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UPC Poland offers E! to analogue

UPC Poland has made the E! Entertainment channel available free of charge to all analogue…

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Broadband Forum aims to increase IPTV QoS

Industry body the Broadband Forum has announced  the approval and release of the Splitter Testing…

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BBC Prime uses GlobeCast for Eurobird capacity

Broadcast services provider GlobeCast has announced that BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK…

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Sci Fi website launches in Russia

NBC Universal has launched a localised website for the Russian version of the Sci Fi…

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Viasat chooses Pace for HD set-tops

Set-top box vendor Pace has announced that Modern Times Group-owned pay-TV operator Viasat will use…

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Channel 4 to offer back catalogue for free

UK broadcaster Channel 4 is to make its entire back catalogue of programming available online…

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Eutelsat to increase broadband speeds

Satellite operator Eutelsat has announced plans to increase the speed of its broadband-via-satellite service Tooway…

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Yahoo launches new TV Widgets

Yahoo has announced the launch of new applications for its Connected TV internet-to-the-TV service. According…

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Astra signs RTL for new HD platform

Satellite operator SES Astra has launched a new high-definition service for the German market. The…

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Humax chooses ANT’s Galio

Set-top box manufacturer Humax has selected set-top middleware provider ANT’s Galio platform. Humax will use…

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Stream TV launches money channel

Comstar-UTS-owned Russian triple-play service provider Stream-TV has begun test transmissions of a new finance-themed channel…

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TDC records 100 million song downloads

Danish telco TDC, owner of the YouSee cable platform, has received 100 million download requests…

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Canal Plus strikes movie window agreements

French pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus has said it has now concluded agreements with the bulk…

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UK set-top maker Pace on track

In a trading update set-top manufacturer Pace has said it is on target to meet…

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Russia leads social network use

Russian internet users spend more time on social networking sites than those of any other…

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French Open final gets 3D treatment

Orange and France Télévisions have announced plans to broadcast the men’s final of the French…

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SeaChange reports quarterly revenue rise

Video-on-demand specialist SeaChange has reported first quarter revenues of US$48.9m (€34.5m), up 8% year-on-year, marking…

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Pace launches partner programme for MDU product

UK set-top provider Pace has launched a global partner programme to market its MultiDweller distribution…

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European high-speed access grows but trails behind Asia

Western Europe had 1.553 million fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-building (FTTH/B) customers and 777,000 VDSL customers at…

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Italy’s BeeTV secures funding

Milan-based video-on-demand recommendation specialist BeeTV has secured US$8m (€5.6m) of funding from Italian venture capital…

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myZen.tv heads to Russia

Wellbeing channel myZen.tv, formerly known as Melodyzen.tv, has launched across various Russian IPTV and cable…

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Multimedia Polska helps women to discover digital

Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has launched a new website aimed at teaching women how…

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Spanish TV consolidation gets underway



Spanish media company Prisa has confirmed that it is talking to production group Mediapro with…

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Canal Plus to provide HD channels to Canal Ready satellite receivers

French pay-TV provider Canal Plus Group has made its line-up of HD channels available to…

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Trust calls for BBC to fill in Canvas as consultation attracts mixed views

The BBC Trust, the UK public broadcaster’s governing body, has told the BBC to provide…

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Boxer acquires Finland’s PlusTV

Swedish digital-terrestrial pay-TV provider Boxer has acquired a majority stake in Finnish digital-terrestrial pay-TV operator…

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Premiere CEO acquires 700,000 shares

Mark Williams, CEO of German pay-TV operator Premiere, has bought shares in the company worth…

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Yahoo spells out Connected TV plans

Yahoo’s vice-president of Connected TV Patrick Barry has revealed future plans for the company’s…

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Raven expands by acquisition

UK-based satellite equipment supplier Raven’s owner, Satellite Holdings LLC, has acquired the DTH, VSAT and…

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Comstar launches Universal Channel

Russian pay-TV operator Comstar has launched NBC Universal Global Networks’ Universal Channel. The fully localised…