Germany’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland KDG ended Q2 with 9.1 million connected homes, of which 842,000 took a digital pay-TV service.
History HD makes its Finnish cable debut
AETN UK says it has signed an agreement to distribute History HD on the Welho platform in Finland from next Tuesday (September 1).
Tele2 introduces VDSL in The Netherlands
The Dutch independent telco Tele2 is introducing high speed internet over VDSL in order to better compete with the Docsis 3.0 offers from cable companies Ziggo and UPC.
IPTV provider Dartybox adds more channels
The French IPTV provider Darty is adding three HD channels to its DartyBox HD, bringing the total to 16. The newcomers are Eurosport HD, Game One Music HD and Sundance […]
US online viewership continues to grow
A total of 158 million US internet users watched online video in July 2009. This was the largest audience ever recorded, according to data from the comScore Video Metrix service.
German RTL to support HbbTV
The German broadcaster RTL will introduce a new text service using the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) standard. It will launch the service, called HD Text, next year.
Volumes deliver for targeted advertising
Video Interview. Growing subscriber interest in on demand content is opening up new opportunities for targeted advertising.In a Broadband TV News/Videonet interview, Edward Allfrey, Business Development Director, Cable, Tandberg Television, […]
CT prepares for HD
Czech Television (CT) will employ the services of T-Systems Czech Republic and Germany’s Media Broadcast when its starts transmitting its first HD channel at the end of this month.
Revenues rise, but ANT remains in red
Cambridge-based ANT recorded increased revenues, but continuing losses in the first half of 2009.
European consortium plans Canvas ‘killer’
A consortium including Canal+, France Televisions, and TF1, German research organisation Institut für Rundfunktechnik, satellite operator SES Astra, as well as the software and media solutions providers ANT and OpenTV, […]