Canal Digital

Telenor Broadcast chief Hofbauer moves to Swedish CEO role

Telenor Broadcast and Canal Digital CEO Patrik Hofbauer has been named as the new CEO of Telenor Sweden. Hofbauer succeeds Lars-Åke Norling, who takes over as chief executive of Telenor’s DiGi Telecommunications unit in Malaysia. The group will now begin the process of recruiting a successor to Hofbauer at Telenor Broadcast. “I am very pleased […]

Canal Digital decline continues for Telenor

Telenor’s Canal Digital satellite pay TV unit saw its subscriber base decline further in the first quarter, contributing to lower revenues of NOK1.128 billion (€137 million) from the unit, down from NOK1.151 million at the end of December.  Canal Digital had 920,000 customers at the end of the quarter, down 9,000 on December. Telenor’s fixed […]

Revenue boost compensates subscriber loss for Canal Digital

Improved ARPU helped boost Telenor’s Canal Digital pay TV arm during the third quarter despite a net loss in subscriber numbers.  Revenues from Canal Digital grew to NOK1.146 billion (€142 million), up from NOK1.109 billion, while satellite broadcasting revenues were essentially flat year-on-year at NOK241 million. Canal Digital lost 3,000 TV subscribers over the quarter, […]

Trace Urban signs Nordic deal with Canal Digital

Music channel Trace Urban has signed a deal with pay-TV operator Canal Digital that will see the network launch on the latter’s DTH platform in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The channel is due to go live on November 1, joining Trace Sports Stars, another Trace-owned channel that has been part of Canal Digital’s basic […]

Telenor Broadcast turns in solid results

Telenor-owned DTH operator Canal Digital lost 3,000 subscribers in the second quarter to end June with 934,000 customers, down from 952,000 year-on-year. However, revenues at Canal Digital grew by 1% from NOK1.109 billion (€141 million) to NOK1.119 billion for the quarter, thanks to higher ARPU. Telenor Broadcast overall – including Telenor Satellite, conditional access provider […]

Modern Times Group strikes new carriage deal for FTA channels

Modern Times Group (MTG) has inked new carriage deals for its free-to-air channels TV3 and TV3 Puls. The channels will be carried on the Canal Digital platform in Denmark, marking the first time that they have been on the Telenor-owned platform. Separately, MTG said it will add SBS’s free-to-air Danish channels, Kanal and Kanal 5 […]

Canal Digital subscriber losses continue slowdown

Telenor-owned Nordic pay TV operator Canal Digital recorded lower subscriber losses in the third quarter than during the corresponding period of 2011. The telco’s Broadcast division also reported a record high EBIDTA margin. Canal Digital lost 4,000 DTH customers in the three months ending September 2011, compared with a loss of 6,000 a year earlier. […]

Canal Digital taps NDS for hosted next-gen pay TV platform

Norway-based pay TV operator Canal Digital is to launch its next-generation TV platform as a hosted managed service with NDS. The hybrid service, combining satellite with OTT delivery, will enable Canal Digital subscribers to access content on multiple devices inside and outside the home. According to NDS, the new service will provide a personalised experience, […]

Canal Digital loses subs but grows ARPU

Telenor-owned Nordic pay TV operator Canal Digital lost a further 11,000 DTH customers in the first quarter in what Telenor described as a competitive market. Canal Digital had 954,000 DTH customers at the end of March, down from 986,000 a year ago, having lost subscribers in all four Nordic territories. However ARPU grew to NOK345 […]

Canal Digital to launch ‘follow me TV’ service

Canal Digital is to launch a ‘follow me’ service on its platform later this year.  The Nordic pay TV operator plans to launch a new set-top from ADB later this year, which subscribers will be able to connect to existing HD DVR boxes from ADB and resume watching their content from where the left off […]

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