Flemish cabler Telenet has beaten both the current bear market and its own highly competitive arena with an EBITDA increase of 26%.
TV costs squeeze Orange
The cost of acquiring sports and movie rights for Orange TV’s recently launched premium channels impacted on the profits of parent France Telecom in the first quarter.
KPN grows TV base
The Dutch telco KPN is inching towards one million TV subscribers, adding a further 60,000 households in the first quarter of the year.
Canal Digital ramps up broadband speeds
Canal Digital has added an additional 60 Mbps broadband tier to its cable customers in Norway, having tested the speed in the Oslo market since December.
Hunt for Freeview marketeer
Tim Hunt has been named as the new director of marketing communications at Freeview. He replaces Rob Farmer who is joining ITV as director of viewer marketing.
GET Cable proves there is life after UPC
When in 2005 UPC took the decision to sell its interests in cable operators where it could not reasonably achieve market leadership, it meant a total withdrawal from the Nordic […]
Sky launches on demand advertising
Sky has extended the creative opportunities offered to advertisers with the introduction of ‘bookable’ advertising. The new service uses the same Green Button technology already used by Sky-branded channels and […]
Eriksson new Canal+ Nordic CEO
Jonas Eriksson has been named as the new CEO of Canal+/C More Entertainment in the Nordic region.
TV4 Play brings online content together
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has launched TV4 Play as an umbrella brand for all of its online video content.
Com Hem plans Stockholm analogue shutdown
Com Hem has announced plans to withdraw its basic analogue TV package from 100,000 customers in the Swedish capital Stockholm.