The Austrian public broadcaster ORF will launch its newly designed and refreshed online web TV portal, ORF-TVthek next Monday (November 16). It will offer a wider choice of on-demand programming.
Astra and RAI launch HD demo channel
SES-Astra and the Italian public broadcaster RAI are launching an HD demo channel on the orbital position at 23.5 degrees East.
Liberty Global in €3.5bn Unity Media purchase
Liberty Global, the US-owner of UPC Broadband, is to purchase the German cablenet Unity Media for €3.5 billion. Private equity owners Finakabel Holdings/BC Partners and Apollo Management were expected to […]
Viasat Ukraine adds football channels
Viasat Broadcasting is to add the Football and Football Extra channels to its DTH platform Viasat in Ukraine.
New MD for Chello CE
Levente Malnay has been appointed the MD of Chello Central Europe.
Mirifice secures Russian contract
Russia’s Comstar-UTS is to use a set-top box testing system from Mirifice for all its future IPTV and set-top box deployments.
Telefónica TV adds 15%
Telefónica Group added 15.1% to its pay-TV connections year-on-year. Telefónica Europe enjoyed growth of 8%, while for Telefónica Latinoamérica sales climbed by 6.9%.
New manager for MTV Networks Hungary
MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has appointed Gábor Horváth Dori as general manager, MTV Networks Hungary.
BT Vision seeks better quality customers
BT Vision says it is seeking an improvement in the quality of its customer base after suffering another miserable quarter.
Sky Deutschland upbeat amidst increasing losses
The combination of increased programming costs and lower revenues have led Sky Deutschland to further losses in the third quarter.