband internet subscribers, the company has revealed. The…
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TiVo reports reduced losses
US-based DVR and interactive TV technology provider TiVo has reported reduced second-quarter losses on better-than-expected…
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KPN to launch multi-screen service
Dutch telco KPN is to launch a multi-screen version of its IPTV service Interactieve TV….
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Nick to reach three million African homes
Kids channel Nickelodeon has expanded its footprint in Africa with a launch on Multichoice’s DStv…
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On Demand Group signs deal with 20th Century Fox
SeaChange International-owned video-on-demand provider On Demand Group (ODG) has signed a deal with 20th Century…
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DNA breaks Virgin Media’s cable broadband record
Finnish cable operator DNA has delivered broadband speeds of 1.58Gbp on its network, which it…
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Analysts positive on Ziggo
Ziggo’s unexpectedly strong performance over the past 18 months has prompted it to be upgraded…
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UK pay TV operators must look to new services as revenue growth slows
UK pay TV revenues are fast reaching maturity, so operators must find other revenue streams…
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MTS acquires FTTB operators
Russian service provider MTS Group has acquired four companies providing broadband and TV services via…
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UK to be number three in HD set penetration in five years
Some 94% of UK households will have a TV set capable of receiving HD programming…
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RTL profits up but FremantleMedia profits down
RTL has registered revenue and profit increases in its half-year results. The pan-European broadcast group…
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IPTV launch in Novosibirsk
Russian IPTV service provider West-SibTranstelekom has begun offering digital TV services in the Siberian city…
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KDG names new finance chief
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has named Andreas Siemen as its new chief financial…
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Viasat names programming chief
Viasat Broadcasting has named Daniela Neumann as vice-presdent of central programming. Neumann, who was previously…
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IPTV boosts iPlayer requests
The BBC’s catch-up platform iPlayer received 30 million more requests for TV programmes last month…
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France looking to DVB-T2 for next stage of digital-terrestrial
The French government is considering delaying the launch of new digital-terrestrial channels in order to…