Over the coming five years, Belgium’s Telenet, as the first operator in Europe, is to invest a total of €500 million to upgrade the cable network in Flanders to a […]
Samsung set for huge UHD expansion
Samsung Electronics has announced major expansion plans for its UHD content offer. They will see the introduction of VOD services, live broadcasting, a UHD video pack, new download services and […]
Green light for UPC-Ziggo merger
Liberty Global will be given permission to take over its Dutch competitor Ziggo by the European Commission and merge it with UPC, according to Bloomberg.
November deadline for Ziggo take-over
The European Commission has set a deadline of November 3, 2014, to decide on Liberty Global’s proposed takeover of Dutch cable operator Ziggo.
Media Broadcast to launch DVB-T2/HEVC trial in Berlin
German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast wants to shortly launch a trial for the technical testing of the new digital terrestrial television standard DVB-T2 in combination with compression system HEVC […]
Europe increasingly important for Netflix
As Netflix rapidly expands across Europe, the company will see its international subscriptions jump from one-tenth to one-fifth of total subscriptions, according to new analysis from IHS.
Numericable brings in multiscreen
French cablenet Numericable is introducing a new multiscreen service. It’s also expanding Restart to terrestrial channels.
Russian TV channel clampdown intensifies
Ukraine has now banned a total of 14 Russian channels from being distributed by cable networks. What is more, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is making sure operators adhere […]
Netflix reaches 7% of Dutch consumers
The share of Dutch consumers with a paid Netflix subscription rose to 7% in the second quarter, from 4% in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to research from the […]
Dutch cablers continue to lose market share
Dutch cable operators continue to lose subscribers with Rekam now reporting just 50.06% penetration, and UPC 56.4%.