Microsoft has released the Beta version of its Mediaroom Presentation Framework. The release, made available to almost 150 companies worldwide, has been designed to allow operators to release their own […]
Ypso is after Alice in France
Ypso and its cable subsidiary Numericable is leading the bidding process for Alice France. The operator has bid €780 million against a €680 million bid from Iliad-Free and €600 million […]
KPN beefs up IPTV offer
Dutch incumbent KPN is beefing up its IPTV offer KPN Interactieve TV. The number of channels has been extended to include 53 in the basic tier and a further 41 […]
ONO steps up
ONO has reached the significant milestone of one million TV customers. The Spanish cablenet put on 50,000 new subscribers in the first quarter.
Ziggo gets Eurosport 2 and HD
Today Eurosport announced a major distribution agreement in The Netherlands with cable operator Ziggo to carry Eurosport in both analogue & digital and Eurosport 2 in digital over the next […]
KPN acquires minority interest in fibre net
Dutch incumbent KPN and Reggefiber have signed an agreement through which KPN will acquire a minority interest in Reggefiber’s FttH activities, the two companies announced today.
New Polish DVB-H trial
A DVB-H trial has started in the Polish city of Kraków.
Mediaset could keep analogue frequencies
Italy’s new centre-right government has proposed that Mediaset be allowed to keep its analogue frequencies, used to broadcast the popular Rete4, until the completion of digital switchover in 2012.
KabelBW completes NDS implementation
KabelBW has said it has completed the switchover from Nagravision to NDS VideoGuard encryption. From this week onwards, the operator will use NDS exclusively. The total number of set-tops involved […]
Viasat changes Baltic strategy
Modern Times Group’s Viasat is to withdraw its channels from Elion’s digital TV offer in Estonia from next month.