Dutch cablenet CAIW has been sold to the Swedish investment fund EQT Infrastructure.
In Brief: BeIn Sport, CAIW, Sundance
Al Jazeera’s French premium sports channel Bein Sport has said that it has reached 500,000 paying subscribers just two months after its lu=aunch in June.
KPN drops CAIW takeover bid
KPN and Rabo Bouwfonds Communication Infrastructure Fund (CIF) have decided to forego the acquisition of services company CAIW Holding BV (Caiway) by KPN.
SBS secures Secret Story carriage
SBS has announced that it has distribution agreements in place with Dutch cablers UPC, Ziggo and Caiway to carry the 24/7 digital channel featuring its new reality show Secret Story.
Rekam second Dutch cabler to go all digital
Dutch cable operator Rekam, serving over 42,000 homes in the city of Gouda and environs,has become the second in the country to go “all digital” by switching off its analogue bouquet.
Tribunal overturns OPTA’s Open Cable ruling
The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven – CBb) has overturned the market analysis that telecoms regulator OPTA published in March 2009. The verdict has far-reaching implications for the Open Cable ruling in the Netherlands. By overturning the analysis, the basis for the Open Cable provisions issued by OPTA […]
Dutch anoraks start nostalgic pirate TV
VIDEO. 192TV is a new Dutch TV channel devoted to the memory of the offshore ‘pirate’ radio stations of the sixties and seventies. Cabler CAIW is the first to distribute the channel.
CAIW keeps to digital switchover
Despite concern among some consumers, Dutch cable operator CAIW will go ahead with its planned complete analogue switch-off on October 10th (10-10-10). Already more than 90% of its installed base has been upgraded to digital, according to CEO Aart Verbree.
CAIW launches DVB-T plug-in tuner
The Dutch cable operator CAIW has started selling a special DVB-T plug-in tuner in order to prepare viewers for the upcoming analogue cable switch-off.
CI Plus for Kabel Noord
The small Dutch cable operator Kabel Noord will introduce CI Plus early next year. The cabler will sell dedicated CI Plus CAMs through retail at €70 a piece.