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Volia anticipates tough 2010

Leading Ukrainian cable operator Volia expects tough market conditions to continue this year, with inflation…

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GEM replaces MHP as primary DVB middleware

The European Technical Standards Institute (ETSI) has formally adopted the new versions of the Multimedia…

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Telekom Austria chooses Edgeware servers

Server specialists Edgeware has announced that Telekom Austria is deploying its video servers to enhance…

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Comstar acquires Yaroslavl operator

Russian service provider Comstar-UTS’s subsidiary for the regions, Comstar Regions, has acquired Yaroslavl-based operator Tenzor…

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UPC Slovakia expands digital TV, ultra-fast internet

Cable operator UPC Slovakia’s digital TV service will be available to 400,000 households by March,…

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Telenor loses subs as revenues rise

Telenor’s pay-TV unit Canal Digital lost 11,000 DTH subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2009,…

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Akado adds Domodedevo channel

Russian service provider Akado has launched a new channel for residents of Domodedevo, a town…

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MAXtv subs up 74% in 2009

Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom ended 2009 with 235,980 IPTV subs, up 74.1% year-on-year. That figure…

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TF1 shares World Cup spoils

French free-to-air broadcaster TF1 has formally struck a deal to sub-license a slew of TV…

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Canal Plus riding the 3D Wave

Studiocanal, the distribution company owned by French pay-TV group Canal Plus, has joined forces with…

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Mediaset wins YouTube appeal

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has claimed victory in the latest court hearing against YouTube showing clips…

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Dutch municipality gets 200Mbps internet

The municipality of Zeewolde in Flevoland has become the first in the Netherlands to get…

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Telekom Austria adopts Ericsson platform

Telekom Austria is the first major telco to publicly announce that it will use Ericsson’s…

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ONO chooses Technicolor for cable gateways

TV and broadband technology company Technicolor, formerly Thomson, has delivered 250,000 wireless cable modems to…

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Canvas to boost broadband market and free-to-air, says Morgan Stanley

Analysts at investment bank Morgan Stanley expect boxes for the proposed Canvas UK hybrid broadband-delivered…

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Adobe launches new technologies for mobile

Adobe has used the Mobile World Congress to announce Adobe AIR for mobile devices. Adobe…

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Humax launches UK’s first Freeview HD set-top

Set-top box manufacturer Humax has launched the UK’s first HD set-top for the Freeview DTT…

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Orange signs SND film deal

French pay-TV operator France Telecom has signed a deal with distributor SND to premiere its…

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Sky closes in on VMtv acquisition

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB is close to buying rival Virgin Media’s TV channels including Virgin…

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Informa T&M reveals IPTV awards shortlist

Informa Telecoms & Media has revealed the shortlist for the forthcoming IPTV World Series Awards….

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SeeSaw to launch Wednesday

Arqiva-owned UK online TV service SeeSaw is set to launch on Wednesday, following a beta…

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Qualcomm introduces improvements to FLO

Mobile technology giant Qualcomm is using the current Mobile World Congress trade-show in Barcelona to…

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RCS & RDS pulls bond issue

Romanian pay-TV provider RCS & RDS has delayed a US$200m (€147m) bond issue because of…

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SES boosted by solid 2009 performance

Satellite operator SES is maintaining its expectation of delivering over €400m of new annual revenues…

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Intelsat sees successful launch

Satellite operator Intelsat has announced the successful launch of Intelsat 16 onboard a Proton vehicle…

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MTG sees strong pay growth, takes hit from Bulgarian operations

Nordic and pan-European free and pay-TV group Modern Times Group (MTG)’s fourth quarter and full-year…

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EBU marks 60th birthday

Today marks the 60th birthday of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The organisation was launched…

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TV Genius joins NDS partner programme

Recommendation engine specialist TV Genius has joined technology company NDS’s recommendations engine partner programme. The…

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Ziggo more than doubles broadband speed in Utrecht

Dutch cable operator Ziggo has more than doubled the maximum speed of its internet service…

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TeliaSonera grows TV subscriber base

Nordic telco TeliaSonera’s TV subscriber base grew by 141,000 in the course of 2009 to…