A new sports channel has been made available to terrestrial viewers in Finland. Sports+Channel is a joint venture between Sports Channel and the DTT pay package Plus TV. The new […]
Premiere and Arena aim at Kartellamt compromise
UPDATE Premiere and Arena have drawn up a series of proposals over Premiere’s marketing of Arena’s programming packages on satellite that the two companies hope will satisfy the German competition […]
Telegraaf to take ProSiebenSat.1 stake
The Dutch Telegraaf Media Groep has said the company has agreed to take a minority stake in Germany’s ProSiebenSat1 Media. TMG owns 20% in SBS Broadcasting alongside Lavena Holding 4, […]
Liwest chooses the BigBand sound
BigBand has announced the deployment of its Cuda CMTS on the Liwest network in the Austrian city of Linz. In the initial development phase, Liwest is installing Cuda as an […]
Changing from the inside
ANT is moving away from manufacturers and towards the operators. Julian Clover reports The entrance of IPTV into the multichannel television mix has brought with it new companies and new […]
French DTT gains ground
Established French broadcasters are already experiencing significant erosion in their audience share just a year after the launch of DTT in the country. Having already achieved favourable viewing figures in […]
NRJ Hits comes to CanalSat
Newly launched music channel NRJ Hits is joining CanalSat’s basic package on June 1. NRJ Hits is a dedicated music channel aimed at 15-34 year olds and will celebrate its […]
ONO passes 1.9 million subscriber mark
Spain’s dominant cable operator ONO added over 100,000 ‘revenue generating units’ (RGUs) in the first quarter. As of March 31, 2007, the company recorded 1,847,000 subscribers and has subsequently passed […]
Freeview launches Playback advertising campaign
Freeview is to launch a new media and press campaign for its new digital video recorder Freeview Playback. The device is being positioned as “a simple and easy way of […]
Com Hem shakes up analogue basic
Com Hem is replacing two key channels in its basic analogue package. Out go Eurosport Nordic and Discovery Mix to be replaced by TV4 Sport and Viasat’s documentary channel TV8. […]