Spanish public broadcaster TVE has announced it will start tests to broadcast in widescreen on its Eutelsat Hot Bird 8 broadcasts of the free-to-air channels TVE International and 24 Horas […]
Archives for October 2010
Steady performance from Harmonic
Harmonic slipped into a third quarter loss despite increased revenues, from the core business, and recent acquisition Omneon.
Belgacom TV nears one million mark
Belgacom’s IPTV business now has 920,000 customers after a year-on-year growth of 39%. An additional 52,000 subscribers were added in the third quarter of 2010, but the company admitted that […]
Product placement blow in Russia
Product placement has been dealt a blow in Russia following a ruling by an Arbitration Court of Appeal.
Eutelsat W3B considered lost
Eutelsat W3B, launched in the early hours of Friday morning, is considered lost following an otherwise smooth start to the Ariane 5 mission it shared with the BSAT-3b satellite. According […]
Kerr tackles Eurosport UK operations
David Kerr has been named as MD of Eurosport UK in a restructuring of the broadcaster’s UK operations.
Change looming for Israeli cable
The Israeli cable operator HOT may be about to see a change in ownership.
Cabovisão fightback underway
The Portuguese cableco Cabovisão, once considered a heavy weight around the neck of Canadian parent Cogeco, has returned to subscriber positivity.
Teleste sees market improvement
Finnish cable equipment supplier Teleste says it sees an improvement in the market, after third quarter profits grew by 23.4% to €2 million, despite an 18% fall in orders.
Bosnia prepares for DTT
The transition to digital broadcasting is about to get under way in Bosnia & Herzegovina (B&H).