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Viewster deal with Panasonic takes VOD service to 90 countries
Switzerland-based video-on-demand content supplier Viewster has signed a deal with Panasonic that will make its…
View all Portugal Telecom nears one million TV customers
Portugal Telecom has increased its share of the country’s pay TV market to 32% at…
RTL Group takes full control of Croatian unit
RTL Group has acquired full control of its Croatian broadcasting unit, RTL Hrvatska, after striking…
Spiegel TV to launch knowledge channel
The publisher of German news magazine Der Spiegel’s TV arm, Spiegel TV, is to launch…
TF1 looking to switch LCI to free DTT service
French commercial broadcaster TF1 plans to ask the country’s regulator, the CSA, to allow its…
View all SBB launches WiFi hotspot service
Pay TV operator Serbia Broadband (SBB) has launched SBB Zone, a new WiFi hotspot service…
SmarDTV shipping CI Plus modules for ORF in Austria
Kudelski-owned conditional access module supplier SmarDTV has started shipping its latest SmarCAM-3 CI Plus modules…
Top Up TV launches CI Plus module
UK digital-terrestrial pay TV operator Top Up TV has launched a CI Plus service, enabling…
MultiChoice launches VOD platform
Multichoice has launched South Africa’s first DTH-based VOD service. The pay TV operator’s BoxOffice platform…
On-demand revenues predicted to rocket
Video-on-demand revenues will rocket to US$5.7 billion (€4 billion) by 2016, according to forecasts issued…
View all BSkyB to post strong performance as directors discuss Murdoch
UK pay TV platform BSkyB is expected to post decent subscriber and revenue gains when…
Numericable looking to refinance debt
French cable operator Numericable is looking to refinance its debt between now and 2014, the…
Horror Channel launches in Italy
Chello Zone-owned Horror Channel is to launch in Italy in September. The channel, which will…
LCI expected to go free-to-air, Orange may take stake
TF1 chief executive Nonce Paolini is expected to announce this morning that the group’s information…
Amino growth continues as Telecom Italia places order
IPTV set-top vendor Amino has reported strong first-half results, with an increase in shipments and…
Skylink adds SMiT CAM to CI Plus offering
Czech and Slovak satellite pay TV operator Skylink has added Irdeto conditional access modules from…
BC Partners to acquire Com Hem
Private-equity group BC Partners is to acquire Swedish cable operator Com Hem from existing owners…
View all Virgin Media trials “world’s fastest” cable broadband
Virgin Media has successfully delivered broadband speeds of 1.5Gbps to an area of London. The…
Scripps in the frame for UKTV acquisition
US channel group Scripps Network Interactive is close to acquiring Virgin Media’s 50% stake in…
INEA acquires telco
Polish cable operator INEA has acquired a majority share of local telco Telefony Opalenickie. Telefony…
Belarus brings forward switchover to 2012
Belarus has brought forward its plans for digital switchover from 2015 to January 1 2012….
RTL given green light for Indian expansion
European broadcaster RTL Group has been given the green light by Indian authorities to launch…
View all Miramax mulls launch of pay TV channels
Hollywood film producer Miramax is eyeing the launch of a number of international cable networks…
Lattelecom signs Huawei multimedia platform deal
Latvian telco Lattelecom has signed a deal with broadband infrastructure provider Huawei to deliver a…
Free strikes co-financing deal with Orange for FTTH
French ISP Free has struck a co-financing deal with France Telecom/Orange over the deployment of…
Tektronix adds new capabilities to Sentry
Test and measurement company Tektronix has added new reporting capabilities to its Sentry digital content…
Haivision acquires companies for new OTT division
IP video company Haivision has created a new division specialising in over-the-top delivery using technologies…
Virgin Media trials world’s fastest cable broadband
Virgin Media has successfully delivered broadband speeds of 1.5Gbps to an area of London. The…
BC Partners to acquire Com Hem
Private-equity group BC Partners is to acquire Swedish cable operator Com Hem from existing owners…
LG cuts estimate of LCD sales
TV manufacturer LG has cut its estimate for global sales of LCD TVs this year….