The Czech national transmission company Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) could find itself in financial difficulties operating the country’s third DTT multiplex, which it acquired from the Czech Digital Group (CDG) last month.
UPC Romania seeks business subs
09.02 Europe/London, January 26, 2011 By
UPC has upped the ante in its fight with RCS/RDS and Romtelecom in Romania. At the same time, Digital Cable Systems (DCS) has secured funding to help in its expansion plans.
KPN reports strong IPTV growth
08.36 Europe/London, January 26, 2011 By
Dutch incumbent telecom operator KPN has reported a strong increase in the number of IPTV customers, adding 57,000 homes to reach a total of 302,000 by December 31, 2010. The number of subscribers to the company’s Digitenne DTT platform dropped slightly to 895,000.
Pay-TV takes off in Russia
08.19 Europe/London, January 26, 2011 By
Cable services are now received in 40% of Russian homes, according to I.U. Pripachkin, the president of the country’s cable association AKTR.
Sky Deutschland chooses NDS CI Plus modules
08.05 Europe/London, January 26, 2011 By
NDS has announced that Sky Deutschland, the largest pay-TV operator in Germany and Austria, has launched CI Plus modules based on the NDS VideoGuard conditional access system.
Thomson to deliver headends for Sweden’s DVB-T2
07.55 Europe/London, January 26, 2011 By
Thomson Video Networks has announced that it is supplying headend technology to broadcast network operator Teracom for Sweden’s roll out of DVB-T2. Already available to 70% of the country’s population, DVB-T2 is scheduled to cover the entire nation by the end of 2012.
Arqiva to deliver ABS-CBN bouquets
07.51 Europe/London, January 26, 2011 By
Arqiva has announced a five-year contract renewal to provide international distribution services for ABS-CBN International, the largest Filipino multimedia company in the US. The multi-continent deal involves delivering ABS-CBN’s eight-channel bouquet to DTH platforms in Europe and their North American programming to US DTH operator DirecTV.
Slovenian telco goes digital, chooses new box
15.55 Europe/London, January 25, 2011 By
Telekom Slovenia has announced that its cable TV services on fibre networks will be digitised on February 10.
Media Broadcast appoints new CEO
15.22 Europe/London, January 25, 2011 By
Media Broadcast will have a new CEO from April 1, when Bernd Kraus takes up the position most recently held by Helmut Egenbauer.
New exec joins KidsCo
15.08 Europe/London, January 25, 2011 By
KidsCo has appointed Eva Dvorakova as its marketing manager for EMEA.
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