Take-up of Viasat’s satellite value-added services in the Nordics grew strongly in 2011, though the total number of premium subscribers remained almost unchanged.
France 24 takes IP route to Freeview homes
16.22 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
France 24 is to launch on Vision IPTV, the streamed service that takes advantage of the IP connectivity within Freeview HD receivers.
Briel on: HBO launches in the Netherlands
16.17 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
The launch of HBO in the Netherlands in a joint venture with cable operator Ziggo marks an interesting move for the Time-Warner owned company. HBO has been active for many years in Central an Eastern Europe, while the broadcaster was only active as a seller of individual programme rights to local broadcasters in the Western [...]
Clover’s Week: Game over
15.11 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
It’s almost last orders for pubs showing unlicensed football broadcasts in the UK and not before time, writes Julian Clover.
Amazon announces Viacom streaming deal
11.50 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
Amazon has announced a licensing agreement with Viacom that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo.
Da Vinci U expands over UPC DTH
11.47 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
Da Vinci U is now available on the UPC DTH platform in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.
FTTH takes off in Spain
11.16 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
Spain ended 2011 with 171,177 Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections, or 206.4% more than a year earlier, according to data published by the regulator CMT.
Virgin Media looking for quality TiVo apps
11.05 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
Virgin Media’s COO has defended the relatively slow rollout of applications onto the next generation platform, arguing that the cablenet would keep to heavyweight apps and not just fodder.
TV Nova goes digital
11.05 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
The leading Czech broadcaster TV Nova will cease its remaining analogue transmissions on Sunday, February 12.
Kurdish Sterk TV starts broadcasting
10.57 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
The new Kurdish satellite channel Stêrk TV has started broadcasting on the Eutelsat and Nilesat satellites.
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