Hungary’s National Communications Authority (NHH) has announced that a tender for DTT frequencies has been delayed. It was due to be announced today (October 31) at the latest but has still to be approved by a parliamentary committee. It is expected the country will launch three DTT multiplexes in 2008, with the licence holder being [...]
Welho boosts Swelcom numbers
October 31, 2007 12.47 Europe/London By
Swelcom, part of Finnish media giant SanomaWSOY, has increased its net sales by 9.3% in the third quarter on the back of growth at cable operator Welho, and totalling €103.4 million. Operating profit increased to €10.4m from €7.7m. Welho, which is obliged to follow the terrestrial switchover by next February, has ramped up the distribution [...]
Ukrtelecom prepares IPTV an VoIP offer
October 31, 2007 12.41 Europe/London By
According to EEBC, the incumbent Ukrainian telco Ukrtelecom plans to start offering its broadband Internet subscribers both IPTV and VoIP services. The former, which will be known as U.tv and operated in association with the commercial broadcaster Inter, will allow viewers to form their own programme packages and give access to both a virtual cinema [...]
Boost for Lithuanian DTT
October 31, 2007 12.40 Europe/London By
The TeliaSonera-backed Lithuanian incumbent telco TEO has agreed to buy a 100% stake in UAB Nacionaliné Skaitmeniné Televizija (UAB NST), the holder of two DTT channel licences, for an undisclosed fee. UAB NST has been spun off from UAB Mikrovisatos TV, which has decided to focus on the provision of multichannel, cable TV and broadband [...]
Arcor launches IPTV in 51 German cities
October 31, 2007 12.32 Europe/London By
Versatel reports over 200,000 multiplay customers
October 31, 2007 12.30 Europe/London By
The Dutch telecom company Versatel has said it now has approximately 201,000 customers over ADSL 2+. As of September 30, 2007, it recorded over 18,300 orders in The Netherlands for its multi play product over ADSL2+ during the third quarter. Although the company does not release individual numbers for its IPTV product, most of these [...]
Numericable adds two more HD channels
October 31, 2007 11.49 Europe/London By
The French cable operator Numericable will add two more channels to its existing line-up of HD channels. Besides M6 HD and Canal+ HD, this includes TF1 HD, Arte HD, Luxe.TV HD, NRJ 12 HD and National Geographic HD. In a related development, Canal+ has launched a free-to-air HD trailer channel on the Astra satellite. The [...]
Cable faults on YouSee revenues
October 31, 2007 10.31 Europe/London By
A 16% climb in cable subscribers and increased ARPU following the rebranding of TDC Kabel as YouSee has been counterbalanced by a series of technical faults that ate into the company’s EBITDA. Announcing its third quarter results Danish telco TDC said that it was close to 8 million subscribers following growth in its cable, mobile [...]
€650m loan secures KDG Orion purchase
October 31, 2007 10.01 Europe/London By
Kabel Deutschland has signed a €650 million Senior Term Loan Facility that will provide funding for the group’s purchase of the 1.2 million subscriber Orion Network. The Orion purchase will cost KDG €585m and together with direct funding from the cable group will leave another €200m available for further purchases. The loan will remain unfunded [...]
VOOM joins HOT HD package
October 30, 2007 12.35 Europe/London By
UPDATE Israeli cablenet HOT is close to signing the US HD showcase channel VOOM to its planned high definition package. Both HOT and DTH rival YES have plans to introduce HD services during the course of 2008. The agreement between VOOM and HOT was reached during the local Rosh Pina Television and Film Festival. It [...]
