Sweden’s dominant cable operator Com Hem took advantage of demand across digital TV telephony and broadband services as it improved its net sales by 13.9% in the second half of […]
Medical appointment service goes live
The UK’s digital booking service for doctor’s appointments has gone live on Sky Digital, Virgin Media and mobile phones. The national service covers over 1,100 surgeries across the country and […]
Multikabel M-CMTS rollout reaches 50,000 subs
The rollout of BigBand Networks modular cable termination system (M-CMTS) with Multikabel in the Netherlands has passed more than 50,000 subscribers. The deployment is believed to be the first commercial […]
Setanta free for Virgin big basic customers
Virgin Media and Setanta Sports have agreed a significant distribution deal that will place six Setanta channels in Virgin Media’s big basic XL TV package. The cablenet has stressed that […]
New dawn for Hungarian cable
Hungary’s cable industry is bracing itself for huge change following the scrapping of a rule that prevented operators from providing services to more than one-third of the population. The move […]
More buys for CableTel and Eurocom
Consolidation in Bulgaria’s cable industry continues. Local reports indicate that CableTel, the country’s leading MSO, has received regulatory approval to buy Eurocom ABC, an operator based in the town of […]
Polish Multimedia expands
The Polish MSO Multimedia Polska has acquired 15 cable networks in the central and northern regions of the country for PLN33 million (€8.8 million). The networks, which were previously owned […]
Cartel office approves Bundesliga sublicence
The German Federal Cartel Office has given its approval to plans by Arena to sublicense the rights to Bundesliga football coverage to Premiere through to the end of the 2008/09 […]
UKE springs into action
Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has set out the Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) terms under which the cable operator Multimedia Polska will have access to the incumbent telco TPSA’s […]
Cablecom backs Teleclub relaunch
The long awaited relaunch of the Swiss premium channel Teleclub will take place on July 24. Following the settlement of a long running dispute with the cable operator Cablecom, subscribers […]