Bulgaria’s leading cable operator Blizoo has been fined BGN56,288 (€28.771) by the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) for trying to secure new customers by offering them illegal bonuses.
Digi reveals set-top plans
BELGRADE BUSINESS BREAKFAST: The Romanian multimedia company RCS&RDS, which has a presence in the DTH and cable markets of several Central and East European markets through its Digi operations, has […]
IPTV takes off in Serbia
BELGRADE BUSINESS BREAKFAST: The IPTV service Open TV launched by Telekom Srbija in late 2008 has been a success story and currently claims over 95,000 subscribers, according to Jelena Stojanovic, […]
Five new channels added to Bouygues BBox
French IPTV operator Bouygues Telecom has added five channels to its IPTV BBbox, including the Dutch based cultural and music channel Brava HDTV.
Kabel BW runs Videothek on NDS
NDS has given details of its contribution towards Kabel BW Videothek, the operator’s video on demand service that launched on the network last December.
Sky Deutschland and HD+ ‘soon’ on common card
An agreement between Sky Deutschland and SES Astra’s HD+ platform to make reception of the two services on a common smart card possible seems likely, according to local press reports.
M7 Group adds transponder on Astra 23.5
SES Astra has announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with M7 Group for an additional transponder on Astra at 23.5 degrees East. The capacity will be used for […]
Romanian DTH deal on horizon
Romania’s DTH market may be about to enter a period of consolidation, with the incumbent telco Romtelecom set to buy Boom TV, a platform operated by the Israeli-owned DTH Television […]
More channels for Poland
Poland is entering a period of new TV channel launches. Today (March 1) will see Cyfrowy Polsat, the country’s leading DTH platform, add National Geographic Channel HD to its offer.
10% increase in Virgin VOD views
The number of programmes watched on Virgin Media’s on demand service in 2010 was just under 900 million, representing a 10% increase on 2009, itself a record.