The Carlyle Group is to purchase a 35% holding in French cablenet Numericable. The private equity company will purchase half of the 70% stake currently held by Cinven, which is […]
Jones leaves Narrowstep
Narrowstep founder Iolo Jones has quit the internet company to establish his own consultancy. Jones launched Narrowstep in 2002, but in March he moved aside to become chief strategy officer. […]
Deutsche Telekom claims 100,000 IPTV customers
The German incumbent telecom operator Deutsche Telekom has announced it has reached 100,000 customers for its IPTV service T-Home Entertain. Today, in a Deutsche Telekom T-Point shop in Frankfurt, the […]
Morse extends Jetix marketing to Nordics
Jetix Europe has promoted Nicole Morse to its newly combined role of marketing director, Jetix UK, Nordic and Europe. Morse will have responsibility for strengthening the Jetix brand in the […]
Bertelsmann will not proceed with full RTL acquisition
Bertelsmann will not proceed with the public offer for the outstanding shares of the broadcaster RTL it does not own. Bertelsmann says it had now “established that there is currently […]
Europe 2 switches to Virgin brand
On January 1, the French commercial broadcaster free-to-air Europe 2 TV will switch its name to Virgin 17. The number 17 denotes the position of the channel on the DTT […]
Dutch Caribbean island Bonaire gets its IPTV
The incumbent telecom operator Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo) on the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire has said it has launched IPTV under the name of “mitv” to its residential and business […]
Norway to have 2nd DTT pay network
Norges televisjon (NTV) has announced plans to license a second pay-TV operator in the Norwegian DTT system. A half multiplex will be made available from 2010, following the completion of […]
Croatian telco dispute erupts
A legal dispute is reported to have broken out between a number of small alternative providers and the incumbent Croatian telco T-HT. The former, which include Markotel.te, Megafon and Kreativne […]
Russia imposes moratorium
Russia is reported to have suspended the award of TV broadcasting licences until a new frequency distribution plan is fully in place. The plan is likely to secure final approval […]