The take-up of digital TV grew significantly in Hungary in 2009, with 1.141 million homes receiving services supplied by the 14 leading suppliers at year’s end.
Multimedia tops 100,000 digital subs
The Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska ended 2009 with over 106,000 subscribers to its digital cable and IPTV services, or 40% more than a year earlier.
Hispasat stages Spain’s first 3D broadcast
Hispasat has facilitated Spain’s first 3D transmission of a sporting event.
Ofcom: filters and flyleads will remove LTE interference
An Ofcom commissioned report into the possibility of interference from LTE handsets to DVB-T receivers has concluded the installation of high quality filters and aerial flyleads can resolve the majority […]
Deutsche Telekom names winners Interactive TV Award 2009
The winners of the Deutsche Telekom Interactive TV Award 2009 have been announced.The Jury selected the best ideas for the future TV: broad|Support with the customisable Bundesliga application Meine Konferenz […]
Italy cuts pay-TV advertising
The Italian government has approved legislation that will reduce the amount of advertising that can be carried by pay-TV channels including those operated by Sky Italia.
ZON Zaps Eutelsat
Eutelsat has signed a contract with Upstar Comunicações for broadcasting the Zap pay-TV platform, expected to launch shortly in Angola.
Pace profits jump four-fold
Pace has further cemented its position on the digital TV technologies market in 2009 with profits of £69.9 million, a 405% increase on the £13.8 million of 2008.
Numericable expands DTT play
French cable operator Numéricable is taking advantage of its free digital terrestrial offer to hook up homes to more of its services. The cabler is now rolling out free-to-view access […]
Sharp increase in ZON triple play
Leading Portuguese cablenet ZON Multimedia has reported a 17.66 percentage point increase in the number of subscribers taking its triple play services. The operator has also reversed a recent decline […]