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UPC Ireland to move into mobile

Irish cable operator UPC Ireland is set to move into the mobile telecoms industry as…

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Fixed broadband to pass half billion mark

Global fixed-broadband subscriptions are expected to pass the half-billion mark this year, according to research…

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Volia begins unifying customer services for nationwide brand

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has begun the process of unifying customer services operations across its…

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MultiChoice expands Ku-band coverage with Eutelsat W7

South Africa-based pay-TV provider MultiChoice Africa has signed up for 20 transponders on satellite operator…

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BT undercuts Virgin Media with Infinity for £19.99

BT’s retail arm has said it will make its fibre-based high-speed internet service, dubbed BT…

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Multimedia Polska passes 100,000 digital subs

Multimedia Polska now has over 100,000 digital TV subscribers, a year and a half after…

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World Skies rebrands fleet

Satellite operator SES World Skies has updated its satellite fleet development plan and announced a…

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Canal Plus pulls advertising following channel dispute

France’s  Canal Plus has reportedly withdrawn advertising from thematic channels and radio services owned by…

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YouTube in movie rental move

Fresh from inking its first ever sports rights deal, online video-sharing platform YouTube has unveiled…

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Sky loses ITV stake appeal

BSkyB is to be forced to sell its stake in public broadcaster ITV to below…

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CME sells loss-making Ukraine operations

Central and Eastern European broadcast group CME is offloading its Ukrainian TV channels for US$300m…

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Orange offers African channel bouquet

Orange has launched African-themed bouquet le Bouquet Africain on its French IPTV service. The bouquet,…

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CreNova selects ANT Galio HbbTV platform

Digital TV software specialist ANT has announced that set-top vendor CreNova Technology will build its…

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UPC Poland launches search engine, offers discount

UPC Poland has unveiled a new search function for its digital TV service. The…

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Italy moves ahead with online video restrictions

Italy is moving ahead with controversial plans to force anyone uploading video to the internet…

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Telekom Austria passes 100,000 TV subs

Telekom Austria’s aonTV service had 101,300 subscribers at the end of 2009, up 58.9% year-on-year….

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BT sells Mosaic to Tata Communications

Tata Communications has agreed to acquire UK telco BT’s BT Mosaic business, which provides an…

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OpenTV teams up with Coverity for analysis

Interactive TV specialist OpenTV has teamed up with software testing provider Coverity to offer the…

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Competition regulator OKs TF1 acquisition of DTT channels

France’s competition regulator has given a conditional green light to commercial broadcaster TF1’s acquisition of…

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French online and mobile viewing on the up

Over 40% of French people currently watch TV on a PC, mobile phone or other…

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UPC Czech adds Nat Geo channels

Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Music to…

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Rio Media to launch VOD service

Czech cable provider Rio Media is launching a video-on-demand service. Rio Media will offer VOD,…

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Orange eyes pay-DTT channel

France Telecom/Orange is considering a bid for at least one DTT pay-TV channel in France,…

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Latvia digital-terrestrial makes progress

Latvian telco Lattelecom’s digital-terrestrial TV service has attracted 30,000 homes to date, the company has…

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Italy ends football rights investigation

Italy’s antitrust authority has closed a probe into the sale of TV rights to football…

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French digital-terrestrial pay services to merge

French digital-terrestrial pay-TV services TV Numeric and TNTop TV are to merge. TV Numeric has…

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Cosmos TV Belarus adds Kino Plus

Belarusian service provider Cosmos TV Belarus has added Russian pay-TV operator NTV-Plus’s Kino Plus premium…

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Bennett criticises overnight ratings figures

Traditional overnight ratings figures are becoming obsolete as on-demand and time-shifted viewing become more popular,…

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YouTube strikes live cricket deal

YouTube has signed a two-year deal with the Indian Premier League (IPL) to broadcast live…

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Carphone Warehouse banks on Canvas for TV

Carphone Warehouse, the UK ISP and mobile phone retailer that acquired IPTV service provider Tiscali…