Germany pay-TV platform Premiere has said it has finally switched off its old conditional access system rendering thousands of modified digital receivers and illicit devices useless.
Discovery grows distribution revenues
Discovery Channel grew international revenues by 16% to $300 million (€236 million) in the third quarter on the back of a 22% increase in distribution revenue from the EMEA region […]
ONO chairman replaced
Spanish cablenet ONO has appointed Jose Maria Castellano as its new chairman in a boardroom coup that replaced Eugenio Galdon, the cablenet’s founder and a significant shareholder.
Irish freesat shuts website
Sat4Free, the satellite marketing concept developed by Irish Power Products in association with British consumer electronics distributor Alba, has shut down its website just a week after its launch claiming […]
Nothing on? There’s always the EPG
Over a quarter of digital TV viewers still rely on channel hopping to decide what to watch, spending more than a week per year channel surfing.
OpenTV on track for first full-year profits
OpenTV says it performed well in the third quarter and that the advanced television services company is on track for the full year. The company produced a profit of $1 […]
Basic, it’s the new premium
Julian Clover believes the settlement of the Sky-Virgin carriage spat is just a part of a renaissance of the basic package
Customer care stalls Cablecom growth
Subscriber levels at Cablecom stagnated in the third quarter after delays in the introduction of a new customer care platform held up the addition of new customers.
BT Vision delivers BabyTV
BT Vision has added a selection of programmes from BabyTV to its portfolio of on demand content.
Football scores increase Sky Italia income
Sky Italia has reported first quarter operating income of $165 million (€127.6 million) as the DTH operation benefitted from its expanded football portfolio.