Volia to launch IPTV
November 26, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Ukraine’s leading cable operator Volia has announced plans to launch an IPTV service in the second half of 2010. Read the story »
Com Hem grows digital base
November 26, 2009 by Julian Clover
Com Hem added over 40,000 new digital TV subscribers in the third quarter, the switch off of analogue services in the Stockholm area having led to a fall in pay-TV analogue subscribers. Read the story »
Strong Hungarian role for RCS/RDS
November 26, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Romania’s RCS/RDS is now the second largest provider of pay-TV services in neighbouring Hungary, claiming almost 600,000 subscribers. Read the story »
Virgin Media to run on demand ads
November 25, 2009 by Julian Clover
Virgin Media has announced plans to insert dynamic advertising onto its on demand platform. Advertisements from leading brands including L’Oreal, Sony Ericsson, Kellogg’s and Microsoft will appear around content from Living, Virgin 1 and Bravo. Read the story »
UPC starts digital distribution of local channels
November 25, 2009 by Robert Briel
UPC Nederland has started digital distribution of a number of local, non-commercial channels. Salto 1 & 2 from Amsterdam, Haarlem 105, Lokale Omroep Landsmeer, Rotterdam TV and ETV (also Rotterdam) are now carried in regional parts of the network. Read the story »
Starman introduces new PVR
November 25, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Estonia’s Starman has introduced has introduced a new generation ZUUMbox PVR aimed at its DTT subscribers. Read the story »
TiVo to supply next generation Virgin platform
November 24, 2009 by Julian Clover
17.00 UPDATE: Virgin Media’s next generation set-top boxes are to run a converged television and broadband platform developed for the cablenet by the US DVR specialist TiVo. The UK cablenet is following in the footsteps of US counterparts Comcast and Cox, which are currently testing the technology in a number of markets. Read the story »
Appear TV seals Russian cable deal
November 24, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
The Russian cable operator Mostelecom has deployed Appear TV’s DC1000 decoder with RF modulation as part of its hybrid cable/IP network rollout. Read the story »
TV2 cable claim ruled illegal
November 24, 2009 by Julian Clover
Proposals to raise the amount paid by Norwegian cablenets for commercial channel TV2 by some 1,500% have been ruled illegal by the Cable Dispute Tribunal. Read the story »
Arris strikes Czech deal
November 24, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
The Czech cable operators Elsat, BKS Capital Partners, Self Servis and Kabelova Televize Koprivnice have deployed Arris’s DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS solution. Read the story »
