Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) has reached an agreement with Liberty Global to acquire the Film1 group in the Netherlands.
ShortsTV launches on Ziggo
Shorts International will launch ShortsTV on Ziggo from April 1.
KPN reports record usage of Restart-TV
Dutch incumbent KPN said that its Restart-TV service Begin Gemist has been used a record number of 2.5 million times during January 2015.
KPN adds German TV bouquet
Dutch incumbent KPN is adding a bouquet of German language channels to its IPTV service.
New Ziggo takes 57% of Dutch triple-play market
Triple-play subscriptions were used by 59^ of Dutch households in Q4 2014, up from 50% eighteen months ago.
Combined Ziggo has 54% of Dutch TV market
The combined market share of Ziggo and UPC amounted to almost 54% of the Dutch TV-market at the end of 2014.
Fibre drives Dutch broadband market
Broadband connections over fibre networks in the Netherlands increased by 6.6% during the fourth quarter of 2014, taking the Dutch consumer broadband market to quarterly growth of 0.8%.
UPC Nederland makes HD standard
Dutch cable operator UPC is making HD the standard across its network by swapping all old SD media boxes for HD ones.
UPC and NBC Universal ‘still in talks’
Dutch cable operator UPC and NBC Universal are still in talks about carriage of 13th Street, Syfy and E!Entertainment.
UPC Nederland to drop international channels
During the coming months UPC Nederland will be dropping a number of international channels including some UNBC channels, Sky News and RT.