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No future for F1 with pay TV, says Ecclestone

Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has warned that it would be commercially suicidal for the…

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Government should abandon Digital Tick after switchover, says lobby group

The UK government should take a reduced role in regulating digital-terrestrial TV technology and end…

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Record numbers for ANGA Cable

Last week’s ANGA Cable Show increased visitor numbers by 6% to over 16,500. The number…

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Telekom Austria rues Srbija decision

Telekom Austria has expressed its regret that the Serbian government refused its €1.1 billion bid…

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NHK World HD launches on Sky and Freesat

NHK World HD has today launched on the UK’s Sky and Freesat platforms using GlobeCast…

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Sky shareholders looking for dividend if News Corp acquisition fails

Major BSkyB independent shareholders expect a dividend of up to £2.5 billion (€2.85 billion) if…

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Google planning revamped TV platform

Google plans to launch a revamped version of its Google TV platform later this year,…

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Viasat to air Champions League final in 3D

Nordic free and pay TV broadcaster Viasat Broadcasting is to air the UEFA Champions League…

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Deutsche Telekom increases TV subs despite falling revenues

Deutsche Telekom’s pay TV platforms continued to grow across Europe during the first three months…

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DVR boost for Digital Plus

Spanish media group Prisa ended March with a total of 1,813,287 Digital Plus pay TV…

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Cosmos TV Belarus adds Science 2.0

Belarusian pay TV provider Cosmos TV has added Russian factual channel Science 2.0 to its…

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OTE and Romtelecom TV growth fails to stem revenue decline

OTE-owned Romtelecom has passed the one million TV customer mark. The operator had 1,064,710 TV…

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ONO sees customer growth, begins 100Mbps service

Spanish cable operator ONO signed up just over 70,000 new revenue-generating units in the first…

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Fastweb’s Chilli TV offers OTT content

Italian telco and IPTV operator Fastweb has launched an OTT on-demand service that can be…

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Kabel BW using Motorola’s record-breaking upstream module

German cable operator Kabel BW has begun using Motorola’s RX48 decoupled upstream module for its…

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MTV and Endemol launch female channel brand

MTV is launching a new female entertainment channel – Blink – in partnership with formats…

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Belgacom passes one million TV customers but revises guidance downwards

Belgacom has passed the one million TV customer mark for the first time, but suffered…

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Disney Junior replacing Playhouse in the UK

Disney’s new channel, Disney Junior, will launch in the UK tomorrow before starting to roll…

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Roland Garros to serve up 3D feed

The French Open tennis tournament will be delivered in 3D across Europe this May after…

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Unitymedia supports Liberty growth

Liberty Global has continued to grow in 2011, adding over 250,000 RGUs in the first…

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Poland’s ‘n’ adds Polsat channels


Polish DTH service ‘n’ has added 10 new channels to its line-up after signing a…

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Cyfrowy Polsat adds five channels

Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has boosted its channel line-up with the addition of five…

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Tele Columbus to launch HbbTV service

German cable operator Tele Columbus is launching a HbbTV service supplied by Alcatel-Lucent. It will…

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Telekom Austria increases bid for Telekom Srbija stake

Telekom Austria had upped its bid for a controlling stake in Serbian incumbent Telekom Srbija….

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News Corp talks down Sky offer

News Corp will look at alternative options if it can’t reach a “reasonable” deal for…

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NDS to protect HD+ on Sky

NDS will protect the HD+ platform delivered to Sky Deutschland subscribers. The conditional access specialist…

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NTV-Plus selects Verimatrix for IPTV wholesale

Russian pay TV operator NTV-Plus has selected Verimatrix to secure its new IPTV service. Verimatrix’s…

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Telenor SBc increases profits despite Canal Digital sub loses

Nordic DTH operator Canal Digital’s subscriber losses continued in the first quarter, with the Telenor-owned…

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Viewster launches Android app with Motorola

Switzerland-based video-on-demand content supplier Viewster is launching an Android app across 30 European…

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Iliad increases Free sub base

French ISP Iliad Telecom ended March with 4,661,000 subscribers, up from 4,528,000 a year earlier….