The Lithuanian incumbent telco Teo LT has signed a letter of intent to acquire a 100% stake in the MMDS company Mikrovisatos TV for an unspecified fee. Teo LT, along with AB and the Lithuanian Radio and TV Centre, was awarded a DTT licence by the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) in 2005. At the same […]
Ramford targets Bulgaria’s CableTel
According to a local report, Bulgaria’s leading MSO CableTel is a take-over target for Ramford Alliance Ltd. The UK-registered company also plans to acquire the radio and TV broadcaster Vicom Bulgaria. Significantly, Ramford has set three preconditions for the deal, two of which involve Vicom acquiring cable interests through a local company named Grelman. CableTel […]
Mixed bag for TPSA
The incumbent Polish telco TPSA says it expects to end 2007 with over 100,000 triple play customers. Its triple play offer, which only made its debut last September, is currently available in only six population centres but will gradually be rolled out to the rest of the country. TPSA also began this year with at […]
Liberty snaps up Karneval
Liberty Global has completed the take-over of the Czech Republic’s second largest MSO Karneval. The €322.5 million deal, which was first announced last August and subsequently investigated by the Czech Anti-Monopoly Office (UOHS), creates a company with around 600,000 cable TV, 200,000 broadband Internet and 15,000 VoIP customers, along with some 120,000 receiving the UPC […]
EuroCableLabs issues first 2007 certifications
EuroCableLabs has issued EuroDOCSIS and EuroPacketCable certification to a series of cable modem products manufactured by Motorola, Netgear and Zhondiantong Digital TV. An Arris cable modem that sports an integrated phone adaptor (E-MTA) received both EuroDOCSIS 2.0 and EuroPacketCable 1.5 certification. The equipment will now be able to carry the EuroCableLabs logo, signaling to cable […]
NHS Direct begins Freeview house calls
NHS Direct has extended its health advice service to the Freeview DTT platform. The service went live on December 20 and is using technology provided by the interactive playout and MHEG middleware specialists Strategy & Technology. Britain’s National Health Service already runs on the Sky Digital satellite platform and the Internet. The DTT version is […]
Quiz Call leaves Sky EPG
Quiz Call has left the Sky Guide EPG, two months after Channel 4 sold its Ostrich Media subsidiary to premium rate telephony provider iTouch. The broadcaster began to distance itself from the participation TV genre after media regulator Ofcom and the premium rate regulatory body ICSTIS began investigating a series of complaints into the increasing […]
TDC’s mobile TV six-pack
TDC is launching a new 3G-based mobile TV portal. The Danish communications provider is offering a pack of six of the most popular Danish TV channels; DR1, DR2, TV 2, TV 2 News, Kanal 4 and Voice TV. Subscribers can opt for a daily, weekly or monthly subscription, priced at DKr29 (€3.89), DKr49 and DKr69 […]
Extended cable carriage for VIVA Telenovelas
Dori Media Group has extended its agreement with the Israeli cable platform HOT for the extended carriage of its two Telenovela channels VIVA and VIVA Platina. VIVA, Dori’s main channel with no connection to the MTV Networks’ owned channel, is carried in HOT’s basic package. VIVA Platina is a premium channel and broadcasts on weekends […]
ITV hires for broadband launch
ITV has hired Annelies van den Belt as the managing director of its broadband team ahead of the launch of its new broadband portal in 2007. The broadcaster has already announced the expansion of its ITV Local broadband service and last November appointed US creative technology house Schematic to work on the new portal. Van […]