With new entries to the Sky EPG effectively on hold, over half of the new television service licence awards granted by Ofcom in September were for channels targeting countries outside […]
Kirch is back in business; Premiere not pleased
German media mogul Leo Kirch is back in business with his new deal to market the games of the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). Starting in 2009, Kirch’s Sirius subsidiary has […]
SES creates new engineering division
SES has brought together all of its engineering activities into a single entity covering satellite, ground, procurement, engineering and operational services. Martin Halliwell, SES Astra’s long serving chief technology officer, […]
Redback fibre route for Neuf Cegetel
The French alternative telco Neuf Cegetel has selected Ericsson and its Redback subsidiary for its next generation fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) aggregation network for both residential and business services. The vendors will […]
Belgacom upgrades IPTV net for HD
The Belgian incumbent telco Belgacom has selected Alcatel-Lucent to supply it with its fibre-to-the-node VDSL2-network. The network upgrade is scheduled to be completed in spring 2008. Belgacom’s Broadway infrastructure programme […]
UPC Poland sets digital launch date
UPC will launch a digital cable TV service in Poland in Q2 2008. Speaking to the local press, UPC Polska president Simon Boyd said it will be rolled out on […]
Dolce reaches 300,000-subscriber mark
The Romanian DTH platform Dolce, which is operated by the OTE-backed incumbent telco Romtelecom, now has 300,000 subscribers. Launched 10 months ago, it competes in a market also served by […]
Hungary strikes digital balance
Hungary’s Radio and Television Board (ORTT) has decided to grant a total of HUF85 million (€340,228) to two news-based channels for the introduction of digital broadcasting. While the right-of-centre Hir […]
BNT seeks digital funding
The Bulgarian public broadcaster BNT has asked the government to contribute BGN300 million (€153.5 million) for its digitalisation, according to local reports. Of this, up to a third would be […]
TV leads in Latvia
According to data produced by TNS Latvia and LRA, total ad spend in Latvia in H1 2007 amounted to LVL39,925,000 (€ 57,407,283), or 16% more than in the corresponding period […]