Disney Channel has announced a series of promotions within its UK management team. Casper Bjorner is promoted to VP marketing, UK, Scandinavia and emerging markets; Jonathan Boseley is promoted to […]
Freeview overtakes Sky, confirms DVR launch
The Freeview DTT platform has overtaken BSkyB as the most popular means of receiving digital television in the UK. Freeview says that there are now 8.2 million homes where DTT-enabled […]
Swedes lose digital signal
Sweden’s digital TV network was briefly taken off the air on Wednesday afternoon after an equipment failure in the central part of the system. Service was lost between 15:30 and […]
Arena losses “in line with expectations”
German pay-TV platform Arena gained 1,035,000 subscribers in its first five months of operation. The Unity Media company accrued €82 million in revenues and made an EBITDA loss of €132m, […]
entavio platform to host Premiere
SES Astra has won Premiere as the first client for its entavio pay-TV platform. In the process the two companies have avoided the possibilities of multiple receivers as German satellite […]
Intelsat to distribute BBC for Arqiva
Intelsat is to provide space segment capacity to Arqiva as part of its multi-platform distribution system for the BBC’s digital channels. Arqiva has been named as the preferred supplier for […]
Cartel Office fears over Premiere-Arena pact
Premiere has suspended marketing of the Arena digital package until May 31 after Germany’s Federal Cartel Office announced a period of consultation, raising fears that the authorities may force the […]
Improved performance at Sogecable
Sogecable reported better than expected first quarter results after DTH platorm Digital+ reduced its churn rate to 10.9% from the heights of 12% a year ago. At the same time […]
Strategy Analytics: 44% of Euro homes HD by 2012
European sales of high definition television displays and video devices are expected to climb this year by a massive 158%, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. By the end […]
Entriq DRM monetises RTL NOW!
Entriq has confirmed that it is supplying DRM solutions to RTL Online’s video on demand service RTL NOW! The addition of Entriq’s DRM solution has enabled the German commercial broadcaster […]