MTV HD is to join the line-up of French cablenet Numericable, one month after the station joined the DTH package CanalSat.
KDG’s one million RGU rise
November 27, 2008 09.34 Europe/London By
Premium products including pay-TV, PVR, internet and telephony are behind a rise of almost one million RGUs for Kabel Deutschland (KDG). 618,000 customers added internet and telephony services, taking the installed bases to 547,700 and 529,800. The total number of RGUs is 11,255,000 compared to 10.39 million in 2007.
Czech HD event
November 27, 2008 09.33 Europe/London By
The Czech Association of Electronic Communications (CACC) and UPC Czech Republic have announced that they will hold an event called HDTV Forum 2009.
Web TV for Czech Republic
November 27, 2008 08.42 Europe/London By
A new internet-based service named Bedna TV (‘TV Box’) will make its debut in the Czech Republic on December 1.
Markiza prepares for second channel
November 27, 2008 08.23 Europe/London By
Slovakia’s leading commercial broadcaster TV Markiza has moved a step closer to launching second channel.
OTE gears up for IPTV
November 27, 2008 07.56 Europe/London By
Greece’s OTE is on course to launch a full commercial IPTV service in early 2009.
Serbia launches DTT channel
November 27, 2008 07.47 Europe/London By
As part of the celebrations of its 50th anniversary, the Serbian public broadcaster RTS has launched its first specialised digital terrestrial television channel.
Romanian DTH platform figures double
November 27, 2008 07.40 Europe/London By
The Romanian DTH platform Dolce ended Q3 with 559.000 subscribers, or 268,000 more than in the same quarter in 2007.
Miniweb finally unlocks TV Keys
November 26, 2008 09.30 Europe/London By
Interactive service provider TV Keys has announced the commercial launch of its TV Keys service. The long awaited addition to the Sky interactive portfolio comes at a time when many channels are withdrawing from the Red Button arena. Channel 4 is scheduled to end the use of the Red Button for commercial activity at the [...]
Greek disposal helps Naspers; DStv growth
November 26, 2008 09.02 Europe/London By
Naspers made a R2.6 billion (€202.7 million) profit from the sale of its pay-TV businesses in Greece and Cyprus. The disposal of NetMed to the Greek telecommunications company Forthnet helped counterbalance the loss made from Naspers’ involvement in Mobile 3.0.
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