Viasat’s Nordic pay-TV business has reported increased profitability and growing margins, while the company’s Baltic operations continue to feel the squeeze from a tough advertising market and rising churn.
EC approval for Sky Italia DTT plans
The European Commission has accepted plans for Sky Italia to bid for digital terrestrial capacity, but on the pre-condition that it is restricted to free-to-air broadcasts until 2015.
Zappware adds advanced services to Naxoo
A new STB deployment by Albis Technologies has enabled Zappware to provide Geneva-based cableco Naxoo with a suite of services that includes an Electronic Programme Guide, Video on Demand (VOD), […]
T-VIPS strengthens sales team
T-VIPS has announced the appointment of Lutz Germer as its regional sales manager for Germany. Germer is looking to further develop the digital video transport solutions company’s presence in the […]
TeliaSonera sees IPTV fall
Around 36% of TeliaSonera’s broadband customers now subscribe to its IPTV offer, but the Swedish telco has reported a second quarter dip in TV households.
MTI secures Sky Italia LNB contract
Taiwanese RF equipment manufacturer Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI) has been named as one of two suppliers of LNBs to Sky Italia.
New Sky STBs put to the test
S3 Group and Broadcom have given details of their role in two new low power HD set-top boxes being deployed by BSkyB.
Way cleared for Sky Italia 3rd party access
Italy’s anti-trust authority has closed an investigation into Sky Italia after accepting commitments from the satcaster that would ensure third party channels gained access to the platform. AGCOM had been […]
Rebrand for GlobeCast fibre network
GlobeCast has announced the rebranding of its fibre network as the GlobeCast Backbone Network. It follows the expansion of the interconnection service to 32 points-of-presence (PoPs) including new hubs in […]
Turksat Cable adds BBC HD
Turksat Cable has added the international version of BBC HD to its channel line-up.