The Polish national commercial broadcaster TVN has posted a consolidated net loss of PLN78.33 million (€21.59 million) for the third quarter, as opposed to one of PLN3.33 million in the […]
Broadband boost for Magyar Telekom
The incumbent Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom posted strong growth in its ADSL and cable broadband services in Q3, recording over 680,000 broadband subscribers at the end of September. However, its […]
TVP acts against online distributor
The Polish public broadcaster TVP is reported to be taking legal action against the owners of a website named Tvseriale.pl, which shows clips of TV series free of charge. The […]
Microsoft targets Russian online market
Microsoft aims to become the third largest online advertiser in Russia by 2011, according to a local report. However, in providing services through its msn.ru portal, it will face strong […]
Channel looks into Africa
A new channel promoting the lifestyle and culture of Southern Africa is launching on the Sky Digital platform on November 26. Southern Africa Direct is designed to promote the region […]
100,000 registered for BT Vision
BT Vision has tripled the number of customers receiving the IPTV service to 70,000. The UK telco has a further 30,000 customers waiting to be connected and has introduced a […]
Thor 5 set for February launch
Telenor Satellite Broadcast has confirmed February 8, 2008 as the launch date for its new Thor 5 satellite. The launch had been delayed by the September 6 failure of JCSAT […]
Xgrad launches football fan video portal
The German company xgrad medien has launched halbzeit.in, a web portal dedicated to football fan video clips. Fans can upload any video clip they want, as long as it concerns […]
Premiere Direkt Plus reports 225,000 customers
Premiere has said it now has 225,000 customers for its Push-VOD service Premiere Direkt Plus, which it launched in 2005. The system uses a Humax PVR, where a special partition […]
New corporate identity for German RTL
All German interests of the RTL Group will from now on operate under one single corporate identity, to be known as Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (Media group RTL Germany). This will […]