300 jobs to go at Kabel Deutschland
August 31, 2008 by Robert Briel
Kabel Deutschland KDG will scrap 300 jobs, mainly in the technical service departments, according to German press reports. The management has started talks with the workers council. Read the story »
Robert’s Restaurants
August 30, 2008 by Robert Briel
Last year, our little guide to eating out in Amsterdam proved to be a very popular feature of the Broadband TV News IBC Special. So this year it is time for an encore appearance. Be sure to come back again to this place, as we will add a few more reviews in the days leading up to IBC 2008. Read the story »
Winbox brings CinemaNow to Europe
August 29, 2008 by Robert Briel
IFA 2008 – BERLIN. Winbox Technologies has announced that it has partnered with CinemaNow, the digital on-demand platform for Hollywood movies and TV shows. The first set-top boxes that will include CinemaNow content will be aimed at the UK, with products for the rest of Europe appearing in retail later this year. Read the story »
NTV-Plus lines up new offer
August 29, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus will launch a new channel offer in September. Read the story »
Romanian Dolce doubles sub total
August 29, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
The Romanian DTH platform Dolce ended Q2 with 528,000 subscribers, or more than double the number 12 months earlier. Read the story »
New channels for Czech Rep/Slovakia
August 29, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
The Czech Radio and TV Council (RRTV) has awarded a 12-year licence to the Czechoslovak Film Company allowing it operate a new children’s channel named CS mini in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Read the story »
Landmark for Dutch digital homes
August 29, 2008 by Robert Briel
The number of Dutch digital homes is fast approaching 4 million. At the end of June, some 3.63 million homes were digital, representing a 47.2% penetration out of a total of 7.68 million TV homes. Read the story »
T-Home gives IPTV an extra push
August 29, 2008 by Robert Briel
IFA 2008 – BERLIN. German IPTV operator T-Home, part of the incumbent Deutsche Telekom, is to give its IPTV service T-Entertain a big push in order to reach the goal of 500,000 customers by the end of the year. At a press conference in Berlin, the company said it now has 10 million DSL customers. Read the story »
Exit strategy
August 29, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
News Corp’s decision to pull out of no fewer than five countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was unlikely to have been taken lightly. Read the story »
Arcor launches Restart TV with ProSiebenSat.1
August 29, 2008 by Robert Briel
In a landmark deal with the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, German IPTV provider Arcor will launch a Restart TV service from September onwards. The company claims to be the first in the market to offer such a service. Read the story »
