News Corp has finally left the Central and East European region by selling its stakes in the Latvian TV stations LNT and TV5.
European HD channels to triple by 2013
DVB World 2010 – Lisbon: The number of HD channels is expected to increase threefold by 2013, according to satellite operator SES.
June launch for Cablecom CI Plus
Cablecom is to officially introduce CI Plus to its subscribers, starting in June. The Zurich-based Cablenet is the first UPC company to adopt the technology that will be marketed as […]
Kabel Deutschland IPO on March 22
Germany’s biggest cabler Kabel Deutschland KDG plans to raise about €700 million in an initial public offering scheduled on March 22, according to a prospectus that has just been published.
Uneasy alliance between Canvas and manufacturers
DTG Summit – London: Project Canvas has named Cisco, Humax and Technicolor as manufacturer supporters of the broadcast-broadband project.
Sky plans Germany’s first live 3D telecast
Sky Deutschland is following in the footsteps of its UK counterpart with a live 3D transmission of the Bundesliga.
Cable set for acquisitions activity
Cable Congress 2010 – Brussels. The cable industries in Germany, Benelux and CEE are likely to see a lot of activity in the acquisitions sector in the next 12 months, […]
Digital TV revenues outstrip analogue
Cable Congress 2010 – Brussels. The annual Cable Congress opened today on a highly positive note with an overall revenue growth of 3%, €17.9 billion up from €17.4 billion in […]
T-Entertain aims for 3 million IPTV customers
During a press conference at the CeBIT in Hanover, Deutsche Telekom said it is targeting between 2.5 million to 3 million customers for its IPTV offer ‘T-Entertain’ by the end […]
Pace becomes world’s second largest STB supplier
Pace has moved into second place in the league table of leading set-top box suppliers. Independent research by Screen Digest has seen the Saltaire-based company overtake Technicolor, the former Thomson […]