Multichoice is extending its new 14-channel digital TV package into Uganda for a monthly sh46,000 (€20.34). DStv compact is being launched at a time when Multichoice is facing new competition […]
Homolay named CTAM Europe MD
Former HBO Central Europe Regional Marketing Manager Krisztina Homolay has joined CTAM Europe (Cable Telecommunications Association for Marketing) as the organisation’s managing director. She will report to the board of […]
Tandberg installs MPEG-4 for Inuk
Tandberg Television is to supply a package of MPEG-4 AVC encoders and professional receivers to the Freewire IPTV service. Freewire is currently supplying a package of free-to-air digital channels to […]
Sky remote record goes online
Sky Digital has extended its remote record feature to the Internet. Viewers with Sky+ and Sky HD boxes will now be able to arrange for programmes to be recorded at […]
Wogan meets The Hogfather in BPG nominations
The unlikely combination of Gloria Hunniford, Terry Wogan and The Hogfather come together in the Multichannel category of this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild awards. Hunniford has been nominated for an […]
BBC launches YouTube channels
The BBC has launched two channels on the Google-owned YouTube with a third to follow. The commercial deal is for two BBC-branded entertainment channels showing short form videos under two […]
ANGA Cable widens its brief
ANGA Cable has announced plans to extend its remit to cover IPTV services. From 2008 the event will be known as ‘ANGA Cable – Trade Fair for Cable, Broadband and […]
Clover’s Week: On Virgin territory
Julian Clover unpicks the carriage fee dispute between Sky and Virgin Media There’s nothing like a cable spat to set the juices flowing and as the clock ticked past midnight […]
At the Races reaches breakeven
At the Races reduced its operating loss in 2006 as the racing channel moved reached breakeven in the second half of the year. According to finanicials released by Arena Leisure, […]
Virgin Central 2 replaces Sky One
Virgin Media has rearranged its channel line-up following the removal of Sky’s basic channels from the cablenet. Out goes Sky One to be replaced by Virgin Central 2, a reversioning […]