Chellomedia will add the new Film1 Action premium movie channel to its offer for Dutch viewers on October 1. As reported in Broadband TV News the package of five channels […]
Comstar rolls out HD/fast broadband
Russia’s Comstar-UTS has fully launched ‘Stream’-branded HDTV services in Moscow in the modernised part of the MGTS network.
Italy to start digital terrestrial switchover
The Italian government has approved the timetable for digital terrestrial switchover. The process has already started on the island of Sardinia and the Aoste Valley. Complete analogue switch-off on the […]
TV Vlaanderen reaches 70,000 homes
The Belgian DTH platform TV Vlaanderen has announced that it has reached 70,000 subscribers. MD Kurt Pauwels expects it to grow even further when, on November 30, all analogue broadcasts […]
Towercom contracts second Astra transponder
The Slovakian telecommunications and TV operator Towercom has contracted a further transponder at the Astra orbital position 23.5 degrees East. Towercom, until recently known as TRI R, owns and operates […]
Freesat releases first figures
The Freesat free-to-air satellite platform has notched up 100,000 sales in the first five months following its launch. Freesat has also announced that its personal video recorder (PVR) product will […]
IPTV for Serbia
Telekom Serbia is to launch what will be the country’s first IPTV service on October 15.
Cablenets warned on carriage charges
CTAM EUROSUMMIT ’08 – BERLIN. Cable operators have been warned that programmers may look elsewhere if they are unable to reach agreements on their carriage.
Record HD package for Toya
The Polish MSO Toya will start offering its subscribers a package containing 11 HD channels on October 1.
TV4 expands catch-up TV
Sweden’s TV4 is expanding its online catch-up TV service. It follows the recent success with the local version of Pop Idol when over 600,000 impressions were recorded in just a […]