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Sky growth highest in five years By Julian Clover July 30, 2009 08.28 UK BSkyB added an additional 124,000 customers in the quarter ending June 30, 2009 taking subscriber numbers to 9.442 million. Announcing its 12-month results the satcaster said the annual number of net additions of...

O2 TV grows subscriber base By Chris Dziadul July 30, 2009 The leading Czech IPTV service O2 TV ended Q2 with 133,000 subscribers, or 35% more than 12 months earlier. At the same time, its operator Telefónica O2 also had 634,000 retail ADSL lines at the end of June, gaining 21,700 in the...

Spain charts broadband take-up By Chris Dziadul July 30, 2009 Madrid had the highest broadband penetration rate in Spain at the end of last year, according to data published by the industry regulator CMT. Claiming 24.7 lines per 100 inhabitants, it was just ahead of Catalonia (23.6) and...

Beltelecom sets investment goals By Chris Dziadul July 30, 2009 07.21 UK The Belarusian incumbent telco Beltelecom plans to invest BLR350 billion (€87.5 million) on its infrastructure this year. According to e-Belarus, its priorities will include increasing capacity for broadband access...

One in ten consumers download video illegally 20 Jun 09 - Nearly one in ten consumers across the UK, France, Germany and the US admit to downloading video content illegally, according to research group Futuresource’s Living With Digital: Consumer Insights into Entertainment Consumption report...

Disney XD launches in Germany Written by Jörn Krieger US entertainment concern Walt Disney will launch its television channel Disney XD in Germany this October. The channel, which will replace children’s service Jetix, will mainly target eight to twelve year old boys with an emphasis on...

Upbeat satellite forecast Written by Chris Forrester To date satellite broadcasting has been wholly immune from the economic crunch. Pay-TV broadcasting as well as thousands of free-to-air channels have their capacity booked years in advance, so are unlikely to be cancelling those contracts...

UPC offers real-time VoD in Austria Written by Jörn Krieger Austrian cable operator UPC has launched a real-time video-on-demand service. As with a DVD, viewers can start, pause, fast forward and rewind films ordered through the service and view them repeatedly. The video library...

BBC shifts Prime Written by Rose Major BBC Worldwide has shifted its BBC Prime international channel from Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite neighbourhood to the Eurobird 9A satellite, but still through satellite services provider Globecast. Eurobird 9A’s position at 9 degrees east provides DTH...

Project Canvas can still work Written by Chris Forrester ‘Project Canvas’ is the BBC’s proposed VOD system, that seeks to be the main UK delivery platform for on-demand content. The scheme, backed by British Telecom and ITV, as well as the BBC, has just been forced to reassess itself by the...

TF1 looks for theme channels distribution Written by Pascale Paoli Lebailly TF1 has launched a call for bids regarding the distribution of its thematic channels, according to French press reports. The group is consulting main broadcasters to have its theme channels distributed once an...

‘Death throes’ at Setanta? Written by Chris Forrester It is tough getting hard news on the state of play at struggling pay-TV operator Setanta, as sources at the company contemplate their next move. But the prospects are not good. Professor Chris Brady of the BPP Business School told the BBC...

Izzi secures European funding By Chris Dziadul | June 10, 2009 The Latvian cable operator Izzi has secured backing from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to implement DOCSIS 3.0 technology. This, according to the operator, will enable it to become the first in the Baltic...

Kanal 2 slips in Estonia By Chris Dziadul | June 10, 2009 Kanal 2 remains the most popular channel in Estonia, though its audience share is slipping. Data produced by TNS Emor showed that the service had a daily share of 19.2% amongst viewers aged 4+ in May, down from 20.1% in April and...