The Danish Radio and Television Board (Radio- og tv-nævnet) has issued 220 new licences for local television that become active after the October 31 ASO.
Telekom Slovenije grows TV sub base
10.41 Europe/London, August 28, 2009 By
Telekom Slovenije ended Q2 with 101,621 IPTV subscribers in Slovenia, or 71.5% more than 12 months earlier.
TF1 channels stay exclusive with CanalSat
10.34 Europe/London, August 28, 2009 By
The French commercial broadcaster TF1 has said that its bouquet of thematic channels will stay exclusively with CanalSat for the next two years. The channels in question are Eurosport, Eurosport 2, LCI, TV Breizh, Histoire and Ushuaïa TV.
KDG reaches 842,000 pay-TV subs
10.26 Europe/London, August 28, 2009 By
Germany’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland KDG ended Q2 with 9.1 million connected homes, of which 842,000 took a digital pay-TV service.
VOD right on target
10.18 Europe/London, August 28, 2009 By
Advertising insertion into VOD content is the next revenue stream for the cable sector. Julian Clover speaks to Tandberg’s Edward Allfrey.
History HD makes its Finnish cable debut
10.00 Europe/London, August 28, 2009 By
AETN UK says it has signed an agreement to distribute History HD on the Welho platform in Finland from next Tuesday (September 1).
Tele2 introduces VDSL in The Netherlands
09.46 Europe/London, August 28, 2009 By
The Dutch independent telco Tele2 is introducing high speed internet over VDSL in order to better compete with the Docsis 3.0 offers from cable companies Ziggo and UPC.
IPTV provider Dartybox adds more channels
09.39 Europe/London, August 28, 2009 By
The French IPTV provider Darty is adding three HD channels to its DartyBox HD, bringing the total to 16. The newcomers are Eurosport HD, Game One Music HD and Sundance HD.
Baltic pearls
08.52 Europe/London, August 28, 2009 By
Though small in their own right, the Baltic Republics, when taken together, constitute a significant TV market.
US online viewership continues to grow
19.34 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
A total of 158 million US internet users watched online video in July 2009. This was the largest audience ever recorded, according to data from the comScore Video Metrix service.
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