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Canal Plus former employees stand accused of spying on writer
French pay-TV channel Canal Plus and some of its former employees have been accused of…
Romania delays DTT switchover by three years
Romania will cease broadcasting analogue TV transmission in 2015, not 2012 as previously planned, according…
Ono offers Gol TV
Spanish cable operator Ono has begun offering pay-per-view and subscription-based coverage of Spanish football via…
Akado adds basketball channel
Russian service provider Akado has added pay-TV operator NTV-Pluss Basketball channel to its network. …
CNNÂs Quest to interview Fries at CTAM EuroSummit
This yearÂs CTAM EuroSummit in Budapest will feature a headline interview of Liberty Global boss…
YouTube launches free movie service
YouTube is set to launch a free movie service after signing deals with US studios…
Apple eyes 99 cent TV rentals
Technology firm Apple is in talks with content providers about providing North American users with…
STV considers overseas deals, eyes online pay plan
STV, the Scottish ITV franchise holder, has told news wires that it is looking at…
Orange tie-up with TPS Star set for September completion
France Telecoms Orange IPTV service and the TPS Star channel pay-TV operator Canal Plus are…
Bertelsmann ups stake in RTL Group
German media conglomerate Bertelsmann has confirmed that it has raised its holding in broadcaster RTL…
Lagardere committed to Canal Plus IPO strategy
Arnaud Lagardere, the CEO of French media conglomerate Lagardere, has told investors the company is…
Romtelecom wins Liga 2 rights
Romtelecom has won the rights to Romanias Liga 2 football league. The telco will…
BBC invests resources in HTML5
The BBC has announced plans to put extra resources behind its support for HTML5. …
Cyfrowy PolsatÂs Libicki predicts DTH saturation point
Dominik Libicki, CEO of Polish pay-TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat, said he expects the polish DTH…
Mobitel eyes Megalan Networks
Bulgarian wireless operator Mobiltel is set to acquire TV and internet provider Megalan Network for…
Polsat subscribers and revenues up
Polish pay-TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat posted a 22% revenue rise in the second quarter, roughly…
i>Télé on course for breakeven next year, says chief
Canal Plus Group-owned information channel i>Télé should reach financial breakeven next year, according to director-general…
RTL eyes international expansion and pay-TV moves
European broadcast group RTL is eyeing expansion into Asia and eastern Europe. Chief executive Gerhard…
Kabel BW to add Discovery Channel and Animal Planet
German cable operator Kabel BW is to add Discovery Channel and Animal Planet to its…
IPTV and fibre rollouts boost Portuguese pay-TV
Portuguese pay-TV subscribers grew to about 2.7 million at the end of the second quarter,…
Svyazinvest close to acquiring Akado, say reports
Russian telco Svyazinevst has struck a preliminary agreement to acquire pay-TV and broadband service provider…
Ono to carry Canal Hollywood
Spanish cable operator Ono has said it will include movie channel Canal Hollywood in its…
Disney to launch ABC-branded service on BT Vision
The Walt Disney Company has struck a deal with UK IPTV operator BT Vision to…
Cablecom launches Try and Buy promo
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator Cablecom has launched a new campaign allowing new subscribers to…
Lovefilm signs deal with MGM
Lovefilm, the DVD rental and online TV and film subscription service, has inked a deal…
UPC Netherlands to stop switching analogue customers to Tele2
Cable operator UPC Netherlands has said it will no longer switch analogue TV customers to…
Comstar-UTS posts increased revenue, strikes deal with youth channel
Russian service provider Comstar-UTS posted second-quarter revenues of US$411.1m (325m), up 6% year-on-year in ruble…
MTG moves forward with CDON demerger
Nordic media company Modern Times Groups (MTG) board has said it will propose to an…
Hot seeks transfer of network assets
Israel-based cable operator Hot has asked telco Bezeq to open talks on the transfer of…
International channels secure licences ahead of deadline
About 50 major international TV channels have secured licences to broadcast in Russia ahead of…