Teleste’s German subsidiary Cableway has extended its maintenance and upgrade contract with Kabel Deutschland (KDG) for another three years.
TVP reveals digital plans
08.22 Europe/London, October 26, 2010 By
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has provided further details of its digital plans ahead of the launch of the country’s third DTT multiplex, which will make its debut tomorrow (October 27).
Pay-TV reaches 50% of all Asian TV homes
08.03 Europe/London, October 26, 2010 By
CASBAA has announced that pay-TV in Asia has reached the tipping point of 50% penetration of all Asian TV homes. This development opens the door to massive growth in ad revenues over the next five years.
Disney inks Turkish deal
23.09 Europe/London, October 25, 2010 By
The Turkish premium pay-TV movie channel group SinemaTV has secured a package deal with Walt Disney Company EMEA.
US digital home entertainment spend up 23%
19.57 Europe/London, October 25, 2010 By
Digital distribution, which includes electronic sell-through (EST) and video-on-demand (VOD), is firmly established in the US, having made up 13.5% of the overall consumer spend in home entertainment year-to-date. EST climbed 37% to $432 million (€309 million) and VOD was up 20% to $1.2 billion year-to-date, a combined growth of 23% to $1.7 billion.
Sky Deutschland in €2m piracy win
11.28 Europe/London, October 25, 2010 By
Sky Deutschland has been awarded €2 million in damages after a case was brought against Belgian smart card pirates that exported unlicensed smart cards to Germany and Austria.
TeliaSonera benefits from VOD momentum
10.43 Europe/London, October 25, 2010 By
TeliaSonera is continuing to add to its IPTV customer base in all of its major markets. In its nine-month financials published today the Swedish-Finnish telco said that in Finland the company had reached the 200,000 milestone during the third quarter of the year to reach 207,000.
T-Mobile provides Czech DTH details
10.20 Europe/London, October 25, 2010 By
T-Mobile has published further details of its new Czech DTH platform T-Mobile Televize, which is due to make its debut at the beginning of next month.
Rebrand for Living in new Sky line-up
10.02 Europe/London, October 25, 2010 By
BSkyB has announced a reshuffle of the Entertainment section of its EPG that places Sky 1, a rebranded Sky Living and the new Sky Atlantic on the first page of its EPG.
Skylink to introduce multiroom
09.35 Europe/London, October 25, 2010 By
The leading Czech/Slovak DTH platform Skylink will shortly introduce a multiroom service.
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