Penthouse has said it will launch Penthouse HD on the Eutelsat KabelKiosk digital headend-in-the sky, extending its coverage in German digital cable networks.
CSA selects two regional broadcasters
09.31 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
The French media authority CSA has announced that two licences have been issued to regional broadcasters on the digital terrestrial network.
Christmas launch for Canal+ 3D channel
09.21 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
Canal+ has confirmed plans to launch a dedicated 3D channel in France by Christmas 2010.
New exec joins CME
09.10 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
CME has appointed David Sach as its new CFO.
CME looks to the future
08.59 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
Results published by CME show 2009 to be by far the most difficult year for the company in its decade and a half’s activities in CEE’s TV industry.
Alcatel to expand ZON network
08.41 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
Alcatel-Lucent has announced its selection by ZON Multimedia to deploy a gigabit passive optical network (GPON)-based fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture in Portugal. The new system will allow the cablenet to run HDTV services, video-on-demand and VoIP.
17.3 million streams for ORF TVthek
07.38 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
Austrian public broadcaster ORF’s catch-up TV service has reached 17.4 million requested streams during its first 100 days of operation.
Glashart launches DVB-C on FttH
07.24 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
The Dutch distributor Glashart Media will start distributing its digital TV signals in unencrypted DVB-C streams to its customers on Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks.
UPC adds HD versions RTL4 and 5
07.12 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
UPC Nederland will start distributing RTL4 HD and RTL5 HD on March 1. The cabler is also extending its VOD offer.
Autumn return for SVT HD
07.05 Europe/London, February 24, 2010 By
SVT HD, which is scheduled to close after the conclusion of the Olympic Games in Vancouver on March 1, is planning a return to the air in the late autumn.
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