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Pay TV Operators
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Magyar Telekom sees DTH and IPTV success
Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom ended 2011 with 797,390 TV subscribers, a 6.5% year-on-year increase. The…
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Com Hem planning multiscreen services
Com Hem is preparing to launch multiscreen services this year. Tomas Franzén, CEO of the…
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Orange pay TV customer base up 25%
Orange ended 2011 with over five million TV customers. The telco, which offers IPTV and…
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Sky Deutschland to offer blockbusters on iPhones
Sky Deutschland will bring movies including The King’s Speech, Sucker Punch and The Smurfs to…
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Sky Deutschland CEO holds out partnership offer
Sky Deutschland CEO Brian Sullivan has held out the prospect of a partnership with Deutsche…
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Cyfra Plus launches Android programming app
Polish pay TV operator Cyfra Plus has launched an EPG app on Android devices. The…
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Sky Italia claims victory in World Cup case
Pay TV provider Sky Italia has claimed victory in a court case with rival Mediaset…
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Sunrise chooses Entone for IPTV
Swiss ISP Sunrise Communications has chosen Entone to supply set-top boxes for its IPTV service….
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UPC Netherlands launches mobile broadband service
Cable operator UPC Netherlands has launched a mobile internet service, enabling subscribers to download up…
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Free launches Angry Birds on Révolution
French IPTV provider Free has launched the popular Angry Birds game on its Freebox Révolution…
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Cyfra Plus adds new HD channels
Polish pay TV operator Cyfra Plus has added TVN Style HD and TVN Turbo HD…
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Viasat renews NFL deal
Modern Times Group-owned pan regional broadcast group Viasat Broadcasting has renewed its deal to air…
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NDS supplying CA for Kabel BW CI Plus
NDS is supplying the conditional access technology for German cable operator Kabel BW’s CI Plus…
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The Euro50 Q&A: Rob Webster, BSkyB
As commercial group director at BSkyB, Rob Webster has overseen a series of significant changes…
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The Euro50 Q&A: Andrew Wallace, Eutelsat
Eutelsat’s chief commercial officer, Andrew Wallace, has had a busy year, not least overseeing the…
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Orange sees Dailymotion as premium OTT option
Orange is mulling the launch of premium services on Dailymotion, the video sharing website in…
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New blow for Canal Plus as Al Jazeera and M6 share Europa League
Al Jazeera has continued its assault on football rights in France by acquiring the rights…
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Shane O’Neill passes away
Shane O’Neill, one of the best-known executives in the pay TV industry, has passed away….
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Sky Go on Android
BSkyB has launched its multiscreen service Sky Go on Android devices. Android smartphone users with…
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Cyfrowy Polsat launches PC VOD service
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat is making its video-on-demand service available via PCs as…
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Telefónica Czech Republic increases TV subs base
Telefónica Czech Republic ended 2011 with 136,000 O2 TV customers, up 5% year-on-year. The telco…
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Rostelecom weighs NTK deal
Russia’s Rostelecom is considering buying the stake it does not already own in pay TV…
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Canal Plus shareholders back Meheut’s continued leadership
Canal Plus’s shareholders have given a strong sign of their confidence in the continued leadership…
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Swisscom chooses S3 for IPTV testing
Swisscom is using digital TV quality assurance company S3’s StormTest Development Center for software testing…
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CSA to launch commission on connected TV in France
French media regulator the CSA is to create a commission to study the development of…
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Telenet’s multi-play strategy paying off
The addition of new customers across Telenet’s digital TV, internet and telephony services and increased…
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Eutelsat sees record backlog
Eutelsat’s order backlog has increased almost 10% to a record €5.3 billion, the satellite operator…
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French external media boosted by France 24 Arabic launch
The channels run by France’s external media organisation, Audiovisuel Extérieur de la France (AEF), have…
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Lagardère names Micoleau as programming chief
Lagardère has named Laurent Micoleau as programming chief at its Lagardère Active media arm. In…
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The Euro50 Q&A: Duco Sickinghe, Telenet
Last year was a particularly busy one for Belgian cable operator Telenet’s CEO Duco Sickinghe….