The incumbent Czech telco Telefónica O2 has announced that its IPTV service O2 TV has 40,000 subscribers. Launched in September 2006, O2 TV has until now been operating with little […]
Czech debut for HBO Digital
HBO’s new subscription video on demand (SVOD) service HBO Digital is expected to make its debut in the Czech Republic tomorrow (August 1). According to local reports, it will operate […]
Local management for Canal+ Finland
Canal+ is to shift the focus of its operations in the Nordic region, moving from a centralised management towards the development of the pay-TV channel in the individual countries, and […]
337,000 digital TV subs for KPN
The Dutch incumbent telco KPN ended Q2 with 337,000 TV subscriptions, or 41,000 more than three months earlier. The year-on-year increase in the total was 47%. KPN has realized this […]
Arqiva secures SDN network upgrade
Arqiva has been awarded the contract to upgrade the SDN multiplex to a high power digital network. The contract is estimated to be worth some £500 million (€685m) over its […]
Malone mulls Virgin bid
US cable executive John Malone is considering entering the race to buy Virgin Media. In an interview with the Financial Times, the Liberty Global chairman said the company was currently […]
Sky in Sony PSP content deal
BSkyB is extending its Sky Anytime service to the two million owners of Sony’s handheld PSP gaming device in the UK and Ireland. The service will launch early next year, […]
D Book: Now we are 5
The Digital TV Group has released version 5 of The D Book, the code of practice that outlines the requirements for interoperability in the UK DTT market. The D Book […]
Sporting Chance
Setanta is looking to displace Sky Sports in Virgin Media homes. Julian Clover looks at the new alliance Sport, particularly football, has always been a key driver for pay-TV in […]
Czech IPTV service takes off
The Czech incumbent telco Telefonica O2 saw its IPTV operation O2 TV more than double its subscriber number from 16,000 to 38,000 in the first half of the year. It […]