The association of medium-sized cable operators in Germany FRK (Fachverband Rundfunkempfangs- und Kabelanlagen) has warned that the agreement between the German football league DFL and Leo Kirch’s marketing organisation Sirius […]
CableTEL flexes its muscles
The leading Bulgarian MSO CableTEL will expand into Albania by the end of the year, according to a local report, having already established a presence in neighbouring Macedonia and Serbia. […]
Upgrade for Berlin cablenet
Kabel Deutschland’s plans to upgrade the Berlin cable network will begin to come to fruition next week. Berlin, despite being the first area in the country to switch to DTT, […]
New French sports launch
A new sports channel kicks off in the Francophone market on Sunday. Ma Chaîne Sport will be available in France, Belgium and Luxembourg with carriage already secured on the French […]
CNN threatens to pull itself from HOT
CNN International has said it will suspend the right of Israel’s Hot Cable Systems Media (HOT) to transmit the channel after the present agreement expires if the two parties cannot […]
Spin-off weighs on PT Multimedia
Profits at Portuguese cable and satellite operator PT Multimedia fell to €11.5 million in the third quarter, from €16.9 one year ago, as the company was hit by costs connected […]
UPC Austria want people to say no to DTT
As the final analogue switch off takes place in Vienna, UPC Austria has launched a special campaign, in which people will receive free digital TV for a period of 12 […]
Aster charts its progress
PIKE Conference, ZAKOPANE. According to Joanna Pasynkiewicz, a member of the board and head of marketing at Aster, the Polish MSO currently has 100,000 Internet, 50,000 digital TV and 40,000 […]
In-Di adds three more HD channels
The Belgian cable operator Interkabel will increase the number of HD channels available on the In-Di digital platform to ten with the addition of three new HD channels. From November […]
PIKE calls for changes
PIKE Conference, ZAKOPANE. Speaking at the opening of the 31st Polish Chamber of Electronic Communication (PIKE) conference and exhibition in Zakopane, its president Jerzy Straszewki has called for changes to […]