The History Channel is to launch in Iceland this Sunday (April 1). It will make its debut on the Skjarinn ADSL platform and cable system as part of the Scandinavian […]
Top Up TV reduces DVR price
Top Up TV had reduced the price of its digital video recorder and DTT receiver from £180 to £149.99. The price includes the first month’s subscription to the pay-TV service […]
Gentiloni says DTT frequencies will be released
Italy’s minister of communications Paolo Gentiloni has said the digital switchover process will include the advertising of released spectrum to new operators. The minister was speaking in response to a […]
Chiddix named Vyyo vice chairman
Former OpenTV chairman and CEO Jim Chiddix has emerged as the vice chairman of broadband access equipment supplier Vyyo. Chiddix, whose career also includes a 15-year tenure as CTO of […]
KDG increases basic digital to 102 channels
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is to introduce 26 new channels to its basic digital line-up bringing the total number of channels available to 102. The increased number is […]
UPC Czech ups the ante
UPC plans an almost four-fold increase in the Internet access speeds it offers in the Czech Republic from the beginning of April. As a result, they will now start at […]
ComX deploys Widevine for IPTV network
Danish broadband provider ComX has chosen Widevine Cypher for its IPTV services. The operator offers a complete lineup of broadcast television, video on demand (VOD) with more than 100 channels […]
Walloon cable consolidates
VOO, a consortium of Brutélé and ALE, is to acquire the other eight cable operators in the French-speaking half of Belgium in a deal worth at least €475 million. The […]
Ethnic bouquets for ish and iesy
German cable operators ish and iesy have introduced three foreign language bouquets. Launched on Friday (March 23) the bouquets are for Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian viewers. The Serb package is […]
Greek IPTV market takes off, Vivodi launches service
Vivodi Telecom has said its ‘cable TV by Vivodi’ service is now up and running. Using a MEDIAstream platform supplied by MCOM, a leading Greek company in television technology over […]