Viasat Broadcasting has announced the return of three Russian channels to its platform in the Baltic Republics.
Wikileaks: UK wanted French to apply pressure to Eutelsat over BBC jamming
10.09 Europe/London, December 22, 2010 By
UK officials considered approaching the French government to persuade Eutelsat to pull transmissions from the Iranian broadcaster IRIB in the wake of the Iranian jamming of broadcasters including the BBC Persian Service, VOA and Deutsche Welle.
Platform n secures exclusive HD deal
09.00 Europe/London, December 22, 2010 By
The Polish DTH platform n will begin carrying TVP1 HD, a special HD version of the public broadcaster TVP’s first channel, from January 2011.
Commission confirms BSkyB approval
13.32 Europe/London, December 21, 2010 By
19.04 Update: News Corp’s ownership of BSkyB, Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland will not have a significant effect on the European pay-TV market, according to the European Commission, which has given its approval to News Corp’s proposed acquisition of BSkyB.
Schüler named new Unitymedia boss
09.16 Europe/London, December 21, 2010 By
Former Hansenet CEO Lutz Schüler is to become the new managing director of Unitymedia. Schüler (42), will take over at the Cologne-based cablenet on January 1, on the retirement of Gene Musselman who had been CEO since the company’s acquisition by Liberty Global early this year. He will report to Diederik Karsten, managing director, European [...]
Belgian cablers face Open Cable regulation
09.15 Europe/London, December 21, 2010 By
Following an analysis of the Belgian cable market, the four regulators have put forward proposals to open up the country’s cable networks with regards to analogue cable television, digital television and broadband access. Telenet has already reacted fiercely against the Open Cable proposals.
Hungary to delay ASO
09.14 Europe/London, December 21, 2010 By
Hungary is about to become the latest country in Central and Eastern Europe to delay its ASO.
Comstar buys key operator
08.29 Europe/London, December 21, 2010 By
Russia’s Comstar-Regions has acquired a 100% stake in Novosibirsk Multiservice Company (NMC), a leading alternative operator in the Novosibirsk region, from a group of private investors for R725 million (€17.9 million).
Aster rings in the changes
08.11 Europe/London, December 21, 2010 By
The Polish cable operator Aster has announced price rises that will come into effect on January 1. It has also said its offer will be boosted by the addition of a number of new channels from December 31.
CI Plus set for DVB return
07.23 Europe/London, December 21, 2010 By
The CI Plus organisation has been holding discussions with the DVB Project with a view to the Geneva-based organisation once more fostering the technology. The DVB confirmed to Broadband TV News that talks had taken place, but these are still said to be at a preliminary stage, and are not expected to proceed until after [...]
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