Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is to buy a number of cable networks from Orion Cable for €585 million, thereby increasing its customer total by 1.2 million homes. At the same time, […]
Unitymedia to promote digital switchover
German cable operator Unitymedia plans to promote digital switchover amongst its subscribers by offering a carrot and using a stick. A campaign called “Jetzt Digital” (Digital Now) offers subscribers the […]
Dutch cable launches charity channel
Thursday next week, September 26, the new Dutch charity channel GoedTV (GoodTV) will launch on the digital platforms of all Dutch cable operators. The channel has been active for some […]
Digital birthday channel for RTL-TVi
The Belgian commercial French language broadcaster RTL-TVi will launch a special digital birthday channel on September 20 to mark the 20th anniversary of the broadcaster. Called RTL-TVi 20 ans the […]
NLKabel: Dutch Central Antenna Association rebranded
Following the rebranding of ECCA into Cable Europe and the Belgian Association of Cable Operators into Cable Belgium a year ago, the VECAI or Dutch association of Central Antenna System […]
Cogeco ponders CEE cable acquisitions
The Canadian MSO Cogeco Cable is looking to acquire cable operations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), according to its president and CEO Louis Audet. Speaking during a media and […]
UPC launches digital TV in Bratislava
The long-awaited debut of UPC’s digital cable service in the Czech Republic has been accompanied by the launch of one in neighbouring Slovakia. Known as UPC Digital, it is initially […]
UPC brings HD to Austria
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. UPC Austria will introduce HD services on its network in Austria as part of the switch over from analogue to digital. The operator plans to switch […]
UPC Czech starts digital cable service
UPC has finally launched its digital cable TV service in the Czech Republic after a four-month trial period. Initially available on most of the operator’s networks, including those in the […]
Kabel BW to start VOD in 2008
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. Kabel BW executive Gerhard Bickmann has confirmed the German regional cablenet will commence the rollout of on demand television services next year. Speaking at a lunch […]