Kudelski’s digital television business broke through the SFr500 million (€307.39) revenue mark for the first time in 2006. The security company was reporting full year net profits of SFr138.53 million, […]
Norway fuels Canal Digital growth
Norway continues to be a happy hunting ground for Canal Digital. The pay-TV platform added 37,000 new DTH subscribers in the final quarter of 2006, primairily in its home market, […]
Amstrad delays Sky HD deliveries
Set-top box manufacturer Amstrad has delayed the supply of HD boxes for BSkyB until the second half of 2007. Although the company has already begun delivering HD boxes, it is […]
Viasat pay-TV benefits from Swedish switchover
Viasat Broadcasting is continuing to underpin the activities of Sweden’s Modern Times Group. The combined DTH satellite platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions recorded a combined 15% year-on-year growth […]
DMT to bid for Telecom Italia towers
Digital Media Technologies (DMT) has expressed an interest in the purchase of rival transmission company Telecom Italia’s tower business. DMT chairman and CEO Alessandro Falciai said he was looking to […]
March launch for Sky Movies on demand
Sky is to launch the TV-delivered version of its Sky Anytime movies on demand service next month. The broadcaster also plans to rebrand its portfolio of movie channels based on […]
Top Up TV faces access controls
Ofcom is to impose conditions on the conditional access services provided by Top Up TV. Previously the rules requiring a platform operator to provide indiscriminate access to broadcasters have only […]
Freewire adds three from Five
Inuk Networks has added the legacy broadcaster Five and its two recently launched digital channels Five and Five Life to its Freewire IPTV platform. Freewire is targeting UK students in […]
DVB approves DVB-SH specs
The DVB Steering Board has given its approval to the DVB-SH (Satellite services to handhelds) specification. DVB-SH was developed by the DVB Technical Module’s TM-SSP working group. It is designed […]
Video growth boosts Eutelsat
Eutelsat Communications has reported a 5.2% increased in revenues as the satellite operator recorded financials in line with its full year guidance. In the six months ending December 31, 2006, […]