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IPTV reduces Deutsche Telekom fixed-line losses
Deutsche Telekom had over one million subscribers to its domestic Entertain IPTV service at the…
Channels help offset programming losses at Dori Media
Dori Media generated more income from its TV channels and less from its TV programming…
Five strikes online TV deal with CBS
UK broadcaster Five has signed a deal with US broadcaster CBS to make its content…
Virgin Media to offer 100Mbps by end of year
UK cable operator Virgin Media will launch 100Mbps broadband services by the end of the…
Orange sees strong growth in premium TV services
France Télécom recorded a 53% increase in its TV customer base last year, taking its…
Telecom Italia believed to be AminoÂs Intel box customer
The western Tier 1 telecom operator that recently ordered AminoÂs new Intel-based Freedom DVB-T hybrid…
Telekom Austria renews NDS deal
Telekom Austria has extended its deal with NDS for the latter to secure its…
Sky Deutschland steadies losses
Sky Deutschland managed to steady its losses during the fourth quarter. It posted a loss…
Italian officials issue arrest warrant for Fastweb co-founder Scaglia
Italian justice officials have issued arrest warrants for Silvio Scaglia, the billionaire co-founder of broadband…
Jazztel increases ADSL subs by 55%
Spanish ISP and IPTV operator Jazztel increased its ADSL sub base by 55% in 2009,…
Telekom Austria to merge fixed and mobile units
Telekom Austria is to merge its mobile and fixed operations Mobilkom Austria and Telekom Austria….
CME suffers as ad recession bites
Central and Eastern Europe-focused broadcast group CME has registered a sharp decline in annual revenues…
KPN to add Sport1 to line-up
Dutch telco KPN plans to add sports service Sport1 to its TV line-up in April,…
ONO adds business channel to line-up
Spanish cable operator ONO has added economics and business channel IntereconomÃa Business to its programming…
Lattelecom chooses Agama for set-top monitoring
Latvian telecom operator Lattelecom has selected Agama Technologies embedded monitoring technology to monitor its IPTV…
Penthouse launches HD channel on KabelKiosk
Adult content specialist Penthouse is launching its high-definition channel on Eutelsats KabelKiosk service. NOA Productions…
Arabsat contribution network capacity expanded
The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), satellite operator Arabsat and technology provider Newtec have signed…
Brightcove launches in Spain
Brightcove, a company that enables third parties to publish and distribute video services, has launched…
UPC Netherlands to boost HD and VOD line-up
Cable operator UPC Netherlands will add RTL 4 HD and RTL 5 HD to its…
Egyptian channels join Arabsat platform
The channels will form the basis of a new bouquet of Egyptian channels on the…
KDG confirms IPO plan
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has confirmed that it will launch an IPO on…
UPC Netherlands launches Ajax on-demand
UPC Netherlands has launched an on-demand portal dedicated to Amsterdam football club Ajax. UPC…
NBC rebrands Sci Fi UK
NBC Universals channels division, Universal Networks International, is rebranding its UK science fiction channel Sci…
Google acquires video compression specialist
Google has acquired video compression technology company On2 Technologies for US$106m (78m). The deal is…
S&T provides MHEG engine for Freeview HD box
Interactive TV specialist Strategy & Technologys RedKey 2 MHEG engine is powering the text and…
News Corp to take stake in Rotana
Saudi media group Rotana has agreed to sell a 9.09% stake to News Corp for…
Prisa delays debt repayment
Spanish media group Prisa, owner of pay-TV company Sogecable, has struck an agreement with its…
UPC consolidates DTH activities
Liberty Global-backed pay-TV operator UPC has consolidated its European DTH activities. The DTH services in…
iPlayer hits weekly record requests in January
The BBCs iPlayer recorded a weekly record of 23.8 million requests for TV programmes during…
Universal Channel launches on Turksat
The Universal Channel has launched on Turkish pay-TV platform Turksat Cable TV. The channel made…