The Swedish government has proposed that the programme companies themselves decide on how to organise their pay-TV packages on the DTT system. It follows the June submission by the council […]
Orion Cable takes control of Primacom
German cable operator Orion Cable has acquired a majority of the shares in Primacom. Orion now owns, directly and indirectly, 12,743,422 shares, which represents 53.86% of the total ownership. This […]
Premiere Star makes its way into cable
German DTH platform Premiere Star plans to offer its bouquet of channels to cable operators early next year. Talks with a number of Level 4 operators have now started for […]
Switzerland bans basic cable encryption
Swiss cable operator Cablecom should not encrypt digital signals on its network, received from free-to-air channels, according to the Ständerat (Council of States) in Switzerland. The council approved a motion […]
TVP3 to become TVP Info
The Polish public broadcaster TVP will re-launch its third channel TVP3 as TVP Info on October 8. As its name suggests, the channel will offer mostly information-based programming. However, it […]
New CFO for Comstar UTS
Russia’s Comstar UTS has appointed Irina Matveeva as its CFO, with immediate effect. Formerly CFO at Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS), she replaces Nikolay Tokarev, who had been in the […]
Kanal 2 tops Estonian charts
According to data produced by TNS Emor, Kanal 2 was the most popular broadcaster in Estonia in September 2007 with a daily audience share of 22.5%. MTG-backed TV3 was in […]
Arqiva inks Eurosport deal
Arqiva has signed a contract with Eurosport to support live broadcasts of English Premier League matches to viewers in Hungary and Romania. It will provide Eurosport, which has Premier League […]
Czech operators voice concerns
The Czech cable industry is critical of recently approved amendments to the existing legislation, according to local reports. These will see the reinstatement of digital TV licences awarded to, and […]
Full house at BSkyB
BSkyB is no longer accepting new channels due to lack of space. Nicola Bamford, its director of channels and operations, has told broadcasters that there woud be a risk of […]