German cable operator PrimaCom is looking for fresh money as its owner, Luxembourg based investment firm Escaline, is in heavy debt. According to German press reports, both Versatel and Unitymedia […]
Peterka named Verimatrix CTO
Petr Peterka has been named as the new CTO at content protection firm Verimatrix.
BitTorrent’s Oscar goes to…. District 9
The Torrent Freak website has said that if every (illegal) download on BitTorrent counted as a vote, District 9 would be crowned the winner with 12,639,000 downloads, closely followed by […]
Kabel Deutschland IPO on March 22
Germany’s biggest cabler Kabel Deutschland KDG plans to raise about €700 million in an initial public offering scheduled on March 22, according to a prospectus that has just been published.
RCS/RDS provides strategic insights
Romania’s RCS/RDS, one of the leading providers of TV services in the CEE region, has provided unusually frank insights into its financial performance and business strategy.
Magyar Telekom launches weather channel
Magyar Telekom’s Origo.hu has officially launched a weather channel that can be viewed on TV, over the internet and via mobile phones.
Russian switchover in progress
DVB World 2010 – Lisbon: Russia’s four-stage plan to switch to all digital broadcasting is well underway, with new regional networks currently being deployed in Kursk, Moscow and region, St. […]
Traditional TV securing OTT presence
DVB World 2010 – Lisbon: Online TV is increasingly being dominated by broadcasters controlling access to their content, rather than making it available to third party sites, according to Screen […]
BSkyB: Hybrid strategy, but DTH core
DVB World 2010 – Lisbon: Brian Lenz, BSkyB’s director of product design and TV product development, has revealed that the technical glitches that dogged the launch of the Sky Player […]
MoCA begins networking in Europe
A survey for the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has found a viable addressable market segment exists in four major European territories.