Liberty Global has posted a fourth quarter net loss of $435 million (€328.6 million) attributable to its shareholders, as opposed to net earnings of $57.5 million in the same period in 2010. Read the story »

It’s now nearly two decades since CME set the TV industry in Central and Eastern Europe on fire by launching the highly successful Czech station TV Nova. Read the story »

The Paris-based TV channel distribution company Thema plans to extend its activities to the UK this year. Read the story »

Switzerland-based Infront Sports & Media has teamed up with the Russian state broadcaster VGTRK (RTR) in a bid to secure the rights to the Russian premier football league (RFPL) for the six next seasons. Read the story »

ADB has confirmed it is supplying its ADB-2840C high definition set-top box to Belgium’s VOO for its digital television services. Read the story »

Spanish infrastructure company Abertis has become the largest shareholder in the Hispasat satellite platform after buying a 13% holding from Telefonica. Read the story »

The subscriber tally on Orange’s digital TV services in France and Poland continues to climb, with a 24.8% increase in subscribers during 2011. Read the story »

The introduction of Open Cable regulation in the Belgian market has moved a stage closer. Read the story »

The ad market in Russia was worth R263.4 billion (€6.67 billion) in 2011, or almost 21% more than the previous year, according to the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia (AKAR). Read the story »

The UK government has committed £180 million (€216 million) to fund solutions to TV interference caused by new 4G mobile services. Read the story »

OTT services are becoming increasingly popular in Ukraine and are now received in at least 80,000 households. Read the story »

Central European Media Enterprises (CME) met its targets in 2011 thanks increases in ad revenues, as well as in content and digital distribution, in the six CEE markets it operates in. Read the story »

Canal+ Nordic has begun to reverse the decline in subscribers the premium channel suffered after the loss of Premier League rights in 2010. Read the story »

Cisco has said it remains committed to set-top boxes following reports yesterday (Monday) that a sale was being planned for the former Scientific-Atlanta division. Read the story »

The WRC-12 conference has ended with agreement on the future use of the so-called ‘Digital Dividend’ band between 790 and 862 MHz. The completion follows several late night sessions in Geneva. Read the story »

The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has added two more HD channels to its line-up. Read the story »

Member states have been given greater autonomy by the International Telecommunications Union to tackle satellite jamming. Read the story »

Ericsson has outlined a new strategy for its multimedia business following last June’s $1.2 billion (€907.2 million) acquisition of Telcordia. Read the story »

An ICC court of arbitration has rejected claims by Mediaset against Sky Italia in the dispute over World Cup coverage. Read the story »

Ukraine has begun work on what will be a new broadcasting law. Read the story »