Virgin Media says the first full month of ITV programmes on the cablenet’s on demand service brought in four million views to the TV platform.
Drahi makes Cool purchase in HOT
French cable executive Patrick Drahi has purchased a 14.96% share in the Israeli cable operator HOT. The founder of Altice, the key investor in the French cablenet Numericable, purchased the […]
Virgin adds HD to its BBC iPlayer
BBC HD content has been added to Virgin Media’s cable version of the BBC iPlayer. It is a welcome boost for the free area of Virgin’s on demand catalogue and […]
ZON restores RTP news distribution
Officials from cablenet ZON and the Portuguese public broadcaster RTP have reached agreement on the continued distribution of 24-hour news network RTP N.
Vivendi: conditions not right for Digital+
Vivendi chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy has told his company’s AGM that the right conditions for reaching a deal for the purchase of Digital+ had yet to be met. His comments […]
Telekom consolidates in Montenegro
The Hungarian incumbent telco Magyar Telekom has given the go-ahead to the consolidation of its operations in Montenegro.
RTE launches catch-up TV
RTE has introduced the RTE Player, its new online catch-up service, offering Irish broadband users a window of up to 21 days on broadcast content.
Boom time for Croatian IPTV
Croatia’s leading IPTV platform MAXtv ended Q1 with 150,953 subscribers, or 167.9% more than in the corresponding quarter in 2008.
Prague prepares for D(igital) Day
The Czech capital Prague will become the first major all-digital region in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) tomorrow (May 1).
KDG builds NDS German footprint
Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has chosen NDS to act as an “end to end provider of technology solutions” as the operator looks to build its digital TV services. The 10-million subscriber […]