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Ofcom fines Virgin Media £23.8m over telecare switchover failures

December 1, 2025 12.54 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million for disconnecting vulnerable customers relying on telecare alarms during the operator’s migration from analogue to digital landlines. 

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline Edited: 2 December 2025 12:50

Tele Columbus hit by further decline in TV customers

November 26, 2025 14.16 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Tele Columbus has reported another decline in its TV customer base in the third quarter of 2025, underscoring the prolonged impact of the cable fee reform more […]

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Tele Columbus Edited: 26 November 2025 14:16

Vodafone to offer ZDF channels in HD only from mid-November

October 6, 2025 11.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone will carry all ZDF channels on its German cable network exclusively HD resolution from 18 November 2025.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, TV Tagged With: ARD, Astra, H.264, MPEG-4, NorDig-LCN, SD switch-off, Vodafone Deutschland, ZDF Edited: 7 October 2025 12:51

Virgin Media awarded €345,000 following underwater cable incident

September 24, 2025 13.58 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The High Court in Dublin has ruled in favour of Virgin Media Wholesale Limited in a ten-year old case involving an undersea fibre-optic cable in the Irish Sea.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline Edited: 26 September 2025 13:49

FRK Broadband Congress: German fibre rollout faces harsh reality

September 10, 2025 14.08 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The 28th FRK Broadband Congress opened today in Leipzig with sharp warnings about fibre market realities and calls for stronger customer focus.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Fibre, Finance, Platforms Tagged With: FRK, FRK Broadband Congress, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Henrik Bremer, Latus Consulting, Ralf Berger, Sebastian Krems, Wirtschaftsrat Recht Edited: 12 September 2025 11:08

Satellite remains Germany’s leading TV platform – IPTV on the rise

September 8, 2025 12.29 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

DTH satellite remains the most widely used TV reception infrastructure in Germany, even though the platform lost households over the past year.

Filed Under: Cable, IPTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Astra, Astra TV Monitor 2024, Christoph Mühleib, SES Germany Edited: 8 September 2025 12:29

Vodafone restructures TV frequencies across Germany to boost cable performance

September 1, 2025 23.39 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone Deutschland has begun a large-scale restructuring of the frequencies used to transmit digital TV and radio signals on its cable network.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story, TV Tagged With: NorDig-LCN, Tanja Richter, Vodafone Deutschland Edited: 3 September 2025 13:48

Virgin Media offers discounted subscription to Mubi

August 25, 2025 10.16 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Virgin Media O2 has launched a partnership with MUBI, offering Virgin TV customers a six-month subscription at a 70% discount — a deal that saves viewers more than £50.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline Tagged With: Mubi, UK, Virgin Media Edited: 26 August 2025 21:09

Virgin Media O2 holds on to fixed network

July 30, 2025 14.03 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Plans to spin-off Virgin Media O2’s fixed network in the UK have been scrapped.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Top Story Edited: 1 August 2025 14:26

AgileTV to develop and implement LIWEST’s TV service in Austria

June 26, 2025 15.55 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

TV and video technology solutions provider AgileTV signed an agreement with Austrian telco LIWEST to develop and implement its TV service in Austria.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: AgileTV, Koldo Unanue, Liwest, Stefan Gintenreiter Edited: 26 June 2025 15:57

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