Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced the signing of a new deal with satellite platform Digiturk that will see six of its channels air across the Turkish market for the next six years.
HD first for RCS&RDS
February 23, 2012 08.11 Europe/London By
The leading Romanian cable and DTH operator RCS&RDS will launch the country’s first full HD news channel on March 1.
Cyfra+ takes HD lead
February 21, 2012 11.27 Europe/London By
The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has added two more HD channels to its line-up.
Penthouse HD launches on Entertain
February 15, 2012 10.00 Europe/London By
Penthouse Digital Media Productions is expanding the footprint of its HD channel in Europe with the launch on Entertain, Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV service in Germany, reaching more than 1.6 million customers.
Q4 surge puts 4.4m Freeview HD boxes in UK homes
February 13, 2012 10.50 Europe/London By
Sales of 1.3 million receivers in the run up to Christmas have taken the number of Freeview HD devices sold to 4.4 million as of December 2011.
New Russian ‘revolution’ under way
February 8, 2012 09.05 Europe/London By
The leading Russian DTH platform Tricolor TV has declared what it describes as a ‘content revolution’.
Volia to widen HD reach
February 7, 2012 12.07 Europe/London By
The leading Ukrainian cable operator Volia has announced plans to introduce HD services in 13 cities this year.
TeleSat expands Belgian HD offer
February 1, 2012 09.21 Europe/London By
The Belgian satellite DTH Platform TéléSat will launch HD versions of Belgian pubcaster RTBF’s La Une and commercial broadcaster RTL TVi.
UPC Polska adds Eurosport channels
February 1, 2012 08.12 Europe/London By
The leading Polish cable operator UPC Polska has added Eurosport HD and Eurosport 2 HD to its offer.
Sky Italia adds 13 in HD
January 27, 2012 09.43 Europe/London By
Sky Italia is to add an additional 13 high definition channels to its programming packages from February 1, bringing the total number of channels broadcast in the format to 52.
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