The entrance of Mediaset’s Spanish subsidiary Telecinco into Prisa’s pay-TV business Sogecable has been dealt a major blow after the competition authority (Comisión Nacional de la Competencia) announced plans to hold separate enquiries into the pay-TV business and plans for Telecinco to also purchase the free-to-air channel Cuatro.
New world for CAS and DRM companies
09.59 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
It has always been a mystery to me why security vendors like Verimatrix always seem to punch above their weight in the pay-TV business, writes Ben Schwarz. If you look at other value chains, beyond the content industry, stakeholders are credited with a relative importance directly proportional to their financial standing yet Verimatrix has even [...]
Serbian telco tender under way
09.43 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
The Serbian government has officially launched a tender for the sale of a 51% stake in the country’s incumbent telco, Telekom Srbija.
The YouView from the Riverside
09.35 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
Ofcom has given its qualified approval to YouView, but the future is still not entirely clear, writes Julian Clover.
Ziggo: more than 1 million triple play homes
09.26 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has reported it reached 1,045,000 triple play customers, up from 859,000 last year (+21.7%) at the end of September 2010. During the third quarter, there were 61,000 new triple play customers.
Mixed fortunes for Lithuanian TEO
09.13 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
The Lithuanian incumbent telco TEO LT ended the third quarter with 121,600 subscribers to its GALA-branded IPTV and DTT services, or almost 33% more than a year earlier.
Man-X goes on Skylink
08.54 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
The European adult gay TV channel Man-X has secured carriage on the leading Czech/Slovak DTH platform Skylink.
French digital homes surpass 85%
08.47 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
At the end of the first quarter of 2010, 85.8% of the 27 million television households in France had at least one digital receiver in the home, be it DTT, satellite, cable or IPTV, according to research by Mediametrie on behalf of the media authority CSA.
Croatian T-HT launches new app
07.49 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
The Croatian incumbent telco T-HT has developed the first mobile application for its IPTV service MAXtv.
Sky ready to go hybrid
07.35 Europe/London, October 22, 2010 By
BSkyB has confirmed that it is to finally take advantage of the broadband capabilities of its Sky+ HD service. The satcaster has confirmed that it will next week commence the phased roll out of its Pull VOD service Anytime+.
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