UPC Ireland is to introduce a digital video recorder for its customers in July. The Thomson-manufactured unit will have a storage capacity of 160GB – equating to around 80 hours […]
Anga Cable ready for kick-off
ANGA CABLE – Cologne. Anga Cable will open tomorrow with a record number of 367 exhibitors from 31 countries; an increase of almost 20% compared to last year. Due to […]
Unity Media to integrate networks
ANGA CABLE – Cologne. During a press conference this Tuesday at the Anga Cable in Cologne, German cable operator Unity Media will announce the integration of its three networks, ish, […]
Battle for Primacom begins
Kabel Deutschland KDG has increased its share in cable operator Primacom AG to 18.6%, the company announced on Friday. The cable operator bought 2.92 million shares from private investor Wolfgang […]
More carriage for TVP Historia
The Polish MSO Aster has added TVP Historia to its digital programme offer. TVP Historia made its debut on May 3, becoming the public broadcaster TVP’s third thematic channel after […]
James Murdoch’s Letter to Steve Burch, May 18, 2007
Steve , Restoring Sky Basic Channels to Virgin Media Customers In response your letter of yesterday, while we welcome the sentiment that you are “fully prepared to negotiate”, we are […]
James Murdoch’s Letter to Steve Burch, May 10, 2007
SUBJECT TO CONTRACT 10 May 2007 Steve, Restoring Sky Basic channels to Virgin Media customers I am writing to you in an effort to break the impasse that has prevented […]
Virgin rejects Sky compromise
BSkyB’s latest attempts to restore the carriage of its basic channels to Virgin Media customers have been rejected by the cable operator. In letters written by BSkyB CEO James Murdoch […]
Portuguese cable broadband outpaces ADSL
According to data published by the Portuguese regulator Anacom, there were 2.083 million broadband Internet subscribers in the country as of the end of Q1 2007. Of these, almost three-quarters […]
AIG looks to Romania
According to local reports, AIG Capital Partners is to invest €45 million in Romania’s Digital Cable Systems (DCS). DCS consists of a group of small cable operators that as of […]