Al Jazeera English has passed the one hundred million homes total in less than 10 months. The figure is more than double the 40 million homes target set by executives ahead of its launch on November 15 last year. The channel has hired former Turner Broadcasting distribution executive Phil Lawrie as its new director of [...]
Telecolumbus launches triple play
September 26, 2007 15.35 Europe/London By
The third largest German cable operator Telecolumbus has introduced a number of triple play bouquets for its customers. A basic bouquet called TC 3er Plus offers broadband access, unlimited phone calls in Germany and TC DigitalTV Plus with a wide choice of digital channels for a monthly flat fee of €35. TC 3er Premium adds [...]
Kabel Deutschland aims for 500,000 broadband homes
September 26, 2007 07.46 Europe/London By
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland wants to have 500,000 broadband subscribers by the end of 2008, according to an article in the magazine Capital. In the same article a prognosis by the Deutschen Bank is published, which said the operator will have 2 million broadband homes, most of which will take the full triple play [...]
Unitymedia adds regional channels to digital
September 26, 2007 06.39 Europe/London By
At a press conference in Kassel, German cable operator Unitymedia announced it has added all the available regional and local broadcasters to its digital line-up as part of the “Jetzt digital” (digital now) campaign. A total of 31 new channels were added to the networks of the state of Hesse, including the regional windows of [...]
Portugal Telecom puts down DTT marker
September 26, 2007 06.03 Europe/London By
Portugal Telecom chairman Henrique Granadeiro has said the company intends to compete against PT Multimedia, the telco’s cable subsidiary, due to be spun off in the next three to six months. Diario de Noticias quoted Granadeiro as saying the company was also studying satellite television in addition to its bid for Portugal’s upcoming DTT licences. [...]
UPC digital timetable emerges
September 25, 2007 06.39 Europe/London By
Slovakia’s leading MSO UPC Broadband Slovakia cannot set a date when it will stop its analogue cable service. Its Czech counterpart, however, is likely to become all-digital within a year. Both operations have introduced digital cable services this year, though UPC in the Czech Republic also inherited a base of digital cable subscribers from Karneval. [...]
TV Cabo adds Fox two
September 24, 2007 08.47 Europe/London By
TV Cabo is to add two new stations from Fox International Channels. The Portuguese cable network will add FX and Fox Crime to its line up from this Wednesday (September 27). The channels will join the existing Fox channels Fox, Fox Life, Fox News and National Geographic Channel in the Funtastic Life package.
EXQI for Telenet and Coditel
September 20, 2007 09.38 Europe/London By
Belgian cable operator Telenet and Coditel will start carrying the Belgian cultural channel EXQI on their respective networks. Telenet will only distribute the SD version, but Coditel will feed both the SD and HD versions of the channel on its Brussels network. In addition, Coditel will also start to distribute HD1. At present, only the [...]
Net Cologne undercuts Unitymedia pricing
September 20, 2007 08.30 Europe/London By
City net Net Cologne has cut its price for basic analogue television to €6.50 a month. For this, customer receive 53 analogue TV channels as well as 30 radio stations. The operator is active in the city of Cologne, where people in some areas have a choice between Net Cologne and Unitymedia. The new Net [...]
KDG buys Orion networks, gives up on PrimaCom
September 20, 2007 08.10 Europe/London By
Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is to buy a number of cable networks from Orion Cable for €585 million, thereby increasing its customer total by 1.2 million homes. At the same time, KDG will give its 24% share in Kabel-Service Berlin GmbH to Orion. KDG will also no longer pursue the acquisition of PrimaCom and sell its [...]
