The new commercial broadcaster Austria 9 TV wants to specialise in call-TV type programming during most of the day, from midnight till 4pm. The remaining hours will be filled with with classic TV series and movies and late afternoons, while early prime will be dedicated to telenovellas. The new channel is backed by German publishing [...]
SBS plans Dutch rollout for Maxdome
November 15, 2007 12.25 Europe/London By
Dutch SBS, part of the ProSiebenSat.1 group, plans a Dutch rollout for the on-demand broadband TV service Maxdome, said commercial director Peter Vertregt today during a presentation to advertisers. A launch is planned for the second quarter of the year. At present, the Dutch version will only be accessible via a computer, not via a [...]
Zodiak rings in the changes
November 15, 2007 12.24 Europe/London By
Stockholm-based Zodiak Television has announced a number of operational changes, some of which affect its operations in CEE. They include Ludo Popee becoming the chairman of Kakana Benelux and VP with responsibility for Continental Europe, which currently includes Poland. Specifically in the CEE region, Patrick Nebout will continue as VP East but hand over the [...]
SIDSA targets DTT market
November 15, 2007 12.24 Europe/London By
The Spanish technology company SIDSA says it has begun to target the DTT market. Having already established a presence in the mobile TV sector, it is providing its KeyFly conditional access system to the pre-pay Al Jazeera Sport Channel. It has also entered into a DTT initiative in Spain with Boulevard Digital, Siemens –InOutTV, SDIdigital, [...]
Revenue rise for Portugal Telecom
November 15, 2007 12.24 Europe/London By
Portugal Telecom has posted operating revenues of €1,574.9 million for Q3, or 6.5% more than in the corresponding period last year. Those in the first nine months of the year amounted to €4,285.1 million, a year-on-year increase of 5.7%. EDITDA in Q3 stood at €578.9 million (+5.5%), while in Q1-Q3 it came to €1,725.7 million [...]
TVP goes for Autocue
November 15, 2007 12.24 Europe/London By
The Polish national public broadcaster TVP has placed an order for eight Autocue software packages for deployment across 10 of its regional networks. Autocue provides a single solution for all transmission, newsroom, scripting and prompting requirements. It includes the BBC. Bloomberg, NBC and CNN among its clients.
TPSA heads for break-up
November 15, 2007 12.23 Europe/London By
Anna Strezynska, the president of Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), has said that the incumbent telco TPSA will be broken up by 2010. She has also come out against the idea of a EU-wide telecoms regulator, as recently proposed by EC Commissioner Viviane Reding. According to Strezynska, the break-up of TPSA will be undertaken [...]
Hungarian broadband take-up grows
November 15, 2007 12.23 Europe/London By
According to data produced by Hungary’s National Communications Authority (NHH), the number of cable modems in the country rose by 2.71% in September this year to 377,000. At the same time, the number of ADSL homes went up by 1.46% to 713,000. The NHH complies its figures using information supplied by the established and alternative [...]
Conax looks to Latin America
November 15, 2007 12.19 Europe/London By
Canal+ reports growing subs, ad revenues
November 15, 2007 09.02 Europe/London By
Canal+ SA’s consolidated revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 totalled €1,297 million, up €87 million (or more than 7%) from the €1,210 million reported in the first nine months of 2006. The increase was led by growth in the subscription portfolio, as well as in advertising revenue. The total subscription portfolio came [...]
