The sale of the eight Wallon cable operators to the Ale and Brutélé joint venture has run into problems after the two buyers suddenly lowered their initial bid of €475 […]
New date for Russia’s RBC
According to local reports, Media Mir, a subsidiary of RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), has acquired a controlling stake in LovePlanet.ru. One of the most popular dating services on the Internet in Russia, […]
Virgin ready for day in court
Virgin Media is preparing to submit a writ in the High Court in the latest phase of the cablenet’s carriage fee dispute with BSkyB. Virgin’s lawyers Ashurst are expected to […]
Setanta appoints UK marketing director
Setanta Sports has hired its first UK marketing director as the premium channel prepares to launch a £15 million marketing drive. AOL UK’s former director of brand marketing Timothy Ryan […]
Melita Cable launches web TV
Maltese operator Melita has launched a streaming web TV service for its Online broadband customers. At the moment just one channel is distributed, Net TV, but the operator said it […]
Executive changes at Polsat
Nina Terentiew has been appointed the programming director at the Polish national commercial station Polsat. In her new role, she will be principally responsible for domestic productions. Terentiew has been […]
Dutch regulator struggles to control dominance
The Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA has long been at loggerheads with the European Commission, trying to regulate what it sees as market dominance by the cable operators. The EC sees […]
ICSTIS beefs up quiz TV rules
Britain’s premium rate services regulator ICSTIS has published a new set of rules designed to boost public confidence in TV quiz services. The rules, which will come into force in […]
Liberty TV launches Dutch feed
Liberty TV has today launched a dedicated Dutch version of its travel channel. Until now the Flemish version of the channel was carried by a number of Dutch cable operators. […]
Kabel Noord tests interactive TV with Media Mall
Dutch cable operator Kabel Noord is to test interactive television with Media Mall on a few dozen of their 25,000 subscribers in the northeastern part of the province of Friesland. […]