Today, Friday August 6, Dutch cablers UPC and Ziggo are taking Tele 2 to court for unfair advertising practices. In two separate cases, the cable operators argue that Tele 2 […]
Romtelecom gains TV subs
OTE-backed Romtelecom’s TV operations continued to perform extremely well in the first half of the year despite the deteriorating economic situation in Romania.
Ireland rules out commercial DTT until 2013
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has said it does not see a possibility for the launch of a commercial digital terrestrial television service in the Republic until after analogue switch […]
RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 plan common catch-up platform
German private broadcasters RTL Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 are working on a single, common online TV platform to offer free access to private and public catch-up TV programmes. The new platform […]
KabelBW completes TeleColumbus acquisition
German operator KabelBW has completed the acquisition of the local cablenets from Tele Columbus in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
Digi TV completes Nagra upgrade
Romania’s RCS/RDS has finally begun to address piracy problems surrounding its pan-regional DTH platform Digi TV. Details have also begun to emerge of the latter’s subscriber numbers.
Meo continues to make hay
Portugal Telecom’s Meo IPTV service ended the second quarter with 702,000 subscribers, 2,000 more than the company had announced at the beginning of the month, and equivalent to 75.3% of […]
CTC enjoys Russian ad market rebound
Russia’s CTC Media has posted operating revenues of $130,499,000 (€98,941,600) for the second quarter, a 15% increase on the same period last year.
BARB to study broadband TV measurement
UK audience research organisation BARB is to run a six-month field test to evaluate the benefits of a meter system to measure television content viewed on PCs.
Connected home pays off for Telekom
Deutsche Telekom’s positioning as a provider of services within the connected home is being rewarded with increased if not substantial numbers for its TV services.