AEPOC has approved a special action plan designed to focus on anti-piracy initiatives in Central and East Europe. In a statement following its recent meeting at the Eutelsat headquarters in […]
Viaccess puts ART in the picture
Viaccess has announced its Praha card is to be deployed on Arablic language pay-TV platform in the Middle East. Although the operator has an 11 year relationship with Viaccess to […]
Virgin Media sheds 15% of workforce
Virgin Media is to reduce its headcount by 15% as part of a restructuring plan designed to save the cablenet £120 million by 2012. Around 2,200 jobs will be lost, […]
New Nigerian channel goes live on Sky
African broadcaster HiTV has launched on the Sky Digital platform. It is the third channel from Nigeria to go live in the UK through support from Canis Media. The company […]
Red Bee wins Disney branding project
Red Bee Media is to create two bespoke Disney zones for operators as part of a strategy to build awareness of the Disney brand in areas where it has previously […]
Channel 4 presses Red Button for last time
Channel 4 is to close its Red Button and mobile TV divisions, with the potential loss of four jobs, and bringing an end to interactive advertising on the channel. The […]
Microsoft doubles Mediaroom deployments
Microsoft has announced that its Mediaroom IPTV middleware has more than doubled in the last 12 months and now stands at almost four million set-top boxes deployed in two million […]
OpenTV delivers to VOO
OpenTV is to supply advanced television services to the Belgian cable network VOO.
ARPU rise keeps ZON on track
ZON TV Cabo lost subscribers in the third quarter, another example of the competitive pressures in the Portuguese market. Although basic subscriber numbers increased by 1.2% on the year, the […]
Highfield jumps from Kangaroo
Ashley Highfield is to quit the troubled web TV service Kangaroo to head up Microsoft’s UK operations. The former head of the BBC’s Future Media division is leaving the BBC-ITV-Channel […]