Free football offer from ArenaSat
June 30, 2008 by Robert Briel
New subscribers to the ArenaSat Family package with twenty thematic channels will receive free access to all live 2008/9 Bundesliga football games with their subscription. This special promotional action will last till August 31. Read the story »
Netia goes to No 1
June 30, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
Netia has become the largest alternative carrier in Poland by acquiring Tele2 Polska for an enterprise value of €29.1 million. Read the story »
Sky EPG slot sale boosts Cellcast
June 30, 2008 by Julian Clover
The £1.4 million (€1.77m) sale of Sumo TV’s Sky EPG slot will result in a £1.1m profit in the first half of 2008 for parent company Cellcast. Read the story »
No carriage deals yet for Dutch football channel
June 30, 2008 by Robert Briel
The new Dutch live football channel from Endemol and the Eredivisie league has yet to sign its first distribution agreements. According to Dutch press reports, carriage deals are pending with two IPTV providers, KPN and Tele2, as well as with KPN’s DTT platform Digitenne. Read the story »
Widevine secures Lithuanian deal
June 30, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
Lithuania’s UAB Viginta has opted for the Cypher solution from Widevine Technologies to secure content delivered over DTT, cable and IPTV deployments. Read the story »
Macedonian pubcaster to be privatised
June 30, 2008 by Branislav Pekic
The government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is planning to privatise the country’s public broadcaster Makedonska Radiodifuzija (MRD) at the beginning of next year. Read the story »
German race tracks get their own DTT channel
June 29, 2008 by Robert Briel
The German racetracks Norisring near Nuernberg and the Nuerburgring in the Eiffel region each received a license to broadcast during events on a dedicated DTT channel to fans who are visiting the track. At the Norisring no less than four simultaneous channels are available for live coverage of events. Read the story »
Telenet signs final Interkabel acquisition agreement
June 29, 2008 by Robert Briel
The Belgian cable operator Telenet has signed a final agreement with the municipal cable operators and their joint venture Interkabel to acquire the TV activities of the networks.
Equity fund deal to take NDS private
June 28, 2008 by Julian Clover
News Corp is to delist its set-top technology and security subsidiary NDS in a $3.6 billion transaction with private equity firm Permira. Read the story »
France 2 HD launches on cable and DTH
June 27, 2008 by Robert Briel
The HD version of public channel France 2 launched today on several platforms in France including CanalSat DTH and Numéricable. Read the story »
