Bouygues Telecom has reported a sharp rise in the take-up of its Bbox triple play service, with 645,000 homes connected at the end of September. This marks an increase of […]
New Le Cube keeps Canal+ subs on the rise
This summer’s new version of Le Cube personal video recorder has helped Canal+ increase subscriber numbers by 248,000 in the first nine months of 2010.
Kabelkiosk adds Fox HD, NatGeo HD
KabelKiosk, the headend-in-the-sky service for small and medium sized cable operators from Eutelsat, has added two HD channels from Fox Channels International.
BBC sells Animal Planet stake
BBC Worldwide is selling its 50% interest in Animal Planet to its partner Discovery Channel for $156 million (€114 million). The agreement, which also sees Worldwide exit Liv, will allow […]
Cord cutting is biggest challenge
CONNECTIONS 2010 – AMSTERDAM. Premium technical support services is one key factor that raises customer satisfaction and reduces churn, said chief analyst Kurt Scherf from Park Associates.
Russian CTC inks advertising deal
The Russian commercial broadcaster CTC Media has entered into an agreement with the ad sales house Video International (VI).
German broadband TV channels top 1,200
The number of broadband TV channels in the German-speaking market numbers 1,275, according to a new study prepared for the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM) by Berlin strategy […]
Turkish D-Smart grows sub base
The Turkish DTH platform D-Smart ended the third quarter with 1,227,000 subscribers, or 152,000 more than 12 months earlier.
Polsat to buy Polsat
Poland’s leading DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat is to buy its parent company Telewizja Polsat from its current owners Zygmunt Solorz-Zak and Heronim Ruta for PLN3.75 billion (€944.7 million). It will […]
Investors interest in Orange Cinéma Séries
The Swedish private investment firm Parsifal AB, headed by Peter Elkelund, is looking to buy into the French premium movie channel Orange Cinéma Séries. Talking to Le Figaro, Ekelund said […]