UPC Nederland will drop BBC Prime from its digital bouquet at the beginning of February. The Dutch cabler will continue to carry the national BBC channels BBC One, BBC Two, […]
New blow for Polish media law
The enactment of a new Polish media law, and with it the future model for financing the public broadcaster TVP, is once more up in the air.
No delay for US switch-off
The switch-off of all analogue terrestrial broadcasts in the US will most likely take place on February 17 as planned, with the House of Representatives having failed to pass a […]
VOOM HD reaches into Latin America
VOOM HD Networks has announced an agreement with DLA for the distribution of its VOOM HD feed in Latin America. The move gives VOOM HD a footprint throughout Latin America, […]
Croatian cable attracts interest
The incumbent Slovenian telco Telekom Slovenije is examining the possibility of entering Croatia’s cable market.
Dutch cablers win neighbouring rights case
NLKabel, the Dutch association of cablers, has won a case about payment of neighbouring rights to musicians and actors which was started in August 2007 by the Norma organisation.
In orbit failure for Eutelsat W2 replacement
Eutelsat Communications’ new W2N satellite has been rejected by the satellite operator after an in-orbit failure. The EADS Astrium/ISRO Antrix-built satellite was being moved from in-orbit testing to its operating […]
Triple play continues Unitymedia growth
Unitymedia has increased the number of subscriptions to its triple play offer of internet, telephony and digital TV by 66% year-on-year. In an end of year subscriber update, the Cologne-based […]
UPC Austria to roll out DOCSIS 3.0
UPC Austria has announced it will now roll out very high speed internet services using Docsis 3.0 technology, offering bandwidths up to 100 Mbps under the UPC Fiber Power brand. […]
TDF proposes new mobile TV model
The French transmitter company TDF has proposed a slimmed down version for a mobile TV service in order to jump start the new medium. At the moment, broadcasters and mobile […]