The Polish alternative telco Netia plans to start an IPTV trial before the end of this year and launch a service as soon as possible.
Sky News to launch Arabic service
10.10 Europe/London, November 29, 2010 By
A Sky News branded channel in the Arabic language is to make its debut in the MENA region following an agreement between Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corp (ADMIC), a private investment company owned by HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). The Abu Dhabi-based channel will make its debut in [...]
EQT to sell or float KabelBW
10.10 Europe/London, November 29, 2010 By
Swedish investment firm EQT Partners has hired JP Morgan/Chase and Deutsche Bank to prepare the initial public offering or sale of theGerman cabler KabelBW, reports say.
Romtelecom sale draws nearer
09.54 Europe/London, November 29, 2010 By
The Romanian government has put a price tag of €1 billion on its 45.9% stake in the incumbent telco Romtelecom.
Boxer gets some TLC and Cartoon Network
09.36 Europe/London, November 29, 2010 By
Two new channels are being added to the Boxer terrestrial platform in Sweden on December 2. Discovery Networks’ TLC, which returned to Europe earlier this year, and Cartoon Network become the 9th and 10th channels to be launched by Boxer so far this year.
All change for TVN Warszawa
09.34 Europe/London, November 29, 2010 By
The Polish channel TVN Warszawa is to be encrypted from this Wednesday (December 1).
Croatian B.net in the black
09.23 Europe/London, November 29, 2010 By
B.net has declared itself the first fully profitable alternative telco in Croatia.
German viewers switch to satellite
06.50 Europe/London, November 29, 2010 By
Germans viewers are gradually switching from a cable connection to satellite DTH reception or IPTV, according to research by Communication Networks 14.0 on behalf of Focus magazine.
CSA opens tender for VOD over DTT
12.03 Europe/London, November 28, 2010 By
The French media authority CSA has opened the tender for one or more push-VOD services over digital terrestrial television.
Virgin reveals TiVo UI
13.16 Europe/London, November 27, 2010 By
Virgin Media has published the first three images of the new user interface that will accompany the deployment of the new TiVo set-top boxes and software in the next few weeks.
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