Take-up of new and additional services is growing amongst Poland’s leading cable operators.
Telenor to run Thomson SmartVision IPTV
Telenor has picked Thomson to provide its end-to-end SmartVision video services platform for its IPTV network launching in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Canal Digital’s HD hardware boost
Canal Digital lost subscribers, but revenues climbed to NOK1,633 (€202.7m) in the second quarter, although EBITDA at the Nordic pay-TV platform ultimately fell.
New Skies to bring US sports in HD to Europe
SES New Skies and SM2 Sports Media Solutions today said they signed a contract for 18 MHz of bandwidth on the NSS-7 satellite at the orbital location of 338 degrees […]
KPN reports further digital TV growth
Dutch incumbent KPN said it enjoyed further growth of its digital TV services with 636,00 subscribers at the end of June, up from 553,000 on March 31, 2008. The figures […]
Boxer wins Irish DTT contract
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland has awarded in principal three national DTT multiplexes to a consortium of the Swedish DTT operator Boxer and the Communicorp Group. Both will own 50% […]
Italian DTT receiver total surpasses 8.6m
The Italian market for DTT receivers remains buoyant with 310,000 sets sold during the month of May, bringing the total of DTT sets in homes to 8.624 million, according to […]
French website to offer free VOD movies
The French website Internet Cdiscount is to offer a VOD service with brand new French movies at no charge to viewers, according to the magazine Le Point. “Some will even […]
Dutch PSBs to offer mobile catch-up TV
Dutch public broadcaster NPO plans to introduce a mobile version of the popular catch-up TV service Uitzending Gemist in September. The online version already receives millions of requests every month, […]
Biography Channel debuts on Hong Kong’s Now TV
AETN All Asia Networks and Now TV today announced that The Biography Channel (BIO) will debut in Hong Kong on July 21. Following launches in Singapore and the Philippines on […]