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%
Canal+ hit by Polish fine
08.33 Europe/London, February 10, 2012 By
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.
Da Vinci U expands over UPC DTH
11.47 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
Da Vinci U is now available on the UPC DTH platform in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.
Kurdish Sterk TV starts broadcasting
10.57 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
The new Kurdish satellite channel Stêrk TV has started broadcasting on the Eutelsat and Nilesat satellites.
Stable quarter for Sky Italia
08.53 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
Sky Italia reported a modest subscriber increase in Q4, but was able to post increased profits.
Holzle back at SES sales
18.33 Europe/London, February 8, 2012 By
It’s as you were in the SES European sales team with Norbert Holzle returning to lead the department just three months after Ferenc Szelenyi was appointed as his replacement.
Satellite now leading delivery mechanism for German TV
11.22 Europe/London, February 8, 2012 By
For the first time more Germans are now watching television via satellite than over cable.
New Russian ‘revolution’ under way
09.05 Europe/London, February 8, 2012 By
The leading Russian DTH platform Tricolor TV has declared what it describes as a ‘content revolution’.
SES-4 satellite launch scheduled for February 15
15.03 Europe/London, February 7, 2012 By
ILS has re-scheduled the SES-4 satellite launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on board an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket for 1:36 am local time on February 15, 2012 (February 14, 2012 at 20:36 CET)
Tensions rise between competition authority and Canal+
10.34 Europe/London, February 7, 2012 By
The French competition authority (l’Autorité de la concurrence) has written to Canal+ to express its reservations over the decision to drop premium movie channel TPS Star.
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Connected TV Forecasts NEW REPORT. The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in this report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this translates to 20% of global TV sets by 2016, up from only 6% at end-2010. Published in November 2011, this 83-page PDF report is the most geographically comprehensive to ever be published.