The Polish National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) is reported to be investigating iTVP, the interactive TV service operated by the national public broadcaster TVP. Launched in January 2005, the service is […]
HBO widens Polish DTH distribution
HBO will become available on the Polish DTH platforms Cyfrowy Polsat and n at the beginning of next year, according to a local report. Up until now the service has […]
Cyfrowy Polsat hits 2 million mark
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has announced that it now has 2 million subscribers. Launched in 2000, the service currently offers 62 Polish-language TV channels, several hundred FTA foreign […]
Bulgarian bTV prepares for move
The Bulgarian national commercial station bTV is reported to have begun work on a new HQ. Based in the capital, Sofia, it will cost €23 million and should be completed […]
Telcos to gain from Swedish digital dividend
The Swedish government is to allocate two of the original seven multiplexes on the UHF bands to telecommunications companies. The spectrum at the top end of the band between 790 […]
Carlyle Group takes Numericable stake
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 […]