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Vodafone sets sights on Orion
British telco Vodafone has entered the race to acquire German cable operator Orion. The company…
MTG acquires football rights for Baltics
Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired the exclusive live broadcasting rights to the UEFA Champions…
Canal Plus Cyfrowy to launch multiroom
Polish satellite pay-TV operator Canal Plus Cyfrowy is launching a new multiroom service and…
Tough times continue for Sky Deutschland
German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland (formerly Premiere) lost 7,000 subscribers during the second quarter of…
Ericsson signs Georgian IPTV contract
Ericssons Croatian affiliate Ericsson Nikola Tesla has signed a contract to supply IPTV equipment to…
Swisscom adds IPTV subs
Swisscom doubled the number of subscribers to its Bluewin IPTV service during the 12 months…
AsiaSat 5 successfully launched
Satellite operator AsiaSats latest satellite, AsiaSat 5, has been successfully launched on board a Proton…
KDG and Unitymedia confirm Orion interest
German cable operators KDG and Unitymedia have confirmed their interest in acquiring rival operator Orion….
RNIB leads Âtalking chipset development
The UKÂs Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has teamed up with a consortium…
Akado makes AXN Sci-Fi available on analogue
Russian service provider Akado is making Sony Pictures Entertainments AXN Sci-Fi channel available on its…
Open TV teams up with Jinni
Interactive TV specialist Open TV has teamed up content discovery specialist Jinni to collaborate in…
YouSee turns in positive financial performance
Danish telco TDC reported 1.195 million TV customers at the end of June, up 6.3%…
RGB upgrades to MPEG 4
Network video processing company RGB Networks has upgraded its dynamic bandwidth manager (DBM) VOD transrater…
Vectra launches triple-play in Ostrowca Swietokrzyski
Polish cable operator Vectra has launched triple-play services in the city of Ostrowca ÅwiÄtokrzyski in…
Deutsche Telekom launches interactive TV competition
Deutsche Telekom has launched its second annual interactive TV award, offering prizes totalling 110,000 to…
UPC Netherlands launches Music Zone
Cable operator UPC Netherlands last week launched Music Zone, a new music package available to…
KDG licenses Rovi EPG
German cable operator KDG has licensed Rovis EPG patent portfolio. KDG has licensed RoviÂs EPG…
Berlusconi criticises Rai
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has once again hit out at commercial broadcaster Rai…
Canal Plus analogue switch-off dates confirmed
French pay-TV provider Canal Plus is to cease analogue transmissions in the countrys northern reception…
Ziggo CI Plus to be available by month-end
Dutch cable operator Ziggo expects that Common Interface Plus CAM modules will be available in…
UK reaches six million unbundled lines
Unbundling of telephone lines in the UK has led to greater take up of broadband…
Stream offers free broadband upgrade
For a limited period, Russian pay-TV provider Stream TV is offering its customers broadband speeds…
Wind and Fastweb sign network sharing deal
Italian telcos Wind and Fastweb have signed a network sharing agreement. The agreement covers local…
Telenet extends loans
Belgian cable operator Telenet has announced that it has completed the process of extending its…
Saudis shut down LBC after talk show scandal
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have closed down the local office of the LBC channel after…
Spanish government expected to approve pay-DTT
The Spanish government is expected to approve the launch of pay-TV services on the countrys…
Faster broadband has little effect on online TV viewing
Nearly a third of UK people feel online TV viewing is unimportant, according to a…
OmniBus enhances internet TV functionality
Broadcast automation specialist OmniBus has added new internet TV and streaming capabilities to iTX, its…
Karaoke Channel launches on Sonaecom
Canadian interactive music specialist Stingray Digitals Karaoke Channel has made its European debut by launching…
Comstar-UTS progresses with regional consolidation
Russian service provider Comstar-UTS has competed the first phase of the reorganisation of its regional…