Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) is launching the TNT brand in the Benelux with its debut on Belgium’s Telenet as an HD channel on April 10.
Technicolor choses Divitel’s Divisio
March 28, 2012 09.54 Europe/London By
Technicolor Nederland has chosen Divisio, a turnkey hosted iDTV multi-platform service from Dutch based Divitel.
Ziggo TV app to stream more channels
March 27, 2012 10.24 Europe/London By
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has added two more channels which it streams to iPad, iPhone and iPod. Eurosport and National Geographic Channel bring the total to 12 streaming channels.
Ziggo IPO brings in €925 million
March 27, 2012 09.50 Europe/London By
Ziggo said that is had successfully finalised its IPO process with total gross proceeds of €925 million and the greenshoe option fully exercised.
Rovi claims Ziggo infringes three of its patents
March 20, 2012 07.25 Europe/London By
Rovi is continuing its court case against Ziggo, according to the IPO prospectus of the Dutch cable operator.
UPC Nederland expands HD bouquet to 32
March 16, 2012 10.09 Europe/London By
UPC Nederland is adding the HD channels 24kitchen HD, ESPN America HD, MTV HD, Comedy Central/Kindernet HD and Shorts HD to its offer on April 23, bringing the total number in the format to 32.
UPC and Ziggo go QAM256
March 14, 2012 10.53 Europe/London By
UPC is in the process of moving is digital TV multiplexes to QAM256 modulation, replacing QAM64. Ziggo has also started using QAM256.
Dutch digital TV homes surpass 6 mln
March 10, 2012 08.51 Europe/London By
The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 2.7% during the fourth quarter to 6.05 million, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly Dutch television subscribers report.
African Television launches on Astra 23.5 East
March 10, 2012 08.34 Europe/London By
African Television (AF-TV), a new free-to-air channel, will launch on the Astra 23.5 degrees East position on April 1, 2012, for DTH reception and distribution via cable and IPTV platforms.
Ziggo to raise up to €745m
March 9, 2012 09.30 Europe/London By
Ziggo, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, has set the price range for its IPO at €16.50 to €18.50 per share.
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