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Hungarian deal for English Club TV
English-language education channel English Club TV has launched on the network of Hungarian cable operator PR-Telecom. Miskolc-based PR-Telecom is Hungary’s fifth-largest cable operator, operating in...
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RTL Klub on UPC Direct for Hungary
Liberty Global-owned DTH operator UPC DTH has added RTL Klub HD to its offering for Hungary. The channel is available to UPC Direct subscribers via the Direct HD package. The addition of RTL Klub HD...
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Antenna Hungária sees DTT growth
Hungarian broadcast and transmission services provider Antenna Hungária saw an increase of 134,000 users of its free digital-terrestrial service in 2012, with a 34,000 increase in the number of MiniDig...
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Antenna Hungária to boost mobile TV offering
Hungarian broadcast infrastructure provider Antenna Hungária is to add four public TV and three public radio services as well as new service Euronews to its AH MinDig TV mobile application in the next...
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Magyar Telekom partners with Appear TV
Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom has signed a deal with Norwegian broadcast and IP delivery firm Appear TV to help power its T-Home cable TV offering. Magyar Telekom, which is majority-owned by Deutsche...
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UPC DTH launches Facebook customer care
Liberty Global-owned satellite pay TV provider UPC DTH has launched a new Facebook e-care application for freeSAT in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and UPC Direct in Hungary. According to UPC DTH, the...
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UPC DTH adds Travel Channel HD to pay TV line-up
Pay TV operator UPC DTH is adding Travel Channel HD to its programming line-up on UPC Direct in Hungary, freeSAT in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and Focus Sat in Romania. The channel will join UPC...
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Hungarian digital TV subscriptions climb
The number of households in Hungary with digital TV subscriptions climbed 1.7% year-on-year in March, according to data released by Hungary’s Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH). Subscription...
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Hungarian regulator fines Digi for Discovery removal
Hungarian media regulator the NMHH has fined pay TV operator Digi for removing Discovery Channel from its line-up without giving sufficient notice to subscribers. The regulator found that Digi had...
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UPC Direct to air Champions League final in 3D
Liberty Global-owned DTH bouquet UPC DTH’s Hungarian unit is teaming up with sports channel Sport 1 HD to air the Champions League football final in 3D for the first time. UPC Direct will air the...
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MinDig TV sees growth as Hungarian switchover approaches
Transmission provider Antenna Hungária’s MinDig digital-terrestrial service now reaches 350,000 homes, according to the company. Antenna Hungária said that the number of subscribers to its MinDig Extra...
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EBU chief slams wider threat to public broadcasters of ERT case
EBU president Jean-Paul Philippot has delivered his strongest condemnation to date of the Greek government’s decision to close public broadcaster ERT and has highlighted the wider threat to media...
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Antenna Hungária prepares for switchover
Transmission services provider Antenna Hungária is gearing up for the first wave of Hungary’s digital switchover with analogue terrestrial networks to be shut off in central regions of the country,...
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Sony launching new Black and White channels in Europe
Sony Pictures Television is launching new versions of its AXN channel in central Europe. AXN is SPT’s action channel brand and the new channels are AXN Black and AXN White, which will replace AXN...
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Hungary’s digital switchover begins this week
Hungary is due to start its initial phase of digital switchover this week, with analogue terrestrial TV transmissions to cease in central parts of the country on July 31. Transmission services...
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Djazz.tv secures carriage with Magyar Telekom
Music channel Djazz.tv has secured carriage with Hungarian service provider Magyar Telekom. Magyar Telekom will broadcast the standard definition version of the channel on cable, satellite and IPTV as...
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Invitel chooses RGB Networks
Hungarian service provider Invitel has chosen RGB Networks to provide video processing technology to enable the conversion of its HD services from MPEG-2 to H.264 for bandwidth-efficient distribution....
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NMHH’s Mátrai to leave by mutual consent
Gábor Mátrai, the vice-president of communications at Hungarian media and telecom regulator the NMHH is to leave the organisation by mutual consent. Mátrai’s departure follows the appointment by...
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UPC DTH launches CI+ with Neotion
Liberty Global-owned DTH operator UPC DTH has launched a CI+ offering in partnership with conditional access module supplier Neotion. Neotion will supply CI+ 1.3 CAMs to UPC DTH, which include the...
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Viacom strikes deal with RCS&RDS
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has struck a new distribution deal with pay TV operator RCS&RDS covering Romania and Hungary. The deal will expand the reach of Viacom’s channels...
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