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Pay TV Operators
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KDG extends high-speed access
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has extended its high-speed internet offering to an additional…
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Discovery launches more channels on DStv
Discovery Networks CEEMEA is to launch two new channels on the South Africa-based pay TV…
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Telefónica selects JDSU for IPTV monitoring
Telefónica has deployed test and measurement specialist JDSU’s Home Performance Management solution to monitor and…
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Volia names B2B chief
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has named Mikhail Dmitrichenko as head of business-to-business services. Volia currently…
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Premier League ruling: who’s the winner?
On the face of it, today’s ECJ ruling that EU citizens have the right to…
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EU: Premier League viewing allowed on foreign set-tops
Football fans should be allowed to legally buy and use set-top smartcards from foreign broadcasters,…
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MyTF1VOD offering US shows via Facebook
French broadcaster TF1’s video-on-demand service MyTF1VOD is making US series available via Facebook for the…
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L’Equipe TV looking to go free-to-air
Following TF1’s request for information channel LCI to be moved to free-to-air on France’s digital-terrestrial…
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Turner offers Adult Swim episodes via Facebook
Turner Broadcasting UK has begun offering shows from its Adult Swim animation channel on Facebook…
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Kroes hails role of cable in meeting Digital Agenda
European Commissioner Neelie Kroes has said she would welcome greater price competition from cable and…
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Food Network HD on Zon
Scripps Networks International’s Food Network HD channel will be available as part of Portuguese pay…
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UPC Czech adds Stil
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added Czech entertainment channel Stil to its digital line-up….
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Nick HD in Polish launch
An HD version of kids channel Nickelodeon has launched in Poland on Cyfrowy Polsat’s DTH…
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Red Bee metadata on the Horizon
Broadcast services provider Red Bee Media has been selected by UPC Broadband, Liberty Global’s European…
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CS Link owner M7 acquires rival SkyLink service
Luxembourg-based M7 Group has acquired Czech and Slovak satellite pay TV provider Skylink, according to…
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DTG’s D-Book 7 approves HbbTV specs
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the standards organisation that represents over 100 UK TV companies,…
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Free-to-air LCI would send “bad signal” on future of pay TV
Allowing TF1-owned information channel LCI to go free-to-air would send “a very bad signal” about…
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Canal Plus Cyfrowy adds Teletoon to line-up
Polish pay TV operator Canal Plus Cyfrowy has added new kids channel Teletoon Plus to…
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UPC Slovakia offers free HBO trial
UPC Slovakia will offer HBO’s premium channel portfolio free of charge to all digital subscribers…
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Cablecom appeals against analogue carriage ruling
Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom has launched an appeal against the country’s Federal Administrative Court’s…
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Sports Tonight Live claims Freeview OTT first
A new sports channel has become the first OTT-delivered channel on the UK’s Freeview platform….
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Beeline TV adds NTV Plus premium packages
Russian telco Vimpelcom has begun offering NTV Plus’s premium packages to its Beeline pay TV…
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Multimedia Polska adds Polo TV
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has added Polo TV, a new music channel, to its…
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UPC Austria to offer Sky packages
UPC Austria customers in the cities of Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt will be able to…
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Red Bee selected by NHK’s JSTV
Broadcast services company Red Bee Media has been selected to provide HD enabled post-production, media…
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MTIS increases sports line-up
Belarusian cable operator MTIS will add the NTV Plus Sport channel to its line-up. The…
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Meheut says Canal Plus will contest TPS merger ruling
Vivendi president Bertrand Meheut has said Canal Plus will contest the French competition regulator’s decision…
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Canal Plus claims record viewing for Canalplus.fr
French pay TV operator Canal Plus’s Canalplus.fr portal recorded 45 million videos viewed in September,…
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Lovefilm cuts StudioCanal deal
UK and German streaming and rental service Lovefilm has inked a content deal with StudioCanal,…
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UPC Slovakia expands high speed network
Cable operator UPC has further expanded its high speed broadband network in Slovakia. UPC’s Fibre…