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Vince Cable refers News Corp BSkyB takeover to Ofcom
UK business secretary Vince Cable has instructed regulator Ofcom to look into News Corps proposed…
Sky Italia profit down sharply on SAC and soccer costs
Sky Italia has reported a sharp decrease in operating profit as programming and subscriber acquisition…
Deutsche Telekom passes million IPTV customers
Deutsche Telekom had 1.042 million Entertain IPTV customers in Germany at the end of the…
YouView chooses advertising agency
UK connected TV joint-venture YouView (formerly Canvas) has appointed advertising agency Adam & Eve to…
Fox HD launching on n in Poland
The Fox HD channel is launching in Polish pay TV platform Ân on November 6….
US broadcasters misunderstand Google TV
Google TV product manager Rishi Chandra has complained that US broadcasters have failed to understand…
MGM files for bankruptcy
Hollywood Studio MGM has filed for bankruptcy, rejecting takeover approach from mini-major Lionsgate. The company,…
Eurosport extends carriage in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Pan-European sports channel Eurosport has secured carriage for its Eurosport 2 channel on the CS…
BBC One goes HD
UK public broadcaster the BBCs flagship channel BBC One began simulcasting in HD from yesterday…
Eutelsat maintains double-digit revenue growth
Satellite operator Eutelsat posted first quarter revenues of 285.6 million, up 12.9% year-on-year. While…
Com Hem digital base edges upwards
Swedish cable operator Com Hem grew its digital TV subscriber base to 609,900 at the…
Electric Sofa gives details on trio of UK channel launches
UK company Electric Sofa has fleshed out its plans for the launch of three thematic…
Advertising market boosts CTC
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has posted a 15% rise in third quarter revenues as a…
Irish DTT gets off the ground
Ireland has now officially launched its digital-terrestrial TV platform, giving access to DTT services to…
Tele Columbus rebrands Cottbus network
German cable operator Tele Columbus has changed the name of its subsidiary in the city…
Unitymedia upgrades more areas
German cable operator Unitymedia has upgraded its networks in the Warendorf and Ahlen area in…
Advertising rebound pushes ProSiebenSat.1 back in black
German commercial broadcaster ProSeibenSat.1 posted a 64.3% increase in recurring EBITDA to 154.9 million for…
Italian TV market expected to return to growth
The Italian TV market is expected to grow by 3.4% to 9.2 billion by 2012…
YouSee and TDC TV boost Danish telco’s numbers
Danish cable operator YouSee, owned by telco TDC, saw its YouSee Plus digital pay TV…
Discovery to launch TLC in more territories, seeks new acquisitions
Factual channel operator Discovery Communications is launching the TLC channel in Sweden, Denmark and Romania…
SMiT supplies CI Plus CAMs to Volia
Conditional access module (CAM) manufacturer SMiT has begun supplying Conax CI Plus chipset pairing CAMs…
Eastern Europe boosts fibre growth, says FTTH Council Europe
European fibre-to-the-home and building subscribers now number 3.2 million, up by 22% over the last…
La Sexta launches new channels
Spanish free-to-air broadcaster La Sexta has launched a pair of new channels and overhauled the…
Brightcove launches new version of platform
Internet TV specialist Brightcove has launched Brightcove 5, the latest version of its platform, which…
Virgin Media reveals details of TiVo service
UK cable operator Virgin Media has revealed details of its new TiVo-powered connected TV service….
Boxer launches HD on DTT, sees improvement in third quarter
Swedish digital-terrestrial TV service provider Boxer has launched its offering of HDTV channels on the…
C4, FilmFlex roll out online VOD service
UK broadcaster Channel 4 and video-on-demand provider FilmFlex have launched an online VOD service. …
Stream-TV extends pause TV
Comstar-UTS-owned pay TV service provider Stream-TV has extended its pause live TV service. The…
Primacom sells networks to KDG
German cable operator Primacom has sold about 70,000 subscribers in he cities of Mainz and…
UPC Slovakia expands German line-up
Cable operator UPC Slovakia has expanded its package of German-language channels. UPC is now…