Virgin Media and ESPN have confirmed that the new ESPN channel will be available in both standard and HD to Virgin Media's 3.5 million digital TV customers from 3rd August. The ESPN channel will offer live Premier League and Scottish Premier League football as well a wide range of international football and top quality sports. […]

Kabel Deutschland reports growth in subs to digital TV, telephony and fast internet. In the three months to March 31, 2009 Germany's largest operator revealed the RGUs for internet and phone services had increased by 87.9% year-on-year to 1.42 million. The internet business contributed 707,500 and telephony 710,300. Some 70% of new customers are attracted […]

Virgin Media has apparently inserted a clause into the sale of VMtv and its 50% share in UKTV, preventing the buyer from selling them on to a company that is part or fully owned by News Corporation. But neither News Corp, nor associated companies such as BSkyB, are precluded from buying the assets directly from […]

AOL will this week unveil the early stages of a plan to become the Internet's largest provider of original content within two years. As the company prepares to spin off from Time Warner by the end of the year, Tim Armstrong, AOL chief executive and a former Google executive, is trying to identify market areas […]

About 73 per cent of Comcast and Time Warner Cable subscribers surveyed said TV Everywhere services — which promise access to a wealth of video online for no extra charge — are an “excellent” or “good” idea, according to research firm Solutions Research Group. However, SRG said, a significant number of respondents also expressed skepticism […]

Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) the largest MSO in Japan has announced that the total subscribing households as of June 30th, 2009 served by J:COM's 23 consolidated franchises reached approximately 3.22 million, up 459,600, or 16.7 per cent since June 30, 2008. Combined revenue generating units (RGUs) for cable television, high-speed Internet access and telephony services reached […]

Witbe, a specialist in end-to-end supervision and quality of experience monitoring of video, voice and data out of the STB and modem, has launched 'Witbe Lab', a solution dedicated to the specific needs of video, voice and data services test and validation. Witbe Lab is a complete and integrated solution allowing multi-service test scenarios to […]

According to The Diffusion Group, demand for Over-the-Top (OTT) broadband video services is comprised of distinct consumer segments driven by very different needs. “While Over-the-Top video delivery is widely discussed, it remains poorly understood,” notes Michael Greeson, author of TDG’s latest report. “The dominant understanding of OTT is based on a conceptual error, a category […]

Markus Schmid, CEO and President of the Tele Columbus Group, is leaving the company at his own request. Michael Buhl, CFO of the Tele Columbus Group, will temporarily assume the position of president of the Management Board. Markus Schmid led the company for over two years through a phase of strategic reorientation, first as Managing […]

Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse (owner of Talk Talk and Tiscali UK) is studying whether its Talk Talk phone and broadband business should expand Tiscali's TV service and whether that would be via Canvas or the existing platform. Carphone completed its deal to buy Tiscali's UK assets for £236m (E275m) last week, including […]