The German headend-in-the-sky service from Eutelsat Kabelkiosk has announced it has added the three HD channels from the ProSiebenSat.1 group on its platform. The distribution follows an agreement with the broadcaster.
Czech cableco looks to DTT
10.26 Europe/London, June 25, 2010 By
The Czech cable company Nej TV has added DTT channels to its offer. In doing so, it has followed in the steps of UPC, the country’s leading operator.
EC tells laggard members to update media rules
10.22 Europe/London, June 25, 2010 By
The European Commission has requested 12 member states (Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, and Slovenia) to update their broadcasting rules as a matter of urgency in order to comply with their obligations under the Audiovisual Media Service (AVMS) Directive.
Football rights back in Sogecable net
10.12 Europe/London, June 25, 2010 By
Spanish pay-TV operator Sogecable will have complete access to the country’s top flight football after a Madrid court told rights agency Mediapro to hand back the broadcast rights to first and second divisions.
Aster looks to expand
08.52 Europe/London, June 25, 2010 By
The Polish cable operator Aster plans to invest around PLN100 million (€24.39 million) this year, according to its VP Joanna Pasynkiewicz.
Market moves
07.33 Europe/London, June 25, 2010 By
Are we about to enter a period of high profile mergers and acquisitions in the CEE TV industry?
Kabel BW to market Sky triple play bundles
20.27 Europe/London, June 24, 2010 By
German cable operator Kabel BW and Sky Deutschland have agreed to a close marketing cooperation which will see the cabler combining its CleverKabel broadband and telephony offers with Sky subscriptions including the Bundeliga packages. The joint marketing effort will launch in July.
YouTube at 14.6 billion video all-time high
20.14 Europe/London, June 24, 2010 By
YouTube achieved record levels of viewing activity in May with an all-time high of 14.6 billion videos viewed in the US alone and surpassing the threshold of 100 videos per viewer for the first time, according to the latest statistics from comScore.
Ariane 5 launch faces second delay
19.48 Europe/London, June 24, 2010 By
VIDEO. Due to a launch vehicle pressurisation anomaly on the main cryogenic stage during final countdown operations for Flight 195, Arianespace has decided to again postpone the launch.
Arqiva plans terrestrial 3D tests
17.53 Europe/London, June 24, 2010 By
UK transmission company Arqiva is working on a terrestrial 3D test using the Service Compatible format favoured by public service broadcasters. Initial transmissions would be conducted outside of London to a closed user group.
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