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Unitymedia promises rural broadband in 2009

German cable operator Unitymedia plans to connect over 730,000 households in rural areas in North-Rhine Westphalia and Hesse to broadband services in the course… Read more

ITV to miss revenue targets as job cuts loom

ITV has cut 600 jobs and said it will not hit its earlier revenue targets as executive chairman Michael Grade said that current UK market… Read more

Arris launches ConvergeMedia

Technology supplier Arris has launched a new family of products to enable service providers to deliver services such as video-on-demand and advanced advertising. ConvergeMedia includes… Read more

Impairment charge sends ProSiebenSat.1 into red

German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has reported a net loss of €170m for the fourth quarter ending December 31 following an impairment charge of €180m relating to… Read more

Mirada to provide reminder service for C4 on Sky

Interactive TV specialist Mirada is working with UK public broadcaster Channel 4 to create a programme ‘reminder’ service on the BSkyB platform using the green… Read more

Zon ends 2008 with 1.5 million TV subs

Portuguese media company and pay-TV operator Zon Multimédia ended 2008 with 1.5 million basic TV customers, 829,900 of which took a premium TV service. Overall… Read more

Orange TV reports 2.1 million subs

France Télécom-owned Orange reported a 66% growth in pay-TV customers across its broadband and DTH platforms last year. The operator had a total of 2.1… Read more

History heads to Romania

The History channel has launched in Romania on UPC’s cable network. The 24-hour channel broadcasts in English with Romanian languaging and includes original series Ice… Read more

Over half of European pay-TV homes take cable

Cable now accounts for 58% of all pay-TV homes in Europe, according to figures released by industry body Cable Europe. Europe was home to a… Read more

Comstar and Stream create triple-play powerhouse

Following the merger of Russian triple-play service provider Comstar-UTS with Stream-TV and its affiliated companies in 40 cities across the country, the combined group now… Read more