Cablecom has announced details of the channels that will move to digital only broadcasts in German-speaking Switzerland during 2007. The migration process will be carried out in two phases in April and June 2007 and follows last November’s agreement with the price regulator. The capacity will be used for a new standard digital service, beginning […]
HOT drops international channels
Three major international broadcasters are being dropped by the Israeli cable platform HOT from the beginning of February. BBC Prime, Eurosport News and National Geographic’s Adventure One are being replaced by channels from China, Georgia and Ethiopia. HOT has recently added the English language version of international news channel France 24 and plans to add […]
EuroCableLabs issues first 2007 certifications
EuroCableLabs has issued EuroDOCSIS and EuroPacketCable certification to a series of cable modem products manufactured by Motorola, Netgear and Zhondiantong Digital TV. An Arris cable modem that sports an integrated phone adaptor (E-MTA) received both EuroDOCSIS 2.0 and EuroPacketCable 1.5 certification. The equipment will now be able to carry the EuroCableLabs logo, signaling to cable […]
Extended cable carriage for VIVA Telenovelas
Dori Media Group has extended its agreement with the Israeli cable platform HOT for the extended carriage of its two Telenovela channels VIVA and VIVA Platina. VIVA, Dori’s main channel with no connection to the MTV Networks’ owned channel, is carried in HOT’s basic package. VIVA Platina is a premium channel and broadcasts on weekends […]