Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor has added nine new proprietary film channels to its line-up.
Euskaltel teams up with Virgin Group
The Spanish cable operator Euskaltel has signed a trademark licence agreement with Virgin Group to use the Virgin brand in Spain to drive its National Expansion strategy.
Dirk Wössner to leave Deutsche Telekom
Dr Dirk Wössner, board member for Germany at Deutsche Telekom and managing director of Telekom Deutschland, will not renew his contract which expires on December 31, 2020.
ARD to drop SD satellite distribution in 2021 [UPDATE]
German public broadcaster ARD will cease the satellite distribution of its TV channels in SD resolution on Astra (19.2° East) in January 2021.
Russian OTT growth continues
The Russian OTT service TVzavr saw its income increase by 25% to R950 million (€13.67 million) in 2019.
UPC Direct widens offer
The Hungarian DTH platform UPC Direct has added three more channels to its offer and provided details of more services it will introduced in the near future.
fight24 joins wilhelm.tel cable network
German combat sports channel fight24 has launched on the cable network of wilhelm.tel.
Liberty expands Plume relationship
Liberty Global has expanded its relationship with Plume to give consumers more control over devices connected to their home network. As a result, it will roll out Smart Home Services from Plume across its footprint this year.
Irdeto to protect Mitele Plus
Irdeto has entered into a partnership with Mediaset España to securely deliver content through its first OTT service Mitele Plus.
Czech DVB-T2 rollout continues
The commercial TV channels Nova, Nova Cinema, Prima, Prima Cool and Barrandov TV will stop broadcasting in the DVB-T standard on Multiplex 2 in South Bohemia on February 13.