Smart card piracy is no longer the preserve of computer geniuses who work out the algorithms used by pay-TV providers, before distributing the codes over the internet. Instead highly sophisticated […]
Arqiva merges broadcast divisions
Arqiva has merged its satellite broadcast business with its terrestrial broadcast division under the leadership of Nick Thompson, managing director, broadcast & media.
Rapid pay-TV growth in Turkey
IP & TV Forum – ISTANBUL. The Turkish pay-TV market is growing rapidly and already claimed 3,924,000 subscribers as of last year, according to Ramazan Demir, VP strategy and business […]
IPTV starts in Turkey
IP & TV Forum – ISTANBUL. Turkey has taken its first tentative steps in IPTV courtesy of TT Net, a subsidiary of the incumbent telco Türk Telekom.
Major shake-up for Turkish TV
IP & TV Forum – ISTANBUL. Turkey is to introduce far reaching changes to its TV industry in a new media law. Speaking in the opening session of the IP […]
UK Market Data
Take-up and share of primary and secondary TV sets; DTT equipment quarterly sales; DTT households and sets estimates
Cyfrowy Polsat restructures offer
The leading Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has now started to offer HD channels in all its programme packages.
UPC Czech hits new landmark
UPC’s digital TV service is now received in 400,000 homes in the Czech Republic, or almost one in ten of the country’s 4.3 million total.
Boom time for Russian pay-TV
Russia’s pay-TV market is likely to be worth $940 million (€675 million) by the end of this year, or 14% more then in 2009, according to J’son and Partners Consulting.
4Fun Media prepares to go public
The Polish thematic channel broadcaster 4Fun Media is now likely to make its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on November 9.