Cablecom has begun the outsource of its transfer and installation work to eight private companies. In future the Swiss cablenet will instead concentrate on the prioritisation and quality control of […]
Nat Geo secures RCS/RDS deal
Nat Geo Wild has secured carriage on the cable and DTH platforms owned by Romania’s RCS/RDS throughout CEE. It will launch in fully localised form in six countries – Romania, […]
Invitel secures Tele2 acquisition approval
The Hungarian Competition Office (GVH) is reported to have given its approval to the sale of Tele2’s Hungarian business to Invitel. The deal, worth €4 million in cash, was announced […]
Major outage on Virgin Media
10.49 UPDATE. Virgin Media subscribers lost access to their cable TV service in the middle of primetime on Thursday evening. Problems were first reported at 21.28 and, although some services […]
Cable expects 16 million digital homes by year end
MIPCOM 2007 – CANNES. Cable Europe, representing the cable TV industry in Europe, announced that cable TV operators in Europe added more than two million digital TV customers in the […]
UPC Poland sets digital launch date
UPC will launch a digital cable TV service in Poland in Q2 2008. Speaking to the local press, UPC Polska president Simon Boyd said it will be rolled out on […]
Anacom releases bundle figures
Data produced by the Portuguese regulator Anacom indicates that there were a total of 503,894 homes in the country receiving double or triple play services at the beginning of July […]
CME signals Czech expansion
CME will launch a new film channel named Nova Cinema in the Czech Republic this December. Local reports say the US investment company is currently engaged in talks to secure […]
ODG launches managed VOD service
On Demand Group (ODG) has unveiled a range of branded VOD services for cable and IPTV operators. The content brands cover genres including movies, mainstream TV, kids, music videos, leisure […]
Voom HD in Virgin 50mbps trial
Voom HD is to be carried over Virgin Media’s broadband network as part of the cablenet’s trial of a 50 Mbps cable service. The deal was brokered by channel distributor […]