Pier Francesco Guarguaglini has joined Eutelsat’s Board of Directors. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica, a leading Italian industrial group operating globally in the aerospace, defence and […]
New CTO for Comstar
Russia’s Sistema-backed Comstar UTS has appointed Alexander Kirillov as its new CTO. Kirillov, who replaces Wolfgang Breuer, was most recently the deputy DG of technical director of OJSC CenterTelecom. In […]
Capital move for TVN
Poland’s TVN is understood to be preparing to launch an information channel aimed specifically at viewers in Warsaw. Agency reports indicate that the service, which would be the first of […]
TVP plans new channel
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has confirmed plans to launch a new parliamentary channel. Local reports indicate that the project will be overseen by Slawomir Siwek, a member of TVP’s […]
Harmonic buys transcoding company
Harmonic has acquired the transcoding software vendor Rhozet Corporation for $15.5 million (€11.3 million) in a mixture of cash and 1.1 million Harmonic shares to compliment its line of compression […]
Ofcom renews L-band consultation
Ofcom has announced a further consultation on the proposed auction for spectrum between 1452 and 1492 MHz. The consultation is designed to address some of the issues that came out […]
Q2 sales rise for Canal Plus
Second quarter sales at Canal Plus rose to €438.7 million from €411.3m in the previous year, according to data released by owners Vivendi Universal. The increase of 6.7% compares with […]
Virgin-Sky case could continue into 2008
Virgin Media subscribers looking for a return of Sky’s basic channels could be in for a long wait. The High Court in London heard on Tuesday that the case between […]
Crunch time for TP
Analysts are painting a gloomy picture of the performance of the incumbent Polish telco Telekomunikacja Polska (TP). Although its Q2 results are not out until the end of the month, […]
Decision delay for Romanian NetCity
The Bucharest authorities are reported to have put back a final decision on the Netcity project in the Romanian capital until the middle of August. Costed at up to €200 […]