The two DTH services operated by the Polish commercial broadcaster TVN enjoyed mixed fortunes in the second quarter. While the new generation service n gained an additional 6,000 to take […]
Sky Deutschland strikes HD cable deal
Sky Deutschland has entered into a framework agreement that will put all ten Sky HD channels into an additional 600,000 cable households. The satcaster will provide the seven HD streams […]
Vintage TV targets over-50s
Vintage TV, a new music and popular culture TV channel for the over 50s, goes live in the UK on Sky and Freesat on September 1.
Tricolor deal completed
Gazprom-Media has finally completed the acquisition of Tricolor TV, Russia’s leading DTH platform in terms of subscriber numbers.
RCS/RDS revenues revealed
Romania’s leading cable and DTH operator RCS/RDS had revenues of around €5 million from smaller companies it controls in the country.
French need satellite as gap-filler
French viewers who have difficulty receiving digital terrestrial broadcasts will need to revert to DTH satellite in order to continue receiving their TV channels, according to Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Secretary of […]
Digi TV completes Nagra upgrade
Romania’s RCS/RDS has finally begun to address piracy problems surrounding its pan-regional DTH platform Digi TV. Details have also begun to emerge of the latter’s subscriber numbers.
Carey: No increase in BSkyB offer
News Corp is remaining firm on its £7.8 billion (€9.41 billion) offer for the 60% of BSkyB the media giant does not already own. In an investor call on Wednesday […]
Successful launch for Nilesat
The third Ariane 5 mission in 2010 successfully launched a pair of Thales Alenia Space-produced satellites: Nilesat 201 and Rascom-QAF1R on Wednesday, August 4.
Sky Italia back to subscriber growth
News Corp’s Italian DTH operation returned to positive subscriber growth in the quarter ending June 30, 2010.