CNN Worldwide has announced plans to significantly increase the number of correspondents worldwide, open a regional newsgathering hub in the United Arab Emirates, invest in a London-based digital-production unit and […]
100 times HD for DirecTV
In the fierce competiton between cable and satellite, DirecTV has announced it has now reached its goal of offering 100 HD channels to its DTH customers. The company this week […]
German FRK plans own play out centre
The German association of small to medium sized independent cable operators Ruachverband Rundfunkempfangs- und Kabelanlagen (FRK) plans its own play out centre. It will form part of a strategy to […]
UPC Czech tops a million
UPC Czech has announced that it now has one million subscribers to its television, Internet and telephony services. UPC inherited a digital cable TV service when it acquire Karneval and […]
Ines set to spend
The Romanian IPTV operation Ines plans to invest €500,000 on its network in 2008, according to a local report. Part of the money will be used to prepare for the […]
UPC freezes Slovak prices
UPC Broadband Slovakia has announced that it will not raise the prices for any of its services from the beginning of 2008. These now include a 70-channel digital cable TV […]
TPSA starts to speed up
The Polish incumbent telco TPSA will start to offer Internet access speeds of up to 50Mbps in parts of Warsaw from later this month, according to a local report. Although […]
Vectra sets digital target
The Polish MSO Vectra has announced that it plans to have 100,000 digital TV subscribers by the end of the year. Speaking to local sources, Vectra also said that it […]
Comstar snaps up regional provider
Russia’s Comstar UTS has acquired an 87.5% stake in the alternative telco Regional Technical Centre (RTC) for $21 million (€14.4 million) in cash. RTC is based in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous […]
EBU hits out at Commission spectrum proposals
Viviane Reding, the European Union media commissioner, is to press ahead with controversial plans to open up broadcasting bands to the telecoms sector, despite fierce opposition from the European Broadcasting […]