New Virgin HD box runs SeaChange middleware
March 16, 2010 by Julian Clover
Virgin Media’s new HD receiver will run on middleware provided by SeaChange International, Broadband TV News has confirmed. Read the story »
Tele 2 to launch analogue cable offer
March 15, 2010 by Robert Briel
Tele 2 has become the first Dutch party to announce that it will start selling analogue cable to its customers from June 1st. Read the story »
Virgin puts broadband onto telegraph poles
March 12, 2010 by Julian Clover
Virgin Media is taking its 50 Mbps broadband service above ground with a trial using telegraph poles. Read the story »
KDG ready for €880m IPO
March 11, 2010 by Julian Clover
Providence Equity Partners is planning to raise €880 million from the IPO of Kabel Deutschland. Read the story »
OPTA publishes “final” Open Cable rules
March 11, 2010 by Robert Briel
The Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA has published the final version of the Open Cable rules and pricing for the nation’s two major operators, Ziggo and UPC. Read the story »
Cologne court rejects Kabel BW complaints
March 10, 2010 by Robert Briel
The Verwaltungsgericht Köln, a court in Cologne, has rejected a claim from cable operator Kabel BW to stop the planned auction of the digital dividend frequencies, which is set for April 12. The cabler is afraid the new mobile services will cause interference with cable tuners and high speed modems. Read the story »
Kabel BW to launch VOD in Q3 2010
March 10, 2010 by Robert Briel
Preliminary figures announced by the German cable operator Kabel BW at a press conference show that its turnover rose by 13% from €438 million to €493 million in 2009. EBITDA meanwhile rose by 29% from €190 million to reach €245 million. Read the story »
Digital cable grows in Poland
March 10, 2010 by Chris Dziadul
Poland’s 10 largest cable operators ended 2009 with a combined total of 770,900 digital TV subscribers, according to data produced by the Polish Chamber of Electronic Communications (PIKE) and published by Wirtualne Media. Read the story »
June launch for Cablecom CI Plus
March 10, 2010 by Julian Clover
Cablecom is to officially introduce CI Plus to its subscribers, starting in June. The Zurich-based Cablenet is the first UPC company to adopt the technology that will be marketed as the DigiCard. Read the story »
ONO secures €200 million additional funding
March 9, 2010 by Robert Briel
The board of directors of Spanish cable operator ONO has approved providing funds worth €200 million from shareholders through a shareholder loan as part of a refinancing plan for the company. Read the story »
