1130 UPDATE: Channel 4 is to become the first of the Big Five channels to launch a high definition simulcast of its main channel. The new service is scheduled to […]
Sogecable denies football agreement
Audiovisual Sports (AVS), the sports rights divison of pay-TV company Sogecable, has denied it has reached an agreement with Mediapro over the rights to top tier Spanish football. In a […]
Unitymedia to promote digital switchover
German cable operator Unitymedia plans to promote digital switchover amongst its subscribers by offering a carrot and using a stick. A campaign called “Jetzt Digital” (Digital Now) offers subscribers the […]
MTV to launch European HD net
11.55 UPDATE: MTV Networks International is planning to launch the operation’s first HD channel for the European market. The as yet unnamed network will be operated by MTVNI’s Emerging Markets […]
Polsat opts for Nagravision 3
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has announced that it is switching to Kudelski’s Nagravision 3 conditional access system. Its subscribers, currently believed to number around 1.7 million, will start […]
Ownership change for Hungarian channel
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has given its approval to a deal that will see Chellomedia CEE Holdco B.V. take over the film channel Filmmúzeum. Filmmúzeum is understood to be […]
KRRiT head to stand down
Elzbieta Kruk, the president of the Polish National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), has announced her intention to stand down from the post in the next few days. She will be a […]
Entavio model mooted for CEE
Digital TV CEE, PRAGUE. The Entavio pay-TV platform model recently adopted in Germany “could be of relevance to Central and Eastern Europe” in the opinion of Alexander Oudendijk, SVP and […]
Platform n on the right track
Digital TV CEE, PRAGUE. The Polish DTH platform n currently has 200,000 subscribers and should reach 300,000 by the end of the year. Its breakeven point of 500,000, according to […]
HBO lines up HD launches
Digital TV CEE, PRAGUE. HBO will launch a HD service in Poland in Q1 2008, followed by other markets in CEE later in the year, according to HBO Central Europe […]