Vice has begun a gradual withdrawal of its television channels across Europe only four years after they were launched, as part of deep cost cuts.
VodafoneZiggo rejects Dutch live football carriage deal
Negotiations between Dutch cabler VodafoneZiggo and Disney, owner of the Dutch live football channels Fox Sports/Eredivisie Live, have reached deadlock, because a new carriage agreement would amount to a 300% increase in costs to the operator.
Tommy Teleshopping launches 24/7 channel on Ziggo
Tommy Teleshopping has launched a dedicated 24/7 channel on Ziggo.
MuseumTV launches on Ziggo
Dutch cabler Ziggo has launched the VOD service Museum TV as an app on its set-top box.
Court: Ziggo does not have to share client info to movie firm in piracy case
Dutch cabler and ISP Ziggo does not have share information about people who have illegally downloaded film The Hitman’s Bodyguard to distributor Dutch Filmworks, appeal court judges in Arnhem said recently.
Ziggo and KPN launch hiphop channel Revolt TV
In surprise move Dutch cable operator Ziggo and IPTV provider KPN have started carrying US-based hiphop channel Revolt TV.
Ziggo to launch gigabit speeds in The Netherlands
Dutch cable operator Ziggo is launching its gigabit offering on October 15 in The Netherlands.
KPN leads decline in Dutch TV subs; Ziggo losses slow down
KPN leads decline in Dutch TV subscribers in Q2 as Ziggo slows losses, according to the quarterly Dutch TV Market report from Telecompaper.
Ziggo claims 1.5m active users of TV Everywhere app Ziggo Go
Dutch cable operator Ziggo said it’s TV Everywhere app Ziggo Go now has 1.5 million active users.
Ziggo launches Mediabox Next, drops ‘old’ Horizon
Following several months of beta-testing, Dutch cabler VodafoneZiggo has now launched the new cloud-based Mediabox Next, and is dropping the ‘old’ Horizon set-top box, which is called Mediabox XL in the Netherlands.