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Belgacom takes on sponsorship of Division 2 football
Belgium’s Division 2 football league will become the Belgacom League as of August 22, with…
UPC Ireland to offer 19 Sky HD channels
UPC Ireland is adding 21 HD channels to its line-up, including 21 from UK pay…
Telekom Austria sees IPTV boost in tough market
Telekom Austria’s A1TV service saw an 18.1% uptick in subscribers over the first half of…
Deutsche Telekom wins another housing market deal
Deutsche Telekom has strengthened its position as a supplier of TV services to the German…
Virgin Media launches app on Spotify
Virgin Media has extended its relationship with Spotify with the launch of a new app…
Akado names new operations director
Russian cable operator Akado has appointed Vladimir Alaev as its new operations director, replacing Yuri…
VimpelCom grows broadband base
Russian service provider VimpelCom had 2.885 million fixed broadband customers at the end of June,…
Ladlow takes charge of Challenge and Pick TV
UK pay TV platform BSkyB has promoted Stephen Ladlow to director of its Challenge and…
UPC Slovakia adds Dajto
Cable operator UPC Slovakia has added male-focused channel Dajto to its line-up. The channel will…
Change at the top for MGTS
Moscow network operator MGTS, which is majority owned by telco MTS, has named Andrei Ershov…
Europsort hails digital Olympics
Sports broadcaster Eurosport’s Eurosport.com attracted almost 5.6 million daily visitors during the Olympic Games. Of…
Sky Plus app make iPad a remote control
BSkyB has updated its Sky Plus app and users can now use their Apple iPad…
Viasat extends Hockey deal
Modern Times Group’s pay TV arm Viasat Broadcasting has extended the exclusive pay TV broadcast…
TVcheck now available on Android
Orange’s TVcheck social TV app is now available on Android devices in the UK and…
French senator seeks to strengthen protection for TV subscribers
French senator Catherine Procaccia has lodged a proposal for a new law to offer stronger…
Sky Deutschland turns in strong quarter, confirms targets
Sky Deutschland has turned in a strong second-quarter operating performance and confirmed its financial targets…
Premium TV boost helps KDG increase revenues
A growing premium TV subscriber base helped German cable operator Kabel Deutschland to increase first…
Canal Plus launches football app
Canal Plus has launched a new app for tablets that allows users to follow Ligue…
Now TV goes live on YouView
BSkyB’s Now TV service has launched on UK connected TV service YouView. An app for…
Sky Atlantic to launch on KDG
The German version of entertainment channel Sky Atlantic will be made available on Kabel Deutschland’s…
Canal Plus España to share Champions League with Telefónica
Canal Plus España is to make UEFA Champions League football, to which it holds the…
Canal Plus Polska secures French football
Canal Plus Polska has secured rights to top-tier French football for the next three seasons….
Telenet to change financial structure
Belgian cable operator Telenet is taking on an additional €700 million of debt and has…
DT sees significant TV growth
Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain TV service continued to grow during the first half of the year,…
Magyar Telekom sees IPTV success
Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom ended the second quarter with 822,201 TV subscribers, an 8.6% year-on-year…
Volia and Samsung offer discounted services
Ukrainian pay TV operator Volia has entered an agreement with TV manufacturer Samsung. Customers purchasing…
BSkyB wins battle on regulation of sports channels
BSkyB has claimed victory in its battle with regulator Ofcom after the latter’s imposition of…
Canal Digital taps NDS for hosted next-gen pay TV platform
Norway-based pay TV operator Canal Digital is to launch its next-generation TV platform as a…
Sky Italia loses subscribers
News Corp’s Italian pay TV service Sky Italia recorded a loss of 42,000 subscribers in…
Swisscom sees strong TV growth
Swisscom had 694,000 IPTV customers at the end of June, up 35.5% year-on-year. Swisscom added…