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Orange nears three million TV subs

France Télécom/Orange had 2.9 million digital TV subscribers across its IPTV and DTH platforms at…

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Telecinco profits and revenues crash as recession woes continue

Telecinco has suffered a sharp decline in revenues as the advertising recession continues to impact…

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IPTV offsets falling fixed-voice subs for TeliaSonera

Strong demand for bundled offerings, including IPTV and VoIP subscriptions, compensated for Nordic telco TeliaSonera’s…

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Motorola launches on-demand expansion solution

Motorola has launched a management system designed to enable pay-TV operators to efficiently manage expanding…

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Free bids for 3G licence

 Free Mobile, a subsidiary of French broadband provider Iliad, has applied to telecom regulator ARCEP…

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ProSieben looks at pay-TV model for core channel

German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 is studying ways to introduce a consumer payment model for its…

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Sky: Ofcom pursuing an ‘extreme agenda’

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB has issued a strongly-worded response to communications regulator Ofcom’s investigation into…

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Unitymedia launches four new channels

German cable operator Unitymedia will launch four new digital channels by the end of the…

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Vivendi weighs NBC Uni IPO

Vivendi boss Jean-Bernard Levy has told press that the company is evaluating whether to float…

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BBC confirms Multiplex B sub-letting

The BBC has confirmed it will sub-let spectrum capacity on Freeview multiplex B in parts…

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Echostar Europe delivers HD set-tops to Cyfrowy Polsat

Set-top vendor Echostar Europe has begun supplying Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat with two new…

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Mediaset and Sky Italia claim victory in ad-ban spat

Mediaset and Sky Italia have both claimed success in a court hearing into the former’s…

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Sky considers OpenTV Core 3

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB could launch interactive TV specialist OpenTV’s sixth generation of middleware, OpenTV…

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Telenet game for Accedo partnership

Belgian cable operator Telenet has launched the Funspot gaming service from interactive TV specialist Accedo….

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Eutelsat to broadcast France 3 regional channels

Satellite operator Eutelsat has signed a long-term deal with France Télévisions to broadcast regional channels…

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Thomson gets EuroDOCSIS 3.0 certification for cable gateway

Thomson has announced that it has achieved full Cable Europe Labs certification for EuroDOCSIS 3.0…

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JimJam launching in Israel

Preschool kids channel JimJam has secured a carriage deal with Israeli DTH platform Yes. The…

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UPC Poland offers AXN Sci-Fi to analogue subs

Cable operator UPC has made the AXN Sci-Fi channel available to analogue subscribers in Poland….

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Cablecom launches new offers

Swiss cable operator Cablecom has launched two new offers. The first enables customers to choose…

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Babelgum launches sci-fi block

Online video service Babelgum has launched a new sci-fi/horror block of programming on its comedy…

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Dyke in the frame for Channel 4 chairman role

UK broadcasting industry veteran Greg Dyke is being tipped as a likely replacement for outgoing…

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CME revenues and profits slide as advertising woes continue

 CME’s revenue and profit decreased sharply in the nine months to end-September as the company…

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CNN to boost video on website

News channel CNN is to launch a revamped website with more integrated video, including video…

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TP to invest in broadband following agreement with government

Polish telco Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has committed to investing in half a million new broadband…

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Canal Plus Cyfrowy highlights troubled state of Polish football

Polish pay-TV provider Canal Plus Cyfrowy has announced that it will host a round table…

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Hulu could charge for access, says Carey

News Corp deputy chairman Chase Carey has added his voice to that of his boss…

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Kudelski offers further details to OpenTV shareholders

Swiss-based technology firm Kudelski will today submit additional presentation materials to the US Securities and…

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Emirates Mobile Television Corporation awarded DVB-H licence

The Emirates Mobile Television Corporation consortium has been granted a 10-year mobile TV licence by…

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ARCEP launches very high-speed broadband consultation

French telecom regulator the ARCEP has launched a consultation on access to the local-loop and…

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Eyre up for Channel 4 post

Richard Eyre, the former boss of media firm GCap Media, has been shortlisted for the…