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Inmarsat invests US$1.2bn in Ka-band network
Satellite operator Inmarsat has signed a contract for the delivery of three Ka-band satellites. They…
Ireland pushes back commercial DTT plan
Ireland is not expected to see the launch of a commercial digital terrestrial television (DTT)…
Multimedia Polska completes share buy-back
Multimedia Polska plans buy back 17.9 million shares, putting the buy-back total to its target…
Google and Verizon deny Âfast-lane internet plan
Google and US telco Verizon have denied newspaper reports saying they were close to reaching…
SwisscomÂs TV business continues to grow
Swisscom nearly doubled the number of TV customers during the 12 months to the end…
BT welcomes Sky movie deals probe
UK telco and IPTV operator BT has welcomed the decision to refer the way pay-TV…
RTE selects MHEG for DTT
Irelands public broadcaster RTÃ has selected MHEG as the interactive middleware for the rollout of…
Volia adds environmental channel
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added a new thematic channel dedicated to the environment to…
Nilesat 201 launches successfully
Nilesat has successfully launched its latest satellite, Nilesat 201. Nilesat 201 will enable the…
French government unveils broadband plan
The French government has unveiled a 2bn investment programme to deliver very high-speed internet services…
UPC to roll out home networking offer with Technicolor EMTAs
Liberty Global-owned UPC Broadband has ordered enhanced multimedia terminal adapters (EMTAs) from Technicolor as part…
IPTV boosts Deutsche Telekom figures
Deutsche Telekom had signed up 971,000 IPTV subscribers in Germany at the end of the…
Sky Italia posts fourth-quarter subscriber growth, hit by sports costs
Sky Italia added 45,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter, helping to reduce its year-on-year decline…
KidsCo announces a trio of deals
International kids channel KidsCo has announced launches in Cyprus, Poland and Turkey, adding almost…
Virgin1 channel becomes Channel One
General entertainment digital channel Virgin1 will be rebadged Channel One from September 3. The channel…
Irdeto selected to protect Raduga TV
Content security specialist Irdeto has announced that Russian pay-TV operator Raduga TV has implemented its…
UPC Netherlands launches new EPG
Cable operator UPC Netherlands has launched a new EPG, with more information available onscreen at…
Playboy forms takeover panel
Adult content provider and channel operator Playboy has formed a committee to evaluate the takeover…
Liberty Global boosts triple-play base, hit by Romanian losses
Over 40% of pan-European cable operator Liberty Globals cable TV subscriber base now takes digital…
Lattelecom introduces prepaid offer
Latvian telco Lattelecom has launched a prepaid digital TV offer. The offer means that…
Iliad continues to grow Free base
French telco and ISP Iliad ended June with a total of 4.5 million ADSL subscribers,…
Unitymedia adds subs, increases revenues
German cable operator Unitymedia added 72,000 RGUs during the second quarter ending June 30, giving…
UK competition regulator to probe pay-TV movies
UK communications regulator Ofcom has asked the Competition Commission to investigate the sale and distribution…
Telenet boost multi-play customers
Belgian cable operator Telenet reported that 30% of its customers took triple-play services at the…
Arqiva launches MCE TV on CanalSat
Broadcast services provider Arqiva has announced that it has launched French channel MCE TV onto…
Telekom Srbija adds Disney channels
Serbian telco Telekom Srbija has added the Disney XD and Disney channels to the…
CSA moves forward with pay-DTT plans
Following a public consultation on the deployment of digital-terrestrial pay-TV services launched last year, French…
Eurosport iPhone app hits 2.5m
Eurosports iPhone app has been downloaded over 2.5 million times. The TF1-backed sports broadcaster…
Kabel BW strikes deal with Hirschberg operator
German cable operator Kabel BW has teamed up with local operator Medicom to provide triple-play…
ITV reports improved revenues, confirms pay-TV plans
UK commercial broadcaster ITV reported overall revenues of £987m (1.2bn) compared with £909m in the…