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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…
Fixed broadband to pass half billion mark
Global fixed-broadband subscriptions are expected to pass the half-billion mark this year, according to research…
Volia begins unifying customer services for nationwide brand
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has begun the process of unifying customer services operations across its…
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…
BT undercuts Virgin Media with Infinity for £19.99
BTÂs retail arm has said it will make its fibre-based high-speed internet service, dubbed BT…
Multimedia Polska passes 100,000 digital subs
Multimedia Polska now has over 100,000 digital TV subscribers, a year and a half after…
World Skies rebrands fleet
Satellite operator SES World Skies has updated its satellite fleet development plan and announced a…
Canal Plus pulls advertising following channel dispute
Frances Canal Plus has reportedly withdrawn advertising from thematic channels and radio services owned by…
YouTube in movie rental move
Fresh from inking its first ever sports rights deal, online video-sharing platform YouTube has unveiled…
Sky loses ITV stake appeal
BSkyB is to be forced to sell its stake in public broadcaster ITV to below…
CME sells loss-making Ukraine operations
Central and Eastern European broadcast group CME is offloading its Ukrainian TV channels for US$300m…
Orange offers African channel bouquet
Orange has launched African-themed bouquet le Bouquet Africain on its French IPTV service. The bouquet,…
CreNova selects ANT Galio HbbTV platform
Digital TV software specialist ANT has announced that set-top vendor CreNova Technology will build its…
UPC Poland launches search engine, offers discount
UPC Poland has unveiled a new search function for its digital TV service. The…
Italy moves ahead with online video restrictions
Italy is moving ahead with controversial plans to force anyone uploading video to the internet…
Telekom Austria passes 100,000 TV subs
Telekom Austrias aonTV service had 101,300 subscribers at the end of 2009, up 58.9% year-on-year….
BT sells Mosaic to Tata Communications
Tata Communications has agreed to acquire UK telco BTs BT Mosaic business, which provides an…
OpenTV teams up with Coverity for analysis
Interactive TV specialist OpenTV has teamed up with software testing provider Coverity to offer the…
Competition regulator OKs TF1 acquisition of DTT channels
Frances competition regulator has given a conditional green light to commercial broadcaster TF1Âs acquisition of…
French online and mobile viewing on the up
Over 40% of French people currently watch TV on a PC, mobile phone or other…
UPC Czech adds Nat Geo channels
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Music to…
Rio Media to launch VOD service
Czech cable provider Rio Media is launching a video-on-demand service. Rio Media will offer VOD,…
Orange eyes pay-DTT channel
France Telecom/Orange is considering a bid for at least one DTT pay-TV channel in France,…
Latvia digital-terrestrial makes progress
Latvian telco Lattelecoms digital-terrestrial TV service has attracted 30,000 homes to date, the company has…
Italy ends football rights investigation
Italys antitrust authority has closed a probe into the sale of TV rights to football…
French digital-terrestrial pay services to merge
French digital-terrestrial pay-TV services TV Numeric and TNTop TV are to merge. TV Numeric has…
Cosmos TV Belarus adds Kino Plus
Belarusian service provider Cosmos TV Belarus has added Russian pay-TV operator NTV-Pluss Kino Plus premium…
Bennett criticises overnight ratings figures
Traditional overnight ratings figures are becoming obsolete as on-demand and time-shifted viewing become more popular,…
YouTube strikes live cricket deal
YouTube has signed a two-year deal with the Indian Premier League (IPL) to broadcast live…
Carphone Warehouse banks on Canvas for TV
Carphone Warehouse, the UK ISP and mobile phone retailer that acquired IPTV service provider Tiscali…