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Pay TV Operators
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Moscow operator planning to invest heavily in FTTH
Sistema-owned Moscow network operator MGTS is planning to invest US$600 million (€450 million) this year…
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Canal Plus to launch mobile payments in Africa
Canal Plus Afrique, the African arm of the French pay TV operator, is launching a…
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TeliaSonera grows TV base in all markets
Nordic telco TeliaSonera ended March with 1.22 million TV subscribers, up from 994,000 a year…
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Multimedia Polska launches new HD sports package
Multimedia Polska has launched a new sports package ahead of the Euro 2012 football tournament…
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BSkyB appoints Orange for advertising outside UK
BSkyB has appointed Orange Advertising Network to represent its European inventory outside of the UK…
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Freeview viewers give catch-up thumbs up, unsure about 3D
Freeview viewers in the UK are far more excited about catch-up services like iPlayer than…
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Thema signs 47 channel deal with Virgin France
Channel distributor Thema has signed a carriage deal with Virgin France for 47 of its…
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KPN launches Penthouse HD
KPN is launching adult channel Penthouse HD1 on its pay TV platform. The Dutch telco…
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SyFy HD gets Zon carriage
Portuguese cable operator Zon Multimedia has added sci-fi channel SyFy HD to its line-up. The…
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Sky Deutschland’s Bundesliga deal will keep OTT players at bay
Sky Deutschland’s acquisition of domestic football rights will help it fight off competition from over-the-top…
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UltraViolet can help open multi-device market, says Sony CTO
The UltraViolet initiative to enable consumers to access content from a cloud-based digital locker on…
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Virgin Media reveals Olympic plans
British cable operator Virgin Media has struck a deal with the BBC and Eurosport that…
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Canal Plus facing Bolloré enquiry
French pay TV broadcaster Canal Plus is facing a regulatory investigation over its plans to…
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Growth for Teo’s TV business
Lithuanian telco Teo ended the first quarter of 2012 with 154,200 TV subscribers, an increase…
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France 24 nears 250 million homes
France 24 is now available in 245 million households, the news broadcaster said. The company,…
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Access HTML Browser supports HbbTV
TV software company Access has announced that its recently launched NetFront Browser NX 2.0 profile…
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Deutsche Telekom adds 15 HD channels
Deutsche Telekom is adding 15 HD channels to its line-up, taking the total number of…
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ProSieben Fun added to Unitymedia
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has struck a distribution deal with cable operator Unitymedia for its…
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Polsat launches music streaming platform
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has launched an online music service offering over one…
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Trace Sports to make UK debut
Sports celebrity channel Trace Sports will launch in the UK on Sky’s pay TV platform…
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Beeline TV appoints digital TV director
Vimpelcom-owned Russian IPTV operator Beeline TV has appointed Timur Alyautdinova as director of broadband and…
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Inea aims to boost DVR take-up
Inea has launched a promotional offer to boost sales of DVRs. The Polish pay TV…
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Cyfrowy Polsat launches music service
Polish pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a music subscription service, Muzo.pl, offering unlimited…
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Poland’s Vectra passes 400,000 digital subs
Poland’s Vectra ended March with over 400,000 digital TV customers. The cable operator also saw…
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Numericable passes high-speed milestone
French cable operator Numericable has passed the milestone of 500,000 subscribers to its 100Mbps internet…
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TF1 to sell advertising for Al Jazeera sports channels
Al Jazeera has chosen commercial broadcaster TF1 to sell advertising for its new French sports…
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UEFA awards Spanish Europa League rights
UEFA has awarded Spanish media rights to the Europa League to Mediaset España and Gol…
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Trace Sports reaches Africa with DStv
Sports celebrity channel Trace Sports will launch in 47 African countries via DStv’s platform. The…
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KIT Digital helps Sky Go expansion
Cloud based TV software company KIT Digital is helping Sky Deutschland expand the reach of…
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VimpelCom names digital TV and broadband chief
Russian service provider VimpelCom, which operates under the Beeline brand, has named Timur Alyautdinov as…