The board of directors at TV5 Monde have officially appointed Alain de Pouzilhac as chairman of the French-speaking channel. Marie-Christine Saragosse was appointed as director-general during the meeting on Tuesday […]
Costs cap Canal Digital
The expansion of the Canal Digital product portfolio helped increase first quarter sales at the Nordic pay-TV platform from NOK1,396m (€174.94m) to NOK1,477m (€185.09m). However, higher content and hardware cost […]
BBC iPlayer makes Virgin debut
Virgin Media today announced the introduction of the BBC iPlayer for its 3.5 million cable customers. It’s the first time the on demand service has been made available on a […]
Miniweb goes live on Sky
Miniweb has launched its much-anticipated TV Key service on the Sky Digital platform. The service went live on April 29 and is available to all 8.8 million DTH subscribers through […]
New Dutch home shopping channel launched
A new Dutch home shopping channel named ShopZo has made its debut. Initially, the new service is being made available on the three Zesko cablenets, Casema, @Home and Multikabel, in […]
Prima TV to expand DTT broadcasts
The Czech national commercial station Prima TV plans to start DTT broadcasts in city of Brno in the second half of May, according to Patrik Slavnik, its technical director.
Polish IPTV sub total creeps up
The incumbent Polish telco TPSA ended Q1 with 49,000 subscribers to its IPTV service, or 9,000 more than three months earlier.
Astra opens new orbital position
SES Astra has announced the start of a new orbital position at 31.5 degrees East. The operator is moving the elderly Sirius 2 from 5 degrees East to the new […]
UPC to test retail model on Dutch market
UPC Nederland has said it will launch an HD cable receiver from Philips for the Dutch market on May 15. Retailing at €249.99, it will allow customers to save €5 […]
KPN reaches 553,000 TV customers
This morning, the Dutch incumbent KPN said it had 553,000 TV customers at the end of March, representing a growth of 56,000 during the first quarter. A year ago, KPN […]