The French government has said it might postpone the awarding of the so-called ‘bonus channels’ to TF1, M6 and Canal + because of its intention to launch the DVB-T2 standard […]
Ziggo and HBO to launch Dutch premium services
EXCLUSIVE. Broadband TV News understands that HBO and Dutch cable operator Ziggo are preparing the launch of a Dutch premium movie and TV series channel under the HBO brand. The […]
Sky facing movie rights cap
BSkyB may face a limit on the number of exclusive movie rights it is allowed to hold from the major Hollywood studios. It follows provisional findings by the Competition Commission […]
Kabel Deutschland tests positive
Increased sales for phone and internet services have helped Kabel Deutschland return to the black. A 5.8% revenue rise to €412.1 million led the operator to a positive net result […]
Sky-I ‘astonished’ at Champions League enquiry extension
Sky Italia has expressed its astonishment at the decision by the Italian antitrust authority to extend the current investigation into its purchase of UEFA Champions League rights for the period […]
Ziggo overwhelmed by PVR success
Ziggo customers have to wait several months to receive a Cisco-manufactured PVR as Holland’s largest cable operator finds itself overwhelmed by the success of its marketing campaign offering customers the […]
Motorola Mobility sold to Google for $12.5bn
Motorola’s mobile and set-top business is to be acquired by Google for $12.5 billion (€8.73m). The sale of Motorola Mobility represents a 63% mark-up on the closing price last Friday.
Vodafone Netherlands launches TV service
The Dutch branch of Vodafone has announced the launch of a triple play service over fibre networks in The Netherlands. Using the glass fibre infrastructure of Reggefiber, the telecoms company […]
4th successive quarter of growth at Sky-D
Sky Deutschland has now achieved four quarters of subscriber growth, adding over 100,000 customers in the first half of the year, to take total subscriber numbers to 2.759 million.
Sky Italia at highest ever levels
Sky Italia is closing in on a subscriber base of five million subscribers. At the end of June the News Corp-owned operation had 4.97 million subscribers.