Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has said that its new strategy of offering set-top boxes direct to the customer is beginning to pay off. Germany’s largest cable operator lifted its subscriber base […]
Archives for February 2007
Virgin Media adds 38,500 subs in Christmas quarter
The rebranded Virgin Media has announced its end of year financial results. During a time when NTL and Telewest were still the consumer facing brands, the cablenet added 38,500 net […]
Kupsky named Turner Europe president
Jeff Kupsky has been named as the new president of Turner Broadcasting System Europe. His remit will cover all of Turner’s television and multiplatform outlets in Europe including Cartoon Network, […]
RCS/RDS moves into 3G
Romania’s second largest cable operator RCS/RDS has launched a 3G service. Known as Digi.Tel, it employs equipment supplied by Nokia and will be gradually rolled out across the country. RCS/RDS […]
CTC Media on the up
The Russian company CTC Media, which is backed Sweden’s Modern Times Group (MTG), saw its revenue jump by 56.2% in 2006 to $370.8 million (€280.8 million). At the same time, […]
Luxembourg agrees digital cable package
The Luxembourg government has signed an agreement with the country’s cable operators as the country aims to become the first country in Europe to have an all digital TV service. […]
Abraham named new UKTV CEO
Former Discovery Channel UK boss David Abraham has been named as the new chief executive of UKTV. He will take-up the role at the BBC Worldwide–Virgin Media Television joint venture […]
BBC Trust backs Freesat
The BBC trust has given its provisional approval to the launch of the ‘Freesat’ digital satellite platform. It is envisaged that the project would be jointly operated with ITV and […]
Virgin rejects ‘improved’ Sky offer
BSkyB has suggested that if it is unable to reach an agreement with Virgin Media over the carriage of its basic channels then it should be allowed direct access to […]
RCS gets green light on Digicast purchase
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has given its go-ahead for the acquisition by RCS of 51% of Digicast, a company active in the broadcasting of thematic TV channels, principally pay-TV operations over […]