Portugal opens DTT tender
January 31, 2008 by Robert Briel
This February Portugal will start the tender for the planned DTT service, according to the minister of Public Works and Telecommunications, Mário Lino. Applications will be accepted for free-to-air and encrypted premium services. Read the story »
Austrian VOD deal for On Demand Deutschland
January 31, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
On Demand Deutschland (ODD) is to supply VOD content to Telekom Austria’s Aon TV VOD service. Read the story »
BBC plans interactivity for HD
January 31, 2008 by Julian Clover
The BBC is looking into the addition of interactive services on its BBC HD channel. Last week at the Festival of Technology conference organised by the corporation’s Research and Development department engineers confirmed they were now studying how best interactive elements might be introduced. Read the story »
Canal+/TPSA secure football rights deal
January 31, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
A consortium of Canal+ and the incumbent Polish telco TPSA has won the right to screen matches from the Polish premier football league Ekstraklasa for the next three seasons. Read the story »
SA platforms await STB interoperability decision
January 31, 2008 by Julian Clover
The South African communications department has said it plans to present its proposals on digital television services to cabinet by the end of March. Included are controversial proposals to open up the Multichoice satellite network to third parties. Read the story »
Czech DTT worries raised
January 31, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
Up to 1.5 million Czechs may still not be able to receive digital TV at the end of 2010, according to Jane Hannahovou, the head of the national transmission company CRa. Read the story »
European Court orders Rete 4 satellite transfer
January 31, 2008 by Julian Clover
The European Court of Justice is to ask Italy to require Mediaset to transfer its Rete 4 channel to satellite and cease broadcasting on its terrestrial frequencies. Read the story »
Comstar-UTS moves into Armenia
January 31, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
Russia’s Comstar-UTS says that it has started to build a WiMAX network in Armenia. Read the story »
UPC Romania maps out strategy
January 31, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
UPC is in negotiations to buy a number of small Romanian cable operators, according to Richard Anderson, CEO of the company’s operations in the country. Read the story »
MegaFon ponders IPO
January 31, 2008 by Chris Dziadul
The Russian mobile company MegaFon may hold an IPO in 2009, according to its DG Sergei Soldatenkov. Read the story »
