Canal+ is to shift the focus of its operations in the Nordic region, moving from a centralised management towards the development of the pay-TV channel in the individual countries, and […]
Malone mulls Virgin bid
US cable executive John Malone is considering entering the race to buy Virgin Media. In an interview with the Financial Times, the Liberty Global chairman said the company was currently […]
Sporting Chance
Setanta is looking to displace Sky Sports in Virgin Media homes. Julian Clover looks at the new alliance Sport, particularly football, has always been a key driver for pay-TV in […]
KDG increases revenues as losses widen
Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has increased its revenues by 8% to €1,093.2 million in the year ending March 31, 2007, but at the expense of losses which increased to €99.2 million […]
Cable boost for Thomson set-tops
Cable clients Kabel Deutschland and UPC helped Thomson increase its market for access products in the first half of 2007. Thomson has a reported that it has shipped a total […]
Casema to use OpenTV in HD deployment
OpenTV has confirmed its technologies will be used in Casema’s new high definition television services. The Dutch cablenet plans to deploy HD digital video recorders with OpenTV Core2 middleware, OpenTV […]
Virgin teams with Setanta on sports news channel
Virgin Media and Setanta Sports have announced plans to launch a free-to-air sports news channel. The move had been widely anticipated. Setanta Sports News will be available exclusively to the […]
Harmonic buys transcoding company
Harmonic has acquired the transcoding software vendor Rhozet Corporation for $15.5 million (€11.3 million) in a mixture of cash and 1.1 million Harmonic shares to compliment its line of compression […]
Virgin-Sky case could continue into 2008
Virgin Media subscribers looking for a return of Sky’s basic channels could be in for a long wait. The High Court in London heard on Tuesday that the case between […]
KPN loses bid to open Dutch cablenets
Dutch cablenets Casema, Essent, Multikabel, UPC, and Delta Kabel have won their appeal against OPTA’s March 17, 2006 ruling on broadcast distribution services. The business tribunal (College van Beroep voor […]