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ANGA: cable remains leading TV platform

Robert Briel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:32:24 +0000

The German cable association ANGA has said that with 18 million connected homes and a 48.6% market share, cable remains the leading distribution platform for television in Germany. Satellite comes second with 47.4% Read the story »

Revamp for MTV HD

Julian Clover — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:06:41 +0000

MTV is rebranding its high definition channel MTVNHD as MTV Live. Read the story »

Scripps on the rise

Julian Clover — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:43:46 +0000

Scripps Networks Interactive, the new owners of UKTV, reported a 10% rise in revenues during the 4th quarter. Read the story »

Russian telco to enter TV market

Chris Dziadul — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:21:40 +0000

The Russian telco Transtelecom (TTK) is preparing to launch TV services this spring in several parts of the country. Read the story »

Romania prepares for MVNO services

Chris Dziadul — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:12:56 +0000

The Romanian regulator ANCOM has presented draft guidelines on the activities of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the country’s electronic communications market. Read the story »

Canal+ hit by Polish fine

Chris Dziadul — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:33:50 +0000

Canal+ Cyfrowy, the operator of the Polish DTH platform Cyfra+, has been fined PLN1,806,304 (€430,938) by the competition authority UOKiK for misleading its customers. Read the story »

MobiTV appoints Paul Burmester

Robert Briel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:32:20 +0000

MobiTV, a provider of managed mobile TV and video solutions, today announced the appointment of Paul Burmester to the role of general manager and senior vice president for EMEA. Read the story »

Mixed year for MTG

Chris Dziadul — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:40:41 +0000

Take-up of Viasat’s satellite value-added services in the Nordics grew strongly in 2011, though the total number of premium subscribers remained almost unchanged. Read the story »

France 24 takes IP route to Freeview homes

Julian Clover — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:22:21 +0000

France 24 is to launch on Vision IPTV, the streamed service that takes advantage of the IP connectivity within Freeview HD receivers. Read the story »

Amazon announces Viacom streaming deal

Robert Briel — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:35 +0000

Amazon has announced a licensing agreement with Viacom that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo. Read the story »