Kabel Deutschland KDG will scrap 300 jobs, mainly in the technical service departments, according to German press reports. The management has started talks with the workers council.
Archives for August 2008
Winbox brings CinemaNow to Europe
IFA 2008 – BERLIN. Winbox Technologies has announced that it has partnered with CinemaNow, the digital on-demand platform for Hollywood movies and TV shows. The first set-top boxes that will include CinemaNow content […]
NTV-Plus lines up new offer
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus will launch a new channel offer in September.
Romanian Dolce doubles sub total
The Romanian DTH platform Dolce ended Q2 with 528,000 subscribers, or more than double the number 12 months earlier.
New channels for Czech Rep/Slovakia
The Czech Radio and TV Council (RRTV) has awarded a 12-year licence to the Czechoslovak Film Company allowing it operate a new children’s channel named CS mini in the Czech […]
Landmark for Dutch digital homes
The number of Dutch digital homes is fast approaching 4 million. At the end of June, some 3.63 million homes were digital, representing a 47.2% penetration out of a total […]
T-Home gives IPTV an extra push
IFA 2008 – BERLIN. German IPTV operator T-Home, part of the incumbent Deutsche Telekom, is to give its IPTV service T-Entertain a big push in order to reach the goal […]
Exit strategy
News Corp’s decision to pull out of no fewer than five countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was unlikely to have been taken lightly.
Arcor launches Restart TV with ProSiebenSat.1
In a landmark deal with the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, German IPTV provider Arcor will launch a Restart TV service from September onwards. The company claims to be the first in the […]
Kudelski slips into loss
Consolidation in the digital TV market, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, pushed the Kudelski Group into a first half loss. The Swiss security company also felt the negative impact […]