TeliaSonera added an additional 111,000 TV subscribers in the second quarter taking subscriber levels over the one million mark for the first time. 488,000 TV subscribers are in Sweden.
Telenet to fight Belgian Open Cable ruling
Telenet has signalled its intention to appeal against plans to further regulate Belgium’s broadband and television markets. The cablenet said the Open Cable proposals from Conference of Regulators (CRC) had […]
Ziggo wins Rovi patent case
Rovi has lost a case brought against Ziggo after a Dutch court ruled a patent used in the cablenet’s electronic programme guide to be invalid in the Netherlands. The Patent […]
Skylink for sale
The leading Czech and Slovak DTH platform Skylink is understood to have been put up for sale, with a new owner likely to be found within a matter of weeks.
News Corp withdraws BSkyB bid
News Corp has announced it is withdrawing its bid to take full control of BSkyB following days of pressure over the phone hacking scandal.
Hunt presses pause in BSkyB takeover
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to the media regulator Ofcom over
News Corp’s proposed takeover of BSkyB. The move keeps alive the possibility
the matter could still be referred to the Competition Commission. [Read the Story…]
Ofcom sets rules of engagement in BSkyB takeover
Media regulator Ofcom has clearly set out its role, powers and duties within News Corp’s proposed takeover of BSkyB. In a letter to John Whittingdale, chairman of the parliamentary committee […]
Pressure intensifies on News Corp-Sky bid
A statement by Ofcom that it has “a duty to be satisfied on an ongoing basis that the holder of a broadcasting licence is ‘fit and proper’” has been interpreted […]
Virgin strikes right chord with Spotify
Virgin Media has signed an exclusive agreement with the digital music service Spotify. The catalogue of over 13 million tracks will be available over the TV, broadband and mobile devices.
KPN launches network PVR in the cloud
EXCLUSIVE. Broadband TV News has learned that the new KPN IPTV basic bouquet which offers two IPTV set-top boxes also includes a network PVR functionality. KPN customers can record up […]