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Belgacom TV continues to grow

Belgian telco Belgacom added 82,000 IPTV customers during the first half of 2009, giving it…

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InSat takes Astra capacity

Satellite service provider InSat has contracted to use one transponder on the Astra 2C satellite…

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Mediaset Premium ends June with 3.6 million customers

Italian broadcaster Mediaset’s pay-TV operation ended June with 3,574,000 active customers, up from 2,911,000 six…

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Kidsco expands German footprint

Kids channel Kidsco has inked a carriage deal with German cable operator Kabel BW. The…

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Sky to launch 3D TV next year

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB will launch a commercial 3D TV service next year, following impressive…

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Rai confirms end of Sky Italia deal

Italian state broadcaster Rai has confirmed its contract with News Corp to air five RaiSat…

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Zon Multimédia arrests pay-TV decline

Portuguese pay-TV provider Zon Multimédia managed to slow down the decline in its pay-TV…

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Five joins Canvas

UK broadcaster Five has joined Project Canvas, the joint venture service aiming to bring internet…

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Eutelsat upgrades targets after solid full-year results

Satellite operator Eutelsat expects to become a €1bn company by the end of the current…

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SES revenues up 7%

Satellite operator SES produced another set of strong results as it recorded a 7% rise…

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Ono loses subs as revenues fall

Spanish cable operator Ono lost 10,000 customers during the second quarter of the year, ending…

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Sky adds subs at “fastest rate in five years”


UK pay-TV operator BSkyB recorded a subscriber boost of 124,000 in the last three…

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ADMC plans HD launch


Pan regional broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media Company is to launch a high definitional channel in…

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ESPN signs new rights deals

Sports broadcaster ESPN has secured the rights to a raft of new sports events for…

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Virgin Media to carry 4HD

Virgin Media will add Channel 4’s HD channel, 4HD, to its line up. The…

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Telecinco plans to invest in digital channels


Mediaset-owned market-leading Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco has said it will focus on investing in its…

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Orange grows premium TV subscribers

France Télécom/Orange’s French premium TV service Orange Cinéma Series and Orange Sport had 393,000 subscribers…

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Al Jazeera signs E-Vision deal


International news broadcaster Al Jazeera has inked a deal with UAE pay-TV operator E-Vision to…

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T-HT builds MAXtv base



T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), the Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco, reported that its MAXtv IPTV service had…

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BT Vision nears half million subs but take-up slows

BT is edging closer to the half million-subscriber mark for its BT Vision IPTV service….

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Arte moves to 24 hours on Kabel BW analogue tier

Cultural channel Arte will begin broadcasting for 24 hours a day on the analogue tier…

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ESPN buys more rights for new UK channel

ESPN has acquired a raft of soccer rights for its soon-to-launch live sports channel in…

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Satellite sector continues to grow

The global fixed satellite sector grew by 10.7% in revenues and 9% in transponder demand…

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Revenues and profit down sharply at CME

CME revenues at were down 38% in the first half of 2009, taking the total…

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Mediaset secures Serie A rights

Italy’s Mediaset has secured rights to broadcast key Serie A football games for the next…

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Setanta gets approval for new ownership structure

Sports broadcaster Setanta Sports has proposed changes to its ownership structure that will see concert…

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UPC adds homes and gardens channel

Cable operator UPC Poland has added Domo, the first homes and gardens-themed channel in Poland,…

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M6 maintains profit despite ad revenue drop

French commercial channel M6 managed to produce net income of €80.1m for the first half…

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AETN creates History in the Benelux

AETN has secured carriage deals for its History and History HD channels in the Benelux…

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DartyBox adds channels

French IPTV service DartyBox TV has added four new channels to its line up. Subscribers…