The Russian cable operator ER-Telecom has seen its broadband internet subscriber total grow by 17% so far this year to reach 700,000.
Czech digital costs mount
17.37 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
Digitalisation is proving to be a costly process for broadcasters in the Czech Republic.
MGM names German Brand manager
15.18 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
Christine Brand has been named as the new managing director of MGM Networks (Deutschland) GmbH. It follows the departure of Marcus Ammon to Sky Germany, where he will be vice president, film.
Digea to host Greek commercial DTT
10.39 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
Digea has been officially named as the DTT network provider for the seven main Greek private TV channels (Mega, ANT1, Alpha, Alter, Star, m and Skai).
Sky Germany gets MGM’s mane man
10.22 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
Premiere has announced the appointment of Marcus Ammon as vice president, film when the company rebrands as Sky next month.
Canalsat on demand comes to TV
09.39 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
11.30 Update: Canalsat is extending its catch-up TV service to the television set, six months after Canalsat à la demande launched to PC users.
ESPN America cements distribution
09.04 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
11.30 Update: ESPN America has moved to ensure the premium sports channel can continue to be received in the wake of the Setanta collapse earlier this week.
December start for Freeview HD
08.21 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
High definition signals will come to UK digital terrestrial television on December 2 with the conversion of the Winter Hill transmitter that serves Manchester and Liverpool.
Russia to lead recovery
07.54 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
Russia has been identified as one of four countries – the others being Brazil, India and China – likely to lead the recovery in the global ad market in 2010.
Final lap for Polish media law
07.32 Europe/London, June 25, 2009 By
The Polish parliament (Sejm) has approved all the major changes to the country’s new media law proposed by the Senate.
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