The French media authority CSA has approved of a name change of the pay-per-view service Kiosque. The service offered on the combined Canalsat/TPS bouquet will from now be on called […]
KPN to sell tower business to TDF
KPN is selling its network of 23 large transmission towers to French broadcast transmission specialists TDF (Telediffusion de France). In addition, one tower will remain the property of KPN, but […]
France 24 deemed inefficient
Just weeks after the December launch of international French news channel France 24 the Commission for Foreign Affairs has concluded that France needs to organise it’s international broadcasting more efficiently. […]
TV Vlaanderen claims 30,000 households
Flemish DTH operator claims 30,000 households connected since their official launch in June, 2006. “These strong results show there is a need for an independent Flemish provider for digital television, […]
StarNordic buys FastTV stake
StarNordic has become a part owner of the Norwegian IPTV operation FastTV.net. The alliance means that StarNordic will now be able to target housing and aerial associations used to analogue […]
Cable Congress adds new speakers
Cable Europe has added a number of new speakers to its line up for the annual Cable Congress. Joining the get-together of European cable television executives are Vincent Dureau, OpenTV’s […]
Montenegrin cable tender
A total of 15 companies have applied for cable and wireless broadcast licences in Montenegro. However, only one (Broadband Montenegro) has expressed an interest in providing services in all of […]
Hot Bird passes 1,000 channels
Eutelsat Communications has said it has broken the barrier of 1,000 video channels in the Hotbird satellite neighbourhood, which grew by 273 channels over the past two years to over […]
Next step for T-DMB in Korea
T-DMB will be made available across South Korea starting in the first half of this year, according to Arirang News. The service was launched by Korean broadcasters in late 2005, […]
Musical chairs in Slovakia
The Slovak commercial station Joj has been bought by J&T Media Enterprises from Grabofal Group for an undisclosed fee. At the same time, Grabofal Group has gained control of TA3 […]