Belgium

Netflix reportedly eyeing Netherlands, France, Belgium

Netflix is reportedly looking at the Netherlands, France and Belgium as new European launch markets, according to local reports.  Belgian communications news site Bloovi reported… Read more

Telenet’s Vorstermans to leave

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Telenet chief operating officer Jan Vorstermans is to leave the company at the end of July after more than 10 years with the Belgian cable… Read more

Telenet trials voice-over-IP mobile phone service

Belgian cable operator Telenet has launched a trial of its Triiing app, which enables users to make mobile phone calls using WiFi, with billing to… Read more

Belgacom TV subs grow by 26,000

Belgian telco Belgacom reported a 26,000 increase in TV subscriptions in the first quarter, taking its total TV customer base to 1.4 million.  This increase,… Read more

Telenet sees mobile boost in first quarter

Belgian cable operator Telenet benefited from a boost in its mobile base and bundled offerings in the first quarter, with revenues up 11% year-on-year to… Read more

Kids VOD service Kymba goes live

A new video-on-demand service for children, called Kymba, has launched in partnership with German broadcaster and distributor Your Family Entertainment (YFE).  The site is live… Read more

Telenet to drop ProSiebenSat.1 channels

Belgian cable operator Telenet is set to drop ProSiebenSat.1’s channels from its basic channel tier after failing to agree new terms with the German media firm. … Read more

Management changes for UPC Cablecom

Koen Verwee, vice-president of marketing and products at Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom is to leave the company after three years. Verwee, who… Read more

M7 deploys latest SmarDTV CAMs in Belgium and Netherlands

Luxembourg-based pay TV provider M7 Group, which operates the Dutch CanalDigitaal and Belgian TV Vlaanderen and TéléSAT DTH services as well as the Skylink/CS Link… Read more

Jim Jam launches Benelux feed

Chello Zone has launched a new version of its pre-school network Jim Jam, aimed at Dutch-speaking viewers, that will cover the Benelux region.  Chello Zone’s… Read more