Kabel Deutschland (KDG) ended a positive quarter for the German cable sector with a 15% increase in revenues. Germany’s largest cable operator, which has also announced a tie-up with mobile operator O2, said it ended Q1 2009 with 806,000 internet and phone customers.
Wireless competition – friend or foe?
11.11 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
ANGA CABLE 2009 – COLOGNE. Wireless broadband can be a threat or an opportunity for cable operators, we learned at the “Cable versus wireless” session.
More DTH sport for Romania
10.49 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
The Romanian DTH platform Boom has secured a satellite licence for what will be its second proprietary sports channel.
Lattelecom ups the ante
08.31 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
The Latvian incumbent telco Lattelecom has begun to offer ultra-fast internet access in the capital, Riga.
Silver Baltic enters Latvia
08.02 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
Latvia’s leading cable operator Baltkom has added the 24-hour world cinema channel Silver Baltic to its offer.
Microsoft plans six-fold server reduction
08.00 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
Microsoft says it has drastically cut the number of servers required to run its Microsoft Mediaroom technology on fewer than 10 servers. It says by using Virtual Servers, in a way similar to the use of shared hosting within an ISP, a six-fold reduction can be achieved.
S&T and Humax show MHEG online video
07.25 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
ANGA 2009 – COLOGNE. S&T, the UK-based interactive technology developer, has unveiled the first application capable of delivering streaming video from the internet to the TV using MHEG-5 middleware.
Motorola grows DOCSIS deployments, adds HD cable headend
07.12 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
ANGA CABLE – COLOGNE. Motorola has made two significant announcements concerning the deployment of DOCSIS 3-based services.
D-Link secures RCS/RDS contract
07.01 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
Romania’s RCS/RDS has signed an agreement with the Taiwanese company D-Link.
Dreampark inks Croatia deal
06.36 Europe/London, May 27, 2009 By
Dreampark has begun supplying its IPTV middleware to the Croatian market.
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