Belgian cable operator Telenet has ceased talks with the Interkabel consortium over the introduction of interactive digital television services and has begun legal proceedings. Interkabel has announced the launch of […]
Premiere increases customer numbers to 3.46 million
The 1st quarter of 2007 saw Premiere in the black with an increased number of subscribers, the German pay-TV company announced today. The upward trend in customer numbers continued throughout […]
New financing for Joost’s global expansion
Broadband TV company Joost today announced that five parties have collectively invested approximately $45 million in the company. The five companies are Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Li Ka Shing Foundation, […]
Hansenet triples after AOL acquisition
German ISP Hansenet has tripled its number of DSL customers after the acquisition of AOL Germany. The Telecom Italia owned company now has 2.12 million Alice and Alice Business customer […]
Von Hammerstein new KDG chairman
Kabel Deutschland KDG has appointed Dr. Adrian von Hammerstein as the new chairman of the management board. Von Hammerstein comes from Siemens Business Services. He replaces Christof Wahl, who recently […]
Danish TV2 to launch more channels
Danmark’s semi- public broadcaster TV2 is to launch more thematic channels and is also looking at expansion into eastern Europe, according to managing director Per Mikael Jensen in an interview […]
KPN reaches 300,000 (almost)
Dutch incumbent telecom operator KPN said it had 296,000 TV customers at March 30, 2007. Almost all of these are DTT homes subscribing to the Digitenne DTT service. Some 4,000 […]
Austrian cable nets go digital
Two of Austria’s 25 cable operators have ordered digital set-top boxes (DVB-C); between the two of them, Kabelsignal (of Niederösterreich) and Liwest (of Oberösterreich) 30,000 sets have been ordered. Other […]
More US channels adopt HD
NCTA – LAS VEGAS. The History Channel and Starz will soon launch HD versions in the United States. History Channel HD will launch in September, when the 24-hour service will […]
YouTube to pay content providers
YouTube has launched a programme that will pay content providers on the site. The company will reward contributors of popular YouTube channels on the same playing field as large media […]