Deutsche Welle has signed a new long-term capacity agreement on three SES satellites to broadcast two channels in Eastern Europe and Africa.
Dutch losses blight otherwise solid Liberty performance
Liberty Global gained over 150,000 Horizon and 80,000 TiVo customers in the second quarter, taking the total number receiving its next-generation TV offer to almost 4 million.
Turner Broadcasting appoints Vanessa Brookman
Turner Broadcasting has appointed Vanessa Brookman in the newly created role of Vice President of Content & Creative, UK and Northern Europe.
MTS promotes DTH service
Russia’s MTS has launched a major national advertising campaign to promote its DTH platform, which was officially launched last November.
Pay-TV tops 1m subs in Greece
Greece’s pay-TV market continues to perform extremely well despite problems in the electronic communications sector as a whole.
Blow for Bulgarian news channel
The Bulgarian channel News7 is no longer being distributed terrestrially due to non-payment of fees to the multiplex operator NURTS.
Internet and telephony drive Unitymedia
Germany’s second largest cable operator Unitymedia has won 56,000 internet and 44,000 telephony customers in Q2 2015.
UK beta launch for Magine OTT service
Swedish OTT service Magine is launching a beta version in the UK with 3,000 test users.
Nicolas Eglau joins A+E Networks
A+E Networks has hired RTL Netherlands executive Nicolas Eglau as COO.
Invitel, UPC hit by fines
The Hungarian regulator NMHH has punished Invitel and UPC for what it terms is “conduct detrimental to consumers’ interests”.