Europe’s competition authorities have given their approval to Abertis Telecom’s €199 million bid for a 28.4% stake in the Spanish satellite operator Hispasat.
UPC Austria reaches 100,000 digital homes
UPC Austria has said it has now 100,000 digital homes in the country. The operator started to offer digital services in 2001 but has only recently begun to see an […]
UPC Czech widens HBO access
UPC is to make HBO, HBO2 and HBO Comedy available to its analogue cable subscribers in the Czech capital, Prague.
Digital Tick failing consumers
The influential parliamentary Committee of Public Accounts has said Digital UK’s ‘Digital Tick’ logo has failed to protect consumers from the miss-selling of analogue television sets in the run up […]
Ziggo consolidates with Amdocs OSS
Dutch cablenet Ziggo has chosen the Amdocs Operations Support System as the company prepares to integrate the Casema and Multikabel networks into a unified platform for resource and inventory management […]
Slovenian T-2 looks to Croatia
The Slovenian alternative carrier T-2 plans to enter the Croatian market and may launch an IPTV service in the country.
Canal Digital Norway reaches 100,000 HD decoders
Canal Digital Norway has now sold 100,000 HD decoders after abandoning the additional subscription fee and including its HD channels as part of the regular packaging structure.
Dutch cablers: programme councils untransparent
The Dutch cable association NL Kabel has issued a report about the system of programme councils which control access of the basic analogue tiers on cable networks. The verdict is […]
Cyfrowy Polsat eyes DTT
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat may apply for a DTT multiplex operator’s licence, according to its president, Dominik Libicki.
UPC Austria buys small networks
UPC Austria has acquired 15 smaller privately owned cable networks with a total of 27,000 subscribers in the region of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich). The total of homes served by the […]