Five companies – Orange, Vodafone, Romtelecom, Cosmote and RCS/RDS – accounted for 90% of revenues derived from telecom and TV services in Romania last year.
Netflix opens NBC Universal vaults
21.44 Europe/London, September 26, 2010 By
Netflix and NBC Universal have announced an agreement to stream prior season cable and broadcast TV series to Netflix subscribers. The service is available by subscription with pricing starting at $8.99 (€6.66) a month.
Ziggo to reduce analogue bouquet
10.54 Europe/London, September 26, 2010 By
Holland’s largest cable operator Ziggo is set to reduce the number of analogue channels by April 2011. The cabler has sent a letter to all regional programme councils, who advise over the analogue channel line-up, that the total number of channels will go down from 30 to 25, or perhaps even 15.
Cablecos guarded against OTT as channels do their own thing
11.38 Europe/London, September 24, 2010 By
CTAM EUROSUMMIT ’10 – BUDAPEST. Europe’s cable CEOs are confident they can fend off the challenge from over-the-top TV companies such as Google TV and Apple TV.
Next year – it’s Malta!
11.11 Europe/London, September 24, 2010 By
CTAM EUROSUMMIT ’10 – BUDAPEST. Next year’s CTAM Europe conference will be held in Malta on September 22-23, 2011. The event will take place at the Westin Dragonara Resort.
Fries welcomes other MSOs to Horizon project
10.59 Europe/London, September 24, 2010 By
CTAM EUROSUMMIT ’10 – BUDAPEST. Liberty Global President and CEO Mike Fries has said the operator is in talks with over a dozen operators that each want to replicate the multimedia home gateway, known as the Horizon Project, on their own networks.
Discovery announces new management structure
10.31 Europe/London, September 24, 2010 By
Discovery Networks International has announced a new senior management structure for its operations in Europe, Middle East & Africa.
More sport for Beeline TV
09.31 Europe/London, September 24, 2010 By
Russia’s VimpelCom has added a new channel named Sport 1 HD to the line-up of its IPTV service Beeline TV.
Poland confronts mobile TV roadblock
08.58 Europe/London, September 24, 2010 By
The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has initiated proceedings against the country’s four mobile companies – Era, Plus, Orange and Play – for hampering the launch of mobile TV in the country.
Award winners find promo CAP fits
19.30 Europe/London, September 23, 2010 By
CTAM EUROSUMMIT ’10 – BUDAPEST. CTAM Europe has announced the winners of its annual Creative Awards Programme (CAP) with UPC Austria, Telenet and ZON all taking home prizes.
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