The incumbent Slovenian telco Telekom Slovenije is examining the possibility of entering Croatia’s cable market.
Dutch cablers win neighbouring rights case
NLKabel, the Dutch association of cablers, has won a case about payment of neighbouring rights to musicians and actors which was started in August 2007 by the Norma organisation.
In orbit failure for Eutelsat W2 replacement
Eutelsat Communications’ new W2N satellite has been rejected by the satellite operator after an in-orbit failure. The EADS Astrium/ISRO Antrix-built satellite was being moved from in-orbit testing to its operating […]
Triple play continues Unitymedia growth
Unitymedia has increased the number of subscriptions to its triple play offer of internet, telephony and digital TV by 66% year-on-year. In an end of year subscriber update, the Cologne-based […]
UPC Austria to roll out DOCSIS 3.0
UPC Austria has announced it will now roll out very high speed internet services using Docsis 3.0 technology, offering bandwidths up to 100 Mbps under the UPC Fiber Power brand. […]
TDF proposes new mobile TV model
The French transmitter company TDF has proposed a slimmed down version for a mobile TV service in order to jump start the new medium. At the moment, broadcasters and mobile […]
Tele2 Vision adds Film1 Action
The Dutch IPTV provider Tele2Vision has added the chellomedia premium movie channel Film1 Action to its portfolio. The operator says it now has 247,000 multiplay customers, but has not disclosed […]
US Senate approves analogue switch-off delay
The US Senate has approved a four-month delay in the national terrestrial analogue switch-off, or the “DTV transition” as Americans call it. The measure is intended to give consumers more […]
50% Sky+ penetration
BSkyB has made good the premise that an economic downturn can help build pay-TV numbers by adding 171,000 new customers in the second quarter and reducing churn to below 10%.
Worldwide IPTV subscribers reach 16 million
During Q3 2008, the total number of IPTV subscribers worldwide grew 10% quarter-on-quarter to over 16 Million, according to the US research firm Dittberner. The best performing operators were France […]