Endemol has emerged as a potential investor in Setanta Sports as the premium channel edges away from imminent administration.
Cyfrowy Polsat eyes more services
Poland’s leading DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat may soon start to offer its subscribers a number of additional services, among them internet access.
Sony opens Vidzone to Europeans
Sony has announced that the on-demand video service VidZone is now available for free for European PlayStation 3 owners.
US sees smooth digital transition
ASO of the remaining 971 TV stations in the US went relatively smoothly, with the number of calls to a special helpline well below expectations.
Czech/Slovak channel distribution threatened
The widespread distribution of Slovak channels in the Czech Republic, and indeed vice-versa, could soon come to an abrupt end.
Polish DTH platform on the up
The Polish DTH platform n now has close to 800,000 subscribers and accounts for almost 98% of HD viewing in the country.
Slovak sports channel in a sweat
The Slovak sports-oriented public channel STV3 (‘Trojka’) has run into financial difficulties.
Blavatnik offers Setanta stake increase
Russian born billionaire Leornard Blavatnik has offered Setanta Sports £20 million (€23.4 million) in return for a 51% stake. Blavatnik’s Access Industries already owns a minority 3% stake in the […]
Cable ready for next generation access
The cable industry has reacted positively to the launch by the European Commission of a consultation on its revised proposals for the regulation of Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband networks.
EC approves French transmission rules
The European Commission has given the go ahead to proposals by the French telecoms regulator ARCEP to maintain regulatory obligations on the incumbent TV transmission services operator TDF.