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UPC Austria offers Fit promotion
UPC Austria has reduced the cost of most of its Fit packages. The reductions include…
Tele Columbus opens new Berlin HQ
German cable operator Tele Columbus has opened a new headquarters in Berlin. The company’s new…
Sky Deutschland reveals details of Sports News channel
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has unveiled details about its forthcoming Sky Sports News…
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,…
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…
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…
Kabel BW adds trio of Sky HD channels
Kabel BW is adding three HD channels from Sky Deutschland to its line-up, taking the…
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….
OPTA reveals latest Dutch TV numbers
Cable TV subscribers in the Netherlands numbered 5.291 million at the end of the first…
3net launches first 3D kids block
3net, the 3D broadcaster operated by Sony, Discovery and IMAX, is launching a kids block…
M6 renews CBS output deal
French commercial broadcaster M6 has renewed its output deal with Hollywood studio CBS Studios International….
Star Africa expands in Rwanda
African pay TV operator Star Africa Media is launching three new channels in Rwanda. The…
Azerbaijan to expand DTT to 60 channels
Authorities in Azerbaijan are eyeing the launch of up to 60 channels on its digital…
France implements Telecom Package
France has finally passed the EU’s Telecom Package into law, three months after the original…
UPC Slovakia passes 80,000 broadband subs
Cable operator UPC Slovakia now has 80,000 broadband internet subscribers, the company has revealed. The…
TiVo reports reduced losses
US-based DVR and interactive TV technology provider TiVo has reported reduced second-quarter losses on better-than-expected…
KPN to launch multi-screen service
Dutch telco KPN is to launch a multi-screen version of its IPTV service Interactieve TV….
Nick to reach three million African homes
Kids channel Nickelodeon has expanded its footprint in Africa with a launch on Multichoice’s DStv…
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…
DNA breaks Virgin Media’s cable broadband record
Finnish cable operator DNA has delivered broadband speeds of 1.58Gbp on its network, which it…
Analysts positive on Ziggo
Ziggo’s unexpectedly strong performance over the past 18 months has prompted it to be upgraded…
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…
MTS acquires FTTB operators
Russian service provider MTS Group has acquired four companies providing broadband and TV services via…
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…
RTL profits up but FremantleMedia profits down
RTL has registered revenue and profit increases in its half-year results. The pan-European broadcast group…
IPTV launch in Novosibirsk
Russian IPTV service provider West-SibTranstelekom has begun offering digital TV services in the Siberian city…
KDG names new finance chief
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has named Andreas Siemen as its new chief financial…
Viasat names programming chief
Viasat Broadcasting has named Daniela Neumann as vice-presdent of central programming. Neumann, who was previously…
IPTV boosts iPlayer requests
The BBC’s catch-up platform iPlayer received 30 million more requests for TV programmes last month…
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…