SES Astra has announced that it has started to transmit the “Europe by Satellite” service, a multilingual TV news service from the European Commission. The service is available from satellites […]
Indian MSO Manthan Broadband chooses Irdeto
Manthan Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd, a cable television company in India, has chosen the Irdeto Digital TV content security system to be used in the city of Kolkata, the State […]
PTCL to launch Pakistan’s first IPTV network
Irdeto and Huawei Technologies today jointly announced they have signed an agreement with Pakistan Telecommunication Co Ltd (PTCL) to provide an end-to-end IPTV solution to the 1 tier telecom operator. […]
Liberty Global exceeds 2006 Guidance targets
Liberty Global today announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006.
Slight delay for Apple TV
Apple TV will launch mid-March, a spokesperson for the company said yesterday. The device will wirelessly connect up to five computers to the television set for play back of video […]
EC approves Liberty Global control of Telenet
The European Commission has approved Liberty Global’s recently increased and controlling ownership position in Telenet Group Holding NV. As previously announced on November 13, 2006, Liberty Global exercised options that […]
Providence acquires majority of Dutch CanalDigitaal.
Providence Equity Partners is to acquire a majority stake in Dutch and Flemish DTH operators CanalDigitaal and TV Vlaanderen. Airbridge Investments, which now wholly owns both companies, will keep a […]
Dutch public broadcaster prepares for HD
Dutch public broadcaster NOS is to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in HD. Coverage of the Euro 2008 football championship taking place in Austria and Switzerland will also be […]
Dutch Canal Digitaal grows to 700,000
The Dutch digital DTH provider Canal Digitaal has reported that it added 100,000 new subscribers in 2006, reaching a net total of just over 700,000. The last quarter of 2006 […]
Dutch DTT exceeds 250K
The number of Digitenne DTT customers in The Netherlands stood at 265,000 at the end of 2006, or 44% more than a year earlier. At the same time, KPN’s new […]