Chris Dziadul looks at Liberty Global’s latest results Liberty Global’s performance in CEE in the first six months of the year was something of a mixed bag and the company […]
Vivendi: bringing on back the good times?
Is Vivendi looking again at building a network of European pay-TV operations. Julian Clover goes back to the future. One of the delights of being a hack in the television […]
The Polsat way
Chris Dziadul looks at Polsat – past, present and future Polsat holds a unique position in Polish broadcasting. The country’s first national commercial TV station, it made its debut in […]
Boxed in
BSkyB has purchased set-top manufacturer Amstrad in a £125 million (€171m) deal. Julian Clover assesses what might happen next It should not be the company that causes the surprise, Amstrad […]
Sporting Chance
Setanta is looking to displace Sky Sports in Virgin Media homes. Julian Clover looks at the new alliance Sport, particularly football, has always been a key driver for pay-TV in […]
Battling on
Chris Dziadul analyses MTG’s latest results Results published by Sweden’s Modern Times Group (MTG) earlier this week only serve to confirm the increasingly important role Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) […]
Completing IPTV
Complete TV is supplying Simply Global TV with a DTT-IPTV set-top that will be used for the distribution of international channels to a UK audience. Julian Clover reports. IPTV seems […]
Catch-up time
Chris Dziadul looks at developments in Hungarian cable The news that Hungary has finally lifted an unusual rule that placed limits on how many subscribers cable operators can serve must […]
IPTV draws nearer
Chris Dziadul looks at competition in Poland’s telco market The importance of competition in the broadband sector is strongly emphasised in a report just published by Poland’s Office of Electronic […]
Courting Westminster
BBC director-general Mark Thompson has given Westminster a message that public service broadcasting can support the commercial sector, but needn’t be bloated. Julian Clover reports. There were two sides to […]