MTG has confirmed the acquisition of the Bulgarian national commercial station Nova Televizia, having received all the necessary approvals from the local authorities.
UPC upgrades Romanian offer
UPC has introduced a DVR product in Romania.
ASA slows down Virgin speed claims
Virgin Media can no longer claim to offer the fastest broadband on its 20Mbps service following a ruling from the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA has told the cablenet that […]
AB1 to quit French DTT
French media company AB Groupe is planning to pull its AB1 channel from the country’s DTT system. No formal decision has yet been made and the company is currently in […]
Premiere for the Italian jobs
Premiere CEO Mark Williams has moved to bolster the German pay-TV platform’s sales force by bringing in three executives from his former employer Sky Italia.
Comstar opts for IMS technology
Russia’s Comstar-UTS is to employ IP Multimedia Subsytem (IMS) technology in order to reduce the cost of digitalising its networks by up to 30%.
VOD boost for Spain’s ONO
The Spanish cable operator ONO has posted a record 10 million viewings of its VOD service in September, or 66% more than at the beginning of the year.
Markiza eyes new channel
The leading CME-backed Slovakian broadcaster TV Markiza may launch a second channel.
Aster enjoys HD success
PIKE, ZAKOPANE. Up to one in four of the Polish MSO Aster’s digital TV subscribers now choose to receive HD channels.
Fibre net for key Czech city
Work has begun on a new metropolitan fibre-optic network in the Czech city of Hradec Králové.