Virgin Media has announced a three-year expansion plan for its retail stores, 18 months after the cablenet reduced its high street operations.
Fitness TV limbers up
17.35 Europe/London, May 31, 2009 By
Fitness TV, a dedicated health and fitness channel, is preparing for a summer launch on Sky, having already secured a number of brand partnerships and industry support.
Dutch BravaNL set to launch
11.37 Europe/London, May 31, 2009 By
The new Dutch culture channel BravaNL will launch on July 1 on the UPC and Lijbrandt Telecom networks in Haarlem and environs.
GlobeCast wearing 3D opera glasses
10.50 Europe/London, May 29, 2009 By
Globecast has announced an ambitious plan to deliver a live performance of Don Giovanni in the 3D format to cinemas in France.
TV Puls won’t go cheap
10.41 Europe/London, May 29, 2009 By
The Polish station TV Puls may find a new strategic investor as soon as this June, though not, according to its president and leading shareholder Dariusz Dabski, at any price.
Cabovisâo to offer up to 20 HD channels
10.30 Europe/London, May 29, 2009 By
The Portuguese cable operator Cabovisâo plans to offer up to 20 HD channels in order to better meet the competition.
TF1 to buy Groupe AB’s TV assets
10.21 Europe/London, May 29, 2009 By
The French commercial broadcaster TF1 is set to acquire the TV assets of the Groupe AB. The deal will give France’s number one commercial broadcaster control over the channels TMC and NT1.
Arte launches Live Web video portal
10.10 Europe/London, May 29, 2009 By
The Franco German cultural channel Arte has launched the online video portal Arte Live Web, which offers a selection of music, dance, theatre and other performing arts.
VOD services offer 90% European content
09.54 Europe/London, May 29, 2009 By
The majority of the video-on-demand services provided by television channels are made up exclusively of European content, according to a study carried out on behalf of the European Commission.
Teleste to represent Edgeware servers
09.27 Europe/London, May 29, 2009 By
ANGA CABLE 2009 – COLOGNE. Server provider Edgeware has signed a global reseller agreement with the cable networks technologist Teleste.
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