Telenet and KDG offer DOCSIS 3.0
Belgium’s Telenet and Germany’s Kabel Deutschland (KDG) have both announced the launch of very high-speed broadband access using DOCSIS 3.0 with speeds up to 100 Mbps. Read the story »
Motive secures more funding
Motive Television has raised £400,000 (€456,673) by way of a subscription with institutional and retail investors, issuing 200 million new shares at 0.2p per share. Read the story »
Canal+ Nordic passes one million
Canal+ has finally topped one million subscribers in the Nordic region. New owners TV4 Group said the landmark was a sign that the premium service was providing movies and sports channels of the highest quality. Read the story »
French court defers Eutelsat ruling
The Paris Commercial Court has deferred the suit brought about by Georgian TV channel First Caucasus against Eutelsat until February 22, for a definitive ruling. Read the story »
Russian broadband usage grows
The number of users who connect to the internet via broadband connections in Russia grew by 40% in the two years to December 2009. Read the story »
Russian cableco on a roll
The Russian cable operator ER-Telecom has posted a net profit of R339 million (€8.13 million) for 2009, as opposed to a loss of R970 million a year earlier. Read the story »
Polish DTT confusion continues
Poland’s first DTT multiplex will continue to be operated on a trial basis by TP Emitel, a wholly owned subsidiary of the incumbent telco TP, until the end of this month. Read the story »
Sky to keep ITV stake for “medium term”
BSkyB has said it intends to retain its 7.5% holding in ITV for the medium term. Read the story »
1.85 million for TNTSat
The French DTH platform TNTSat, broadcast via Astra at 19.2 degrees East, posted strong growth with 1.85 million TNTSAT receivers sold as of the end of 2009. Read the story »
Research says US consumers embrace 3D
Americans will embrace 3D, according to consumer insight research from Austin based Zpryme. Following this year’s CES, the consultants followed up the consumer buzz with a timely 3D snapshot. Read the story »
Dutch DTH prioritises HD
The Dutch satellite platform Canal Digitaal is betting on HD to attract new customers. Following SES Astra’s announcement of two new transponders, the company has unveiled its plans. Read the story »
BSkyB to reduce ITV stake
BSkyB has formally committed to the sale of a proportion of its holding in ITV plc, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has announced. Read the story »
Boxer CEO replaced in Teracom restructure
Per Norman, the CEO of Swedish DTT pay platform Boxer, is to step down as part of a restructuring by the Teracom Group. His place will be taken by Crister Fritzson, adding to his responsibilities as Teracom’s Group CEO, and himself a former Boxer CEO. Read the story »
1.2 million 3D sets shipped this year
3D-Capable TVs will reach 1.2 million shipments in 2010, according to research by DisplaySearch. In 2013, a total of 15.6 million will be reached. Read the story »
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| B Sky B Group | 526.00 | |||||||
| Canal + | 5.78 | |||||||
| Central European | 26.42 | |||||||
| Echostar Corporat | 18.76 | |||||||
| Eutelsat Comm. | 23.66 | |||||||
| Kudelski | 25.94 | |||||||
| Liberty Global, I | 24.22 | |||||||
| Modern Times Gr - | 341.90 | |||||||
| Opentv Corp. | 1.53 | |||||||
| Pace | 175.10 | |||||||
| Ses Global Fdr | 16.00 | |||||||
| Sky Deutschland N | 1.83 | |||||||
| Telenet Group Hol | 19.75 | |||||||
| Virgin Media Inc. | 14.45 | |||||||
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Clover's WeekAnd now in stereo
Julian Clover finds that the prospect of 3D TV is more realistic than he thought. Read the story »
Chris Dziadul ReportsSwitching off
Russia and the CIS countries are operating to a different digitisation timetable to the rest of Central and Eastern Europe, with ASO in almost all set for 2015. However, even this still distant deadline is unlikely to be met in some cases. Read the story »
Briel on...The end of mobile TV as we know it?
With the hype at an end, mobile TV operators are now facing up to a reality that far from matches the expectations Read the story »
New Television Insider
Sky is to cease deploying SD satellite receivers, replacing its standard Sky Digiboxes and Sky+ units with a single Sky+ HD receiver and introducing a new 1 terabyte PVR. However, the satcaster has no. […] Read the story »
Open Cable in The Netherlands – an example worth following?The Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA now requires cable operators to sell video access wholesale. The two largest – Ziggo and UPC – have to allow third party resellers on their analogue as well as. […] Read the story »
3DTV comes into visionThe UK’s Digital TV Group (DTG) has played host to a day-long conference on the prospects for 3DTV. The January 21 event came just days before Sky’s announcement that it would commence transmissio. […] Read the story »
Events Diary
- March 2, 2010 - March 5, 2010
Cabsat MENA, Satellite MENA
Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre
- March 2, 2010 - March 4, 2010
FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference 2010
- March 3, 2010 - March 6, 2010
56th Annual Cable Congress
Brussels, Belgium
- March 5, 2010
DTG Summit 2010
Altitude, Millbank Tower, London
- March 8, 2010 - March 11, 2010
DVB World 2010*
Lisboa Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
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