The German cable operator EWE Tel in the northern city of Oldenburg has acquired the Hamburg cable operator Martens, according to the two companies.
CSA selects pilot cities for ASO
The French media authority CSA has announced the 10 ‘pilot cities’ in which it will first switch off all analogue terrestrial transmissions at the end of this year and beginning […]
HBO outlines Romanian HD/digital plans
BUCHAREST BUSINESS BREAKFAST: HBO has begun to undertake local HD productions in Romania. According to Carmen Harabagiu, Country Manager, HBO Romania, the first two cutting edge documentaries shot in the […]
Polish DTT strategy firms up
The two principal industry regulators in Poland – the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) and National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) – are to commence work on a tender for what will […]
UPC Telemach explains Euro 2008 channel removals
The Slovenian cable operator UPC Telemach has clarified its decision to remove some cable TV channels during Euro 2008 that caused the Association of Croatian Societies in Slovenia to request […]
Romanian DTT plans clarified
BUCHAREST BUSINESS BREAKFAST: Romania will eventually have up to eight DTT multiplexes, according to Cristian Ivanciovici, the head of the Control Department at the country’s National Broadcasting Council (CNA).
UPC Romanian digital launch nears
BUCHAREST BUSINESS BREAKFAST: UPC plans to introduce a digital cable service in Romania within the next couple of months, according to Raluca Milin, the director of marketing and sales, UPC […]
G-Sat launches DTH service on New Skies
Global Broadcasting and Multimedia Inc. (GBMI) has signed an agreement with SES-New Skies to provide multiple-transponder capacity on the NSS-11 satellite for their new G-Sat direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service […]
CSTV targets DTH homes in Australia
Chinese Satellite Communications Inc. (CSTV) has signed an agreement with SES-New Skies to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for its A-Sky-Net direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service targeting the […]
Ziggo: report about pending IPO “complete nonsense”
Following Dutch reports in Het Financiele Dagblad that cabler Ziggo was preparing an IPO, a spokesperson for the company was very quick to dismiss them as “complete nonsense”. The newspaper […]