The Italian Mediaset company will launch an 8-channel pay service on DTT, according to a report in the daily Corriere della Sera. The new service would compete with News Corp […]
New backer for CTC Media
According to local reports, Baring Vostok has sold a 6.1% stake in Russia’s CTC Media to Access Industries for an undisclosed fee. Access Industries is owned by the US billionaire […]
Hard times for Romania’s TVR
The Romanian public broadcaster TVR has announced plans for a major restructuring and at the same time denied that it is facing serious financial problems. Its general director Tudor Giurgiu, […]
More VOD and HD for Poland
The Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has announced that it will launch VOD and HDTV services in the first half of this year. It will then go on to also […]
Disney channel Africa goes 24/7
Multichoice subscribers have been able to enjoy The Disney Channel 24-hours-a-day since March 1. Disney launched a 16-hour schedule to 1.3 million DStv subscribers across South and sub-Saharan Africa on […]
Fastweb’s Scaglia backs broadband Babelgum
Fastweb founder Silvio Scaglia is backing a new broadband television and on demand service known as Babelgum. Scaglia, who is still the Italian IPTV operator’s largest shareholder is investing €10 […]
Multichoice targets East African rival
Multichoice is extending its new 14-channel digital TV package into Uganda for a monthly sh46,000 (€20.34). DStv compact is being launched at a time when Multichoice is facing new competition […]
Homolay named CTAM Europe MD
Former HBO Central Europe Regional Marketing Manager Krisztina Homolay has joined CTAM Europe (Cable Telecommunications Association for Marketing) as the organisation’s managing director. She will report to the board of […]
Tandberg installs MPEG-4 for Inuk
Tandberg Television is to supply a package of MPEG-4 AVC encoders and professional receivers to the Freewire IPTV service. Freewire is currently supplying a package of free-to-air digital channels to […]
Sky remote record goes online
Sky Digital has extended its remote record feature to the Internet. Viewers with Sky+ and Sky HD boxes will now be able to arrange for programmes to be recorded at […]