Poland is likely to award an operators’ licence for its second DTT multiplex this autumn, according to Anna Strezynska, the president of the country’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE).
Digital milestone for UPC
UPC’s digital cable service now has 40,000 subscribers in Slovakia.
Canal Digital drops Hallmark
Hallmark Channel is to disappear from Canal Digital screens from September 1, resulting in the loss of over one million homes in the Nordic region.
Italy passes 10m DTT installs
Italy now has 10,186,000 DTT installations after an increase of 346,000 units in March took the country over the magic 10 million mark.
Cellcast facing lack of participation
Cellcast has said the UK’s “unprecedented economic contraction “ has led to declining margins on its participation TV services broadcast over the Sky Digital platform.
TNtop to introduce hybrid receiver
The French terrestrial pay-TV platform TNtop will introduce a second generation set-top box offering additional services over broadband internet access.
New German DTH platform to offer Kabelkiosk
The German firm AllesSehen GmbH (SeeAll Inc) is to launch a new DTH platform that will draw on channels broadcast by the Eutelsat Kabelkiosk platform.
BBC Prime goes to Eurobird 9
BBC Worldwide has signed a distribution deal with Globecast for delivery of its international channel BBC Prime on the Eutelsat Eurobird 9A satellite.
Romanian cableco sets targets
Romania’s Digital Cable Systems (DCS) expects to post a turnover of RON103 million (€24.6 million) this year, or 10% more than in 2008.
Croatian film channel offered free
Croatia’s leading cable operator B.net has begun to offer the new film channel Cinestar TV free of charge.