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Discovery and Scripps looking at UKTV stake
International channel operators Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks are reportedly among the final bidders for…
KDG grows premium subscriber base
Germanys leading cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) added 127,300 digital premium pay TV subscribers in…
Advertising recovery boost for ITV
British commercial broadcaster ITV has recorded an 11% increase in revenues over the last three…
UPC Austria launches Fiber Power in Tirol
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Austria has completed the upgrade of its network in the…
ARCEP rules in favour of France Telecom
French communications regulator ARCEP has ruled in favour of France Telecom in a dispute with…
Diva chooses Widevine for mobile video
Switzerland-based video-on-demand aggregator Diva has chosen content security specialist Widevine to supply its DRM technology…
Comstar grows broadband base but loses TV subs
Russian service provider Comstar-UTS posted revenues of US$410.5 million (300.6 million) for the third quarter,…
Cyfrowy Polsat to buy parent broadcaster
Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat is to buy its parent company, commercial broadcast group…
Orange Cinéma sale unlikely before late 2011
Any deal between Orange/France Telecom and Vivendi-owned Canal Plus for the sale of the formerÂs…
Swisscom launches new triple-play packages
Swisscom is launching three new triple-play packages as part of its new Vivo Casa range…
NSN unveils Ubiquity platform
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) launched its Ubiquity Multiscreen TV IPTV platform at the TelcoTV show…
German broadcasters raise ad prices
A return to growth in the German TV advertising market has spurred the countrys main…
KDG tests 1Gbps internet
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has started testing new super-fast internet services, capable of delivering…
German online TV usage to triple by 2015
There are currently 1,275 online TV channels in Germany and the total number of videos…
Vivendi shares fall on tax change concerns
Vivendi shares fell on the French stock market at the end of last week on…
KidsCo to launch on Nigerian cable
NBC Universal, Corus and Cookie Jar-owned kids channel KidsCo has teamed with Nigerian media…
Sky Deutschland shows improvement in third quarter
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland reported net growth of 45,000 subscribers for the third quarter,…
Zon launches new UI and iConcerts on-demand
Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia has launched its new advanced user interface and has…
Viasat Broadcasting chooses Accedo for LG app
Modern Times Group-owned Viasat Broadcasting has chosen interactive TV specialist Accedo to help develop, test…
CNBC Arabiya extends Arqiva agreement
News channel CNBC Arabiya has renewed its contract for UK backhaul and satellite newsgathering services…
German TV industry on the up, says VPRT
Germanys commercial broadcasters association the Verband Privater Rundfunk und Telemedien (VPRT) has raised its forecast…
Outlook positive for KDG, says Fitch
Analysts are bullish on German cabler Kabel Deutschlands (KDG) prospects, citing strong operational momentum and…
Digital TV homes close to one billion by 2015
There will be almost one billion digital TV homes worldwide by end-2015, according to the…
Disney’s fourth-quarter revenue and profits down
Disney is investigating how its fiscal fourth quarter results release was issued early, prompting an…
BBC must reduce cost of red button service, says Trust
The BBC needs to reduce the cost of delivering its red button interactive services, and…
TV4 re-launches youth channel as TV11
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 is to launch a new youth-oriented channel, TV11, on January 19,…
Irdeto to provide security for Logitech Google TV box
Content security specialist Irdeto has been chosen to provide content security technology in the…
Virgin Media to offer Channel 5 VOD across platforms
UK cable operator Virgin Media has struck a deal with commercial broadcaster Channel 5 to…
Digital TV growth boosts Multimedia Polska
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska had 1.31 million revenue generating units at the end of…
BT Vision tops 500k subs, adds iPlayer
â¨BT Vision, the IPTV service operated by UK telco BT, added 24,000 subscribers in the…