International revenues helped Canal+ offset a slowdown in the domestic market following 2014’s VAT increase.
Archives for February 2015
Appeal court upholds Belgian card sharing sentence
Belgium’s Court of Appeal has upheld a decision against the operator of a card sharing network, increasing the penalty originally imposed by the court in Dinant.
ProSiebenSat.1 launches TV overlay ads via HbbTV
German commercial TV group ProSiebenSat.1 has started offering advertisers the possibility to place overlay banners covering part of the screen of linear TV channels through an HbbTV-based solution.
Bulgarian heavyweights seek TV deal
Bulgaria’s leading pay-TV company has confirmed it is in negotiations with the Nova Broadcasting Group over the distribution of the channels Diema Sport and Trace Sports Stars.
ProsiebenSat.1 Welt adds VOD
ProsiebenSat.1 Welt, the German international subscription service, has added a new video on demand feature, allowing subscribers to watch on the go.
Russian ad market slows
Growth in Russia’s ad market slowed significantly in 2014, with the 4% posted in 2014 being less than half the 10.1% recorded a year earlier.
Eircom building TV offer
Eircom has grown its modest TV subscriber base by additional 4,000 homes as it was announced new Sky Sports channels would join its line-up.
TV drives Slovak Telekom growth
Slovak Telekom ended 2014 with 468,000 subscribers to its TV services, a significant increase on the 198,000 posted a year earlier.
No RAIWay for Berlusconi
The Italian government has rejected a EUR1.23 billion bid by Silvio Berlusconi’s EI Tower for a 51% stake in the state’s transmitter company RAIWay.
CNN to return to Russia
Roskomnadzor has approved CNN’s application for a broadcast licence barely two months after the channel exited the Russian market.