Digital+ has highlighted the success of its personal video recorder and multiroom products that have increased ARPU at the Spanish satcaster as overall subscriber numbers continue to fall. As of […]
Sky reaches 10 million homes
Sky’s direct-to-home satellite service is now available in ten million homes, the first pay-TV platform in Europe to achieve the milestone. Confirming the target had been reached; the satcaster said […]
Content costs weigh on Liberty Global
Liberty Global, which owns the UPC and Unitymedia cablescos, says it is maintaining its monthly content costs at under $2 per subscriber despite pressure from content providers looking to derive […]
Pace makes £28.75 million swoop on Latens
12.30 Update: Pace has purchased the Belfast-based Latens Systems for £28.75 million (€33.03 million) in a deal concluded in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Cable issues BSkyB intervention notice
Ofcom has been ordered to investigate proposals by News Corp to take full control of BSkyB on grounds of media plurality. The Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable, has […]
1 Terabyte of storage in Virgin TiVo box
Virgin Media has made the first official statement on the featureset of its new TiVo-powered set-top box, due for deployment before the end of year.
DVB-T far superior to ISDB, DVB-T2 beats them both
Southern African Digital Broadcasting Association (SADIBA) has released data supporting the adoption of DVB-T, and possibly DVB-T2, over the Brazilian variant of the Japanese ISDB system.
News prepares to take BSkyB takeover to EC
News Corp is expected to formally notify the European Commission of its intention to purchase the remainder of BSkyB within the next few days. Industry concern centres around the potential […]
Eutelsat W3B considered lost
Eutelsat W3B, launched in the early hours of Friday morning, is considered lost following an otherwise smooth start to the Ariane 5 mission it shared with the BSAT-3b satellite. According […]
Clarity from YouView; talks with Sky and US studios
YouView will bring IP delivered channels and content from the major US studios, chairman Kip Meek has told the Broadcasting Press Guild.