The History Channel is to launch in Iceland this Sunday (April 1). It will make its debut on the Skjarinn ADSL platform and cable system as part of the Scandinavian […]
Chiddix named Vyyo vice chairman
Former OpenTV chairman and CEO Jim Chiddix has emerged as the vice chairman of broadband access equipment supplier Vyyo. Chiddix, whose career also includes a 15-year tenure as CTO of […]
KDG increases basic digital to 102 channels
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is to introduce 26 new channels to its basic digital line-up bringing the total number of channels available to 102. The increased number is […]
UPC Czech ups the ante
UPC plans an almost four-fold increase in the Internet access speeds it offers in the Czech Republic from the beginning of April. As a result, they will now start at […]
Walloon cable consolidates
VOO, a consortium of Brutélé and ALE, is to acquire the other eight cable operators in the French-speaking half of Belgium in a deal worth at least €475 million. The […]
Ethnic bouquets for ish and iesy
German cable operators ish and iesy have introduced three foreign language bouquets. Launched on Friday (March 23) the bouquets are for Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian viewers. The Serb package is […]
Greek IPTV market takes off, Vivodi launches service
Vivodi Telecom has said its ‘cable TV by Vivodi’ service is now up and running. Using a MEDIAstream platform supplied by MCOM, a leading Greek company in television technology over […]
US court: no network-DVR for Cablevision
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that Cablevision will not be allowed to roll out a network-based DVR. The decision comes as blow […]
Dutch launch for Comedy Central
Viacom’s Comedy Central will launch in The Netherlands on April 30. The channel will broadcast in the evenings only in a channel share with the Dutch version of Nickelodeon and […]
Last Tango for Luxembourg’s T.TV
Luxembourg broadcaster T.TV (Tango TV) has closed and the station and its assets have been put up for sale. Broadcasts at the Tele2 venture ceased last Friday (March 16) amid […]