Germany’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland KDG has reached agreement to carry three public HD channels on is network, Das Erste HD, ZDF HD and Arte HD.
Archives for January 2010
And now in stereo
Julian Clover finds that the prospect of 3D TV is more realistic than he thought.
Sandhu leaves Unitymedia as Liberty takes control
Gene Musselman will take the helm as acting MD of Germany’s Unitymedia, alongside his jobs as president and COO of UPC Broadband, the European subsidiary of Liberty Global. Parm Sandhu, […]
Setanta Sports closes US channel
Setanta Sports is to close its US operations after reaching agreement with Fox Soccer Channel to transfer many of its key programming rights.
Belgacom TV introduces new bouquets
Belgian IPTV provider Belgacom TV is introducing seven different thematic bouquets to its current two-tiered offer. Until now viewers had a choice between the basic Classic+ bouquet, the extended 70-channel […]
Sky to phase out SD receivers
Sky is to cease deploying standard definition satellite receivers, replacing its standard Sky Digiboxes and Sky+ units with a single Sky+ HD receiver and introducing a new 1 terabyte PVR. Read the story »
Anomaly takes out Eutelsat W2
Eutelsat Communications has confirmed a technical anomaly with its W2 satellite at 16 degrees East on Wednesday evening from where some 400 channels are delivered.
Renault launches branded TV channel
Renault is today officially launching its own television channel – Renault TV – in France on channel 349 on CanalSat and in the UK on Sky channel 883.
RRSat launches Iberian platform
RRsat Global Communications Network has announced that it has launched a new platform for the distribution of Spanish and Portuguese language content into European markets over the Hispasat 1D satellite.
Ziggo appoints Bert Groenewegen as CFO
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has appointed Bert Groenewegen as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) starting on March 1, 2010.