Dutch incumbent telecom operator KPN today announced it has launched ‘day and date’ video-on-demand with selected Warner Bros titles on its IPTV service KPN Interactieve TV. (The contract was already […]
Entavio enters German cable market
Entavio is to extend its reach to Germany’s cable networks following an agreement between the SES-Astra pay-TV platform and the cable facilities company Kabel Dienstleistungs GmbH (KDL). The service will […]
More channels for Romania
ACC – BUCHAREST. Romania is preparing for a raft of new channel launches. Among the services due to make their debuts shortly are Movies24 (December 12), Sport Klub+ (by the […]
German RTL Group to switch to 16:9
The German RTL Group, now called Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, will switch its broadcast format to 16:9 widescreen on most of its channels including RTL, VOX and n-tv, as well as […]
Romanian DCS to look into IPTV
ACC – BUCHAREST. Speaking at the 12th Romanian Cable Communications Association (ACC) convention, Gheorge Minea, the president of Digital Cable Systems (DCS), said that the company would look into the […]
Romanian NetCity project criticised
ACC – BUCHAREST. The Romanian Cable Communications Association (ACC) has strongly criticised moves to introduce an underground fibre-optic network in the capital, Bucharest. Although the ACC, along with leading operators […]
Numbers fall at rebranded Tiscali TV
Subscriber numbers at Tiscali TV have fallen back to just 36,000 after delays in getting the company’s national rollout underway. The former HomeChoice service previously declared in the region of […]
Emuse to run ITV interactive
Emuse has said it will now be the sole provider of interactive content into ITV. The interactive programming will run across all of ITV’s channels including ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and […]
CanalSat gives Jetix stay of execution
Children’s channel Jetix is to remain on the French CanalSat platform until at least March 31, 2008 after the two sides recommenced negotiations on the channel’s continued carriage. Jetix CEO […]
Changes loom for TVP
The new Polish Civic Platform (PO)-led government has given the firmest indication yet of its media strategy, and in particular the status of the public broadcaster TVP. Speaking to the […]