Arabsat announced today that the launch of its BADR-6 satellite will take place in Kouru, French Guyana, on Friday July 4, at 21:20 GMT. The new satellite, manufactured by Astrium […]
UPC chats with its HD customers
UPC Nederland has introduced a new way to communicate with its HD customers: by a daily chat on the MSN Live instant messenger service. Every weekday between 2pm and 4pm […]
Numericable launches nationwide DSL service
The French cable operator Numericable has launched its nationwide triple play offer over DSL in a large number of municipalities. Using the Completel fibre access network, customers can buy packages […]
UPC Polish digital rollout continues
UPC is to extend its digital cable offer in Poland to the city of Kraków in the second half of next month.
Alcatel-Lucent, SpeedCast to launch hosted DVB-H service
Alcatel-Lucent and SpeedCast Limited have announced plans to jointly market, deploy and operate a shared, hosted DVB-H platform for mobile TV operators in Asia.
Essel Group to launch first HITS for India
AsiaSat and the Essel Group have announced the signing of an agreement for the use of multiple C-band transponders on AsiaSat 4 for a new digital Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) delivery platform […]
Nat Geo partners with Measat
Measat Satellite Systems and National Geographic Channel Asia have announced an agreement for the distribution of National Geographic Channel HD and the SD channels National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo […]
TVP pitches for DTT multiplex
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has stated that it would like to be the operator of the country’s first DTT multiplex.
NetVision wants to control HOT
NetVision has said that the company’s acquisition of 15% in the Israeli cablenet HOT is just the first step on the road to taking complete control of the company.
KabelBW claims 300,000 broadband customers
The German cable operator KabelBW has said it now has 300,000 broadband internet customers. The company claims this represents a 13% penetration, a record amongst German cable nets.