Channel 4 has launched a new online catch-up service that allows viewers to view shows from the past seven days. The new service, found at channel4.com, is separate to the […]
Polsat slashes individual IPO bids
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has reduced bids in the individual investor segment of its forthcoming IPO by 88.5%.
NDS nudging 90m active smart cards
NDS has announced an increase in third quarter revenues of 20% bringing in $213.3 million to the News Corp technology division. Nine-month revenues were up 25% to $633.1 million.
Orion Cable closes KDG networks sale
The German cable operator Orion Cable said it has closed the sale of a number of its networks to Kabel Deutschland KDG. Early April regulators approved the sale, which netted […]
M6 buys online company Cyréalis
The French commercial broadcaster M6 has bought into the online company Cyréalis to increase it web presence. The acquisition through its subsidiary M6 Web will add a number of popular web […]
Gemstar approves Macrovision purchase
Gemstar-TV Guide International has approved the purchase of the company by Macrovision.
Costs cap Canal Digital
The expansion of the Canal Digital product portfolio helped increase first quarter sales at the Nordic pay-TV platform from NOK1,396m (€174.94m) to NOK1,477m (€185.09m). However, higher content and hardware cost […]
Sky churn at lowest level for 4 years
BSkyB put evidence of the resilience of the pay-TV sector in the current credit crunch forward today. The DTH broadcaster reported net customer growth of 56,000 as total subscribers reached […]
Financial high for CME
The US investment company CME enjoyed a significant upturn in its financial fortunes in the first quarter, its net revenues of $223,470,000 (€143,181,163) being 51% up on the corresponding period […]
NXP to acquire Conexant’s STB operations
NXP Semiconductors is to acquire the Broadband Media Processing (BMP) business of Conexant Systems for $110 million (€70.4 million) in cash with an additional payment of up to $35 million […]