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Pay TV Operators
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Cyfrowy Polsat sees TV growth
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat ended the year with 3.57 million television subscribers, a 0.4%…
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M7 deploys latest SmarDTV CAMs in Belgium and Netherlands
Luxembourg-based pay TV provider M7 Group, which operates the Dutch CanalDigitaal and Belgian TV Vlaanderen…
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Rostelecom names internet products chief
Russian state-backed service provider Rostelecom has named Alexey Basov as vice-president in charge of strategy…
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Rostelecom passes 1.5 million interactive TV customers
Russian service provider Rostelecom now has 1.5 million customers to its interactive TV service, a…
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Andorra Telecom launches VOD service
Andorra’s public telecoms operator is launching a new video-on-demand service that will let customers stream…
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Globecast strikes Arise News deal
France Telecom-Orange subsidiary GlobeCast has signed a multiyear deal to provide HD playout, uplink and…
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More cable consolidation expected
Liberty Global’s US$23.3 billion (€17.9 billion) buyout of Virgin Media could lead to more consolidation…
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MYTF1 app passes five million downloads
French broadcaster TF1’s MYTF1 on-demand app for smartphones and tablet computers has passed the five…
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Telekom Austria’s Vipnet acquires Digi TV Croatia
Telekom Austria Group’s Croatian subsidiary Vipnet has acquired RCS&RDS’s local satellite TV platform Digi TV,…
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New movie channel for Russia
A new Russian movie channel, Kino TV, has launched in trial mode on ER-Telecom’s Dom.ru…
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New promo campaign for Ipla
Polish pay TV platform Cyfrowy Polsat is to cross-promote its Ipla TV over-the-top sister service…
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BBC to boost women’s football coverage
The BBC is to increase its coverage of women’s football with the introduction of two…
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Liberty Global to move forwards with mobile plans
Liberty Global’s plan to roll out a more advanced mobile product in many markets in…
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Numericable adds France Télévisions VOD and catch-up
French cable operator Numericable has added public broadcaster France Télévisions’ video-on-demand service Pluzzvad to its…
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Cable operators look to wireless access as next frontier
Wireless access is now emerging as the next frontier for cable operators, and operators want…
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ONO looks to attract TiVo subs with free trials
Spanish cable operators ONO is moving ahead with plans to allow its customers to take…
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TiVo plans Euro expansion
TiVo aims to build on its success in the UK and Spain with more European…
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Lagardère Active sees boost from cost-cutting and TV channel profitability
Lagardère Active, the media arm of the French conglomerate, saw an improvement in its like-for-like…
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Sunrise grows TV base
Swiss alternative telecom operator Sunrise had 38,000 IPTV customers at the end of last year,…
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Cablevision-Viacom bundling spat continues
Cablevision has accused Viacom of threatening to impose penalties in the region of US$1 billion-plus…
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Time Warner Cable launches Roku channel
Time Warner Cable has launched its TWC TV app on Roku boxes in the US,…
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Ziggo names René Obermann next CEO
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has named Deutsche Telekom chief executive René Obermann its next CEO,…
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Cable operators can resist commoditisation, says executives
Cable operators will be able to resist the advance of over-the-top TV as well as…
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Liberty sweeps Euro 50 awards
Liberty Global swept Digital TV Europe’s Euro 50 Awards, taking home three prizes last night,…
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Zon sees strong take-up for Iris and Timewarp
Over 30% of Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimedia’s triple-play customers now take its Iris…
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Voo, SeaChange and Zon take Cable Europe awards
Belgian cable operator Voo and technology company SeaChange took the Cable Europe Innovation Award at…
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E! Entertainment HD to launch on Sky Deutschland
Sky Deutschland is to add the E! Entertainment HD channel to its programming line-up at…
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Virgin Media boss rails against broadband intervention
Outgoing Virgin Media boss Neil Berkett has spoken out against “clumsy” government intervention in the…
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Lord Sugar resigns as YouView chairman
IT magnate and The Apprentice star Lord Sugar has stepped down from his role as…
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Ziggo plans mobile TV push
Dutch cable operator Ziggo plans to build out its mobile TV offerings this year, following…