Virgin Media has closed a deal with Warner Bros to add US shows including Nip/Tuck, The West Wing and The OC to its on demand library. The shows will form […]
Kudelski beats analyst expectations
Kudelski’s digital television business broke through the SFr500 million (€307.39) revenue mark for the first time in 2006. The security company was reporting full year net profits of SFr138.53 million, […]
Norway fuels Canal Digital growth
Norway continues to be a happy hunting ground for Canal Digital. The pay-TV platform added 37,000 new DTH subscribers in the final quarter of 2006, primairily in its home market, […]
100+ complaints over Sky cable promos
Customers protesting at BSkyB’s call to action on the possible withdrawal of its channels from the Virgin Media platform have sent more than 100 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority. […]
Virgin acquires HBO VOD package
Virgin Media has announced a major content supply agreement with Home Box Office for a 50-hour package including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and Entourage. The programmes, most of which […]
Sky ups ante in Virgin carriage row
BSkyB has increased the pressure on Virgin Media by broadcasting a promotion telling customers to contact the cable operator’s customer services department if they wish to continue viewing the Sky […]
Cabovisão and OpVista Join EuroCableLabs
CABLE CONGRESS – AMSTERDAM. Today EuroCableLabs announced that Cabovisão Televisao por Cabo, S.A. of Portugal, an affiliate of Cogeco Cable Inc. of Canada, and OpVista joined EuroCableLabs. Cabovisão is becoming […]
Cable can learn from Google
CABLE CONGRESS – AMSTERDAM. Should traditional parties such as cable companies and commercial broadcasters are afraid of newcomers such as Google? On the contrary was the message of Vincent Dureau, […]
Ready, Steady, Cable
CABLE CONGRESS – AMSTERDAM. The congress theme is That’s Entertainment, and under the watchful eye of BBC Prime’s Ainsley Harriot at the Convention Factory we were. The celebrity chef, turned […]
Cable Europe seeks regulatory harmony
CABLE CONGRESS – AMSTERDAM. Certain European member states still believe their markets are different and require special legislation. That’s the view of Cable Europe vice president Manuel Kohnstamm, addressing a […]