The German version of the pan-European cultural channel Arte will start regular HD transmissions on Astra on January 1, 2009. The French HD version of the channel will already be […]
Paris gets its local DTT channels
The French media authority CSA has given the green light for a March 20 launch of seven new local broadcasters in the Ile-de-France, or greater Paris area.
TeleColumbus chooses NDS VideoGuard for delivery platform
The TeleColumbus Group, Germany’s third-largest cable operator, said it has chosen NDS VideoGuard as the conditional access technology for its own digital delivery platform in cooperation with Eutelsat as of […]
German cablers claim 4 million digital subs
The three large German cable operators, KDG, Unitymedia and Kabel BW, now claim a total of 4 million digital households, including Premiere subscribers. Without Premiere, they had 2.67 million digital […]
Bluwin TV posts 70,000 subscribers
The Swiss IPTV service Bluwin TV from Swisscom posted 70,000 connected homes at the end of last year, according to the company. The company plans to have between 200,000 and […]
DTT debuts in Lithuania
The Lithuanian incumbent telco TEO LT has launched a DTT service named Digital GALA.
Czech digital take-up grows
According to data produced by Mediaresearch, the percentage of Czech homes receiving digital TV services almost doubled from 7% to 12% in 2007.
Comstar expands in Moscow region
Comstar-UTS has announced plans to develop telecom services in the Podolsky part of Moscow region.
New channel for Slovakia
The Slovak Broadcasting Council (RVR) has awarded a licence to a new religious channel named TV Lux.
TVP to go political
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has announced plans to launch another thematic channel.