News Corp is remaining firm on its £7.8 billion (€9.41 billion) offer for the 60% of BSkyB the media giant does not already own. In an investor call on Wednesday […]
Playhouse Disney for Poland
Playhouse Disney will make its debut on Polish cable in September, when it launches on UPC Polska.
Successful launch for Nilesat
The third Ariane 5 mission in 2010 successfully launched a pair of Thales Alenia Space-produced satellites: Nilesat 201 and Rascom-QAF1R on Wednesday, August 4.
Sky Italia back to subscriber growth
News Corp’s Italian DTH operation returned to positive subscriber growth in the quarter ending June 30, 2010.
Russia drops DTH bombshell
The much-publicised deal under which Gazprom-Media gained a controlling stake in Russia’s leading DTH platform Tricolor TV a year ago has not been concluded.
Telefónica recovery under way
Spain’s Telefónica enjoyed a solid first half of this year in its domestic market, gaining almost an additional 45,000 pay-TV subscribers, bringing the total number to around 748,000. This contrasted […]
ONO banks on TiVo deal
The leading Spanish cable operator ONO lost 4,000 TV customers in Q2, ending June with a total of 966,000. Cable TV customers as a proportion of its subscriber base meanwhile […]
Triple play drives ZON growth
Triple play services are contributing to strong ARPU growth for the Portuguese pay-TV operator ZON. On the other hand, it is losing both cable and DTH subscribers.
Mixed picture for MTG
Viasat’s Nordic pay-TV business has reported increased profitability and growing margins, while the company’s Baltic operations continue to feel the squeeze from a tough advertising market and rising churn.
MHEG confirmed for Irish market
Ireland’s public broadcaster RTE has confirmed it will be using MHEG-5 as the middleware for the Irish digital terrestrial system.