UPC Austria reports brisk VOD usage
December 31, 2009 by Robert Briel
UPC Austria has said it achieved 400,000 hours of on demand business since the inception of its VOD service in June 2009. Read the story »
Creditors secure Telecolumbus
December 31, 2009 by Julian Clover
Creditors of Telecolumbus have taken over the troubled German cabler after Orion Cable sold the operation for €2.5 million. The move cancels the auction scheduled to take place in Berlin on Wednesday. Read the story »
Humax and Irdeto launch Middle East STB
December 31, 2009 by Robert Briel
Irdeto and Humax have announced the launch of the first HD set top box for the Middle East region. The Humax HD STB directly targets content piracy in the region, where businesses lose $50 billion (€34.9 billion) annually Read the story »
Akado adds MTV package
December 30, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
The Russian cable operator Akado has added a new package named MTV Europe to its offer. Read the story »
News Corp to exit Serbia
December 30, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Greece’s Antenna Group has agreed to buy a 49% stake in the Serbian station Fox Televizija from News Corp for an undisclosed fee. Read the story »
M7 Group claims over 100,000 homes
December 29, 2009 by Robert Briel
The M7 Group has said more than 100,000 customers have now registered to its two Belgian DTH platforms, TV Vlaanderen in the Dutch-speaking Flanders and TéléSat for the French-speaking part of the country. Read the story »
Russia Today goes Spanish
December 29, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
The international news channel Russia Today has begun broadcasting in Spanish. Read the story »
Free New Year’s Eve feed from New York
December 29, 2009 by Robert Briel
It’s that time of year again – the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment will once again offer free satellite feeds of the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, New York. Read the story »
Volia eyes on-demand HD
December 29, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Ukraine’s leading cable operator Volia has announced that it plans to launch an additional on-demand service offering HD movies in 2010. Read the story »
YouSee forced to open cablenet to competitors
December 28, 2009 by Julian Clover
TDC has been told it must open the YouSee cable network to third parties. Denmark’s National IT and Telecom Agency (IT og Telestyrelsen) says TDC’s control over both the copper network and YouSee’s cable TV network has created a unique circumstance in the broadband market. Read the story »
