Russia’s already dynamic cable industry can look forward to a bright future.
Travel Channel to launch German version
The Travel Channel is to launch a German version in May as part of the Eutelsat Kabelkiosk headend-in-the-sky. The channel will initially reach 2.8 million households.
Subscriber boost for KDG
Kabel Deutschland ended 2008 with an increase in RGUs of 8.4%. Germany’s largest cable operator reported a total of 11,386,000 services taken by its customers including 846,300 digital TV subscriptions, […]
Chellomedia reports 360,000 subscribers
Chellomedia has said it reached a record number of 360,000 subscribers to its premium products Film1 and Sport1 in The Netherlands on February 1. This represented a 10% growth in […]
KabelBW appoints Harald Rösch
The German cable operator KabelBW has announced that the company has appointed Harald Rösch as the new chairman of the management board. He replaces Klaus Thiemann, who will join its […]
Poker Channel heads east
The Poker Channel has extended its reach into Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by signing an agreement with Vectra, Poland’s second largest cable operator.
UPC Nederland drops BBC Prime
UPC Nederland will drop BBC Prime from its digital bouquet at the beginning of February. The Dutch cabler will continue to carry the national BBC channels BBC One, BBC Two, […]
Croatian cable attracts interest
The incumbent Slovenian telco Telekom Slovenije is examining the possibility of entering Croatia’s cable market.
Dutch cablers win neighbouring rights case
NLKabel, the Dutch association of cablers, has won a case about payment of neighbouring rights to musicians and actors which was started in August 2007 by the Norma organisation.
Triple play continues Unitymedia growth
Unitymedia has increased the number of subscriptions to its triple play offer of internet, telephony and digital TV by 66% year-on-year. In an end of year subscriber update, the Cologne-based […]