Hungary’s National Communications Authority (NHH) has announced that a tender for DTT frequencies has been delayed. It was due to be announced today (October 31) at the latest but has still to be approved by a parliamentary committee. It is expected the country will launch three DTT multiplexes in 2008, with the licence holder being [...]
Welho boosts Swelcom numbers
12.47 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
Swelcom, part of Finnish media giant SanomaWSOY, has increased its net sales by 9.3% in the third quarter on the back of growth at cable operator Welho, and totalling €103.4 million. Operating profit increased to €10.4m from €7.7m. Welho, which is obliged to follow the terrestrial switchover by next February, has ramped up the distribution [...]
Ukrtelecom prepares IPTV an VoIP offer
12.41 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
According to EEBC, the incumbent Ukrainian telco Ukrtelecom plans to start offering its broadband Internet subscribers both IPTV and VoIP services. The former, which will be known as U.tv and operated in association with the commercial broadcaster Inter, will allow viewers to form their own programme packages and give access to both a virtual cinema [...]
Boost for Lithuanian DTT
12.40 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
The TeliaSonera-backed Lithuanian incumbent telco TEO has agreed to buy a 100% stake in UAB Nacionaliné Skaitmeniné Televizija (UAB NST), the holder of two DTT channel licences, for an undisclosed fee. UAB NST has been spun off from UAB Mikrovisatos TV, which has decided to focus on the provision of multichannel, cable TV and broadband [...]
Samal appointed Nova webmaster
12.38 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
Zdenek Samal has been appointed the head of Internet development at the Czech national commercial station TV Nova. He was most recently at the Czech public broadcaster Ceske Televize (CT).
Dutch broadcasters to allow Web usage
12.35 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
Dutch public broadcasters will allow usage of their programmes on websites, blogs and social networks. Before the end of the year they will make tools available to easily integrate (parts of) their programming in third party sites. In order to accommodate the new service, the public broadcasters will make widgets available to allow this kind [...]
Arcor launches IPTV in 51 German cities
12.32 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
The German telecom operator Arcor has said it will start to market its IPTV service in 51 German cities from December 1 this year. Called Arcor-Digital TV bestellen, it will offer over 50 TV and 60 pay channels. People will also be able to access – for a fee – a library of over 500 [...]
Versatel reports over 200,000 multiplay customers
12.30 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
The Dutch telecom company Versatel has said it now has approximately 201,000 customers over ADSL 2+. As of September 30, 2007, it recorded over 18,300 orders in The Netherlands for its multi play product over ADSL2+ during the third quarter. Although the company does not release individual numbers for its IPTV product, most of these [...]
Romtelecom targets broadband growth
12.28 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
The Romanian incumbent telco Romtelecom has launched a new offer designed to boost the take-up of broadband Internet services in the country. Valid until the end of this year, it will provide both residential and business clients who subscribe to its ClickNet package such benefits as lifetime discounts – 50% in the case of monthly [...]
Numericable adds two more HD channels
11.49 Europe/London, October 31, 2007 By
The French cable operator Numericable will add two more channels to its existing line-up of HD channels. Besides M6 HD and Canal+ HD, this includes TF1 HD, Arte HD, Luxe.TV HD, NRJ 12 HD and National Geographic HD. In a related development, Canal+ has launched a free-to-air HD trailer channel on the Astra satellite. The [...]
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