The French Parliament has passed legislation confirming digital switchover in November 2011. The analogue television service will undergo a phased switchover plan commencing in March 2008, by when it is […]
Virgin prepares to offer Sky discounts
Virgin Media is planning to offer its subscribers discounts of up to £9.75 in compensation for the loss of Sky-branded channels from its basic packages following the breakdown of carriage […]
Providence acquires majority of Dutch CanalDigitaal.
Providence Equity Partners is to acquire a majority stake in Dutch and Flemish DTH operators CanalDigitaal and TV Vlaanderen. Airbridge Investments, which now wholly owns both companies, will keep a […]
Bulgaria moves switch off date
The parliamentary communications policy committee in Bulgaria has announced that analogue TV licences will continue to be awarded until the end of 2008, or 12 months longer than had previously […]
Croatian broadband battle hots up
Croatia’s government has unveiled a strategy that should see the broadband penetration rise from a current 4% to 12%, equivalent to 500,000 people, by the end of 2008. Its main […]
Changes ahead for Teleradio-Moldova
A contest to select the president of Teleradio-Moldova and heads of both its national TV and radio stations has got under way. According to the Observers Council of Teleradio Moldova, […]
New appointment for Miranda Technologies
Gary Lewis has been appointed the new Miranda Technologies sales manager for Central and Eastern Europe. Montreal-based Miranda Technologies develops, manufactures and markets high performance hardware for the TV broadcast […]
Telekom Slovenije expands in Kosovo
The Telekom Slovenije subsidiary Ipko Net has secured a wireless operator licence in Kosovo. Although recently awarded to the highest bidder Kosmocell, a company backed by the US’s Computer Science […]
New DTH platform is Gateway to Africa
A new satellite delivered pay-TV service is to launch into Africa. Gateway Communications is planning a bouquet of international and locally originated content into the pan-African market that it believes […]
Autumn launch for German DTH platform
German pay-TV platform Stargate says that an autumn launch is a realistic timescale. Stargate will play a central role in the attempts by satellite operator Astra to establish its Entavio […]