Romania’s cable industry is heading for a period of consolidation amongst its small and medium-sized players.
Cable making connections for Canal Digital
The number of DTH subscribers to Canal Digital fell by 17,000 on the quarter, only to be compensated by the arrival of 16,000 new subscribers to the operator’s cable platform.
Virgin Media improves triple play mix
Virgin Media has begun the first quarter of the year with churn reduced to a new monthly low of 1.1% and an improved triple play mix.
UPC eyes Polish expansion
Liberty Global is looking to expand its operations in Poland, with Aster, the country’s fourth largest cable operator, a possible take-over target.
YouSee adds Canal HD
Danish cablenet YouSee has introduced the high definition versions of Canal+ Film and Canal+ Sport to its programme line-up.
Com Hem continues growth curve
Sweden’s Com Hem has reported strong first quarter growth, increasing revenues by 6% on Q1 2008, and adding another 18,000 digital subscribers.
ITV improves Virgin catch-up view
Virgin Media says the first full month of ITV programmes on the cablenet’s on demand service brought in four million views to the TV platform.
Drahi makes Cool purchase in HOT
French cable executive Patrick Drahi has purchased a 14.96% share in the Israeli cable operator HOT. The founder of Altice, the key investor in the French cablenet Numericable, purchased the […]
Virgin adds HD to its BBC iPlayer
BBC HD content has been added to Virgin Media’s cable version of the BBC iPlayer. It is a welcome boost for the free area of Virgin’s on demand catalogue and […]
ZON restores RTP news distribution
Officials from cablenet ZON and the Portuguese public broadcaster RTP have reached agreement on the continued distribution of 24-hour news network RTP N.