Luxembourg broadcaster T.TV (Tango TV) has closed and the station and its assets have been put up for sale. Broadcasts at the Tele2 venture ceased last Friday (March 16) amid […]
4Fun extends coverage
According to local reports, 4Fun Media, the owner of the Polish participation channel 4Fun TV, has signed an agreement with Vingo TV, a UK-based company owned by Timeshift Media. It […]
Multimedia/TPSA ink deal
The Polish MSO Multimedia Polska is reported to have signed a fixed line telephony interconnection agreement with the country’s incumbent telco TPSA. It will come into effect on July 1 […]
Austria’s RTR to subsidise set-top boxes
The Austrian media regulator RTR is to spend €5 million on subsidising 66,666 boxes at €60 each to encourage the transition to digital broadcasting. Currently, subscribers of 25 operators serving […]
Swisscom hikes access fees
Swisscom’s local loop will be unbundled on April 1, when the new Swiss telecom law comes into effect. In the run-up to the development, the telco has announced that the […]
Telenet posts 800,000 broadband subs
Telenet, the Flemish cable operator controlled by Liberty Global, now has 800,000 broadband Internet subscribers. This represents a penetration rate of 30%, or the same figure as for cable homes […]
CT looks for earlier mux launch
The Czech public broadcaster CT has asked the country’s Telecom Office (CTU) if it can bring the launch of its DTT multiplex forward to later this year. The roll out […]
Polsat prepares for mobile/HD services
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has chosen Nokia as the core supplier for the mobile virtual network it plans to launch later this year. It has also signed an […]
New Austro-Hungarian IPTV deal
According to local reports, the leading Hungarian website production and development company MCOnet has signed an agreement with Vienna-based webfreetv.com. Under it, the two parties will jointly set up IPTV […]
VOOM HD comes to Hong Kong
Hong Kong based IPTV operator PCCW and Rainbow Networks have signed a carriage agreement to launch the VOOM HD channel in Hong Kong, the first launch of the channel in […]