Virgin Media has confirmed it is to challenge what it perceives as anti-completive behaviour by Sky. The cablenet today (Thursday) begun proceedings in the High Court in a bid to […]
Get selects Cisco network technology
Norwegian cable operator Get has chosen Cisco’s IP Next Generation Network as part of an upgrade of its plant. Get, the former UPC Norway, has also become only the second […]
YLE delays mobile launch
The Finnish public broadcaster YLE has said it is to postpone the launch of its mobile TV services until at least the end of the year. The broadcaster cited the […]
New growth for Boxer
Sweden’s DTT pay platform Boxer added a further 18,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2007. As of March 31, 2007, Boxer had 672,000 subscribers to its digital TV service, […]
ODG gives 4oD cable support
On Demand Group (ODG) is to provide content management support for the Channel 4 video on demand service 4oD. ODG will manage the VOD content and metadata ingest for the […]
FX, Nat Geo Benelux plan HD
Fox Entertainment’s FX service is to launch a high definition service in the next few months. The channel has received a licence from Ofcom as part of the latest batch […]
Canal merger cuts Premiership costs
The merger of the two pay-TV giants Canal+ and TPS has resulted in a 35% saving on the cost of screening English Premier League football to French audiences. In the […]
Canal+ shareholders consider options
Canal+ chief executive Bertrand Meheut has said former TPS shareholders TF1 and M6 could withdraw from the pay-TV company within the next three years. Meheut told the French daily Le […]
Finnish cable gets analogue extension
The Finnish transport and telecommunications ministry has said that it is prepared to grant cable operators an extension if they are unable to upgrade all their subscribers to digital TV. […]
Irdeto and Rohde & Schwarz secure mobile TV
Two leading technology companies in the mobile phone sector have completed a series of interoperability tests in the provision of security solutions over DVB-H transmissions. Irdeto’s Mobile Broadcast CA has […]