In an attempt to block illegal viewing German pay TV operator last night again changed the keys to its Nagravision encryption system. For the past few months there has been […]
Top marks for Eurosport and Polsat Sport
According to data produced by AGB Nielsen Media Research, Eurosport was the most popular channel amongst viewers aged 4+ in Poland in the first half of the year. It claimed […]
KPN acquires Belgian Tele2 operations
Versatel Telecom International today announced that it has agreed to sell the shares in its Belgian subsidiaries Versatel Belgium N.V. and Tele2 Belgium N.V. to KPN. KPN will pay Versatel […]
Meisel to head up TV Puls
According to local reports, Farrell Meisel has been confirmed as the head of the News Corp.-backed Polish station TV Puls. A US citizen, he initially took up the post in […]
New station for Slovakia
The self-governing Slovak region of Banská Bystrica (BBSK) plans to launch its own TV station on September 1. Speaking to the local media, the region’s president Milan Murgas said that […]
Discovery to buy remaining DMax shares
The German branch of Discovery Channel wants to buy the remaining shares in documentary channel DMax from Spiegel-TV and DCTP. The company already owns 98% of the German language FTA […]
Cablecom outsources network upgrade
Cablecom is to outsource the expansion of its network with 62 employees from its network department transferring to Alpine Energie and Cablex. The Swiss cablenet is anticipating that one million […]
German SSN sports channel launched
The new 24/7 German sports channel Super Sports Network (SSN) has launched as part of the Kabelkiosk bouquet on the Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 2 for distribution over independent cable networks. […]
High quality Danish mobile test
Tests of the DVB-H mobile TV system in Copenhagen by Viasat and TDC have concluded the quality of sound and picture to be “extraordinarily good”. The tests involved just 20 […]
Sistema quashes Sky Link rumours
Russia’s Sistema has announced that it does not plan to reduce its 50% stake in the telco Sky Link, which it jointly owns with RTDC. However, it has no objections […]