The Torrent Freak website has said that if every (illegal) download on BitTorrent counted as a vote, District 9 would be crowned the winner with 12,639,000 downloads, closely followed by Avatar with 11,326,000 copies.
Eutelsat Communications has appointed Lisa Sanders Finas as the Group’s director of investor relations, responsible for communication with the investment community, including financial analysts, institutional investors and retail shareholders.
The board of directors of Spanish cable operator ONO has approved providing funds worth €200 million from shareholders through a shareholder loan as part of a refinancing plan for the company.
The Polish cable operator Aster has introduced two new internet packages offering access speeds of up to 120 Mbps.
German cable operator PrimaCom is looking for fresh money as its owner, Luxembourg based investment firm Escaline, is in heavy debt.
Germany’s biggest cabler Kabel Deutschland KDG plans to raise about €700 million in an initial public offering scheduled on March 22, according to a prospectus that has just been published.
DVB World 2010 – Lisbon: Russia’s four-stage plan to switch to all digital broadcasting is well underway, with new regional networks currently being deployed in Kursk, Moscow and region, St. Petersburg and region and Kaliningrad. Analogue switch off is scheduled to complete in 2015.
UPC Romania plans to invest €30 million on its infrastructure this year rather than expand its network.
The Polish cable operator INEA has begun to offer a multiroom service as of today (March 8).
The Working Group AG Digitalisation of the German TV Platform has published a roadmap for analogue switch-over on satellite and cable.
Poland’s first DVB-H service is expected to officially make its debut tomorrow (September 29).(By Chris Dziadul)
Social TV Forum – London. The BBC is to launch a series of social media applications based around popular shows including Strictly Come Dancing.(By Julian Clover)
New digital terrestrial receivers from Sagem and Servimat carrying the Canal Ready logo have been made available at retail in France. The devices are capable of receiving the free-to-air DTT broadcasts, but viewers can upgrade to Canal+ and other pay channels.(By Robert Briel)
The Hungarian national transmission company Antenna Hungária plans to invest over HUF25 billion (€93.4 million) in its DTT service MinDig TV, which was launched at the end of last year.(By Chris Dziadul)
MTV Networks Germany and the sports broadcaster DSF are talking to SES Astra about joining the HD+ platform for the German speaking market, according to a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung.(By Robert Briel)
SES World Skies has announced that its NSS-12 satellite has safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane. The NSS-12 spacecraft, manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), will now be readied for launch onboard an Ariane 5 booster, scheduled for lift off on October 29, 2009.(By Robert Briel)
UPC is to add another programme package to its digital cable offer in Slovakia on October 1, bringing the total number of channels to 102, of which six will be in HD.(By Chris Dziadul)
Virgin Media has confirmed its intention to proceed with a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange in a bid to increase its profile in the country that it serves.(By Julian Clover)
The Dutch cable operator Kabel Noord has selected the Arris Docsis 3.0 C4 CMTS platform to increase the data speeds it offers its 25,000 customers in the northeastern areas of Friesland, The Netherlands.(By Robert Briel)
Hungary’s DTT service MinDigTV is being made more affordable to viewers thanks to cooperation between its operator Antenna Hungária and TechniSat Digital, Credigen Bank and BestByte.(By Chris Dziadul)