Financial crisis closes GTV
January 31, 2009 by Julian Clover
Gateway Broadcast Services, the fledgling satcaster that threatened to challenge the dominance of Multichoice in the African market, has closed its operations blaming economic conditions. Read the story »
Latvia awards DTT licence
January 31, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
The incumbent Latvian telco Lattelecom has secured the right to operate the country’s future DTT platform. Read the story »
Hungarian broadband takes off
January 31, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Hungary ended 2008 with 1.537 million cable and ADSL broadband internet subscribers, or 16% more than 12 months earlier, according to data published by the country’s National Communications Authority (NHH). Read the story »
New boost for Russian DTH market
January 30, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
The Russian DTH service Platforma HD will introduce a new package, consisting of 20 SD channels, on February 1. Read the story »
New MTG channel for Denmark
January 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
Modern Times Group in launching a new free-to-air channel in the Danish market. TV3 Puls will launch on Monday March 23 as a broad appeal entertainment channel with a target audience of men and women aged 15-49. Read the story »
Touchdown for ESPN America
January 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
The North American Sports Network will this weekend rebrand as ESPN America. The premium channel will broadcast over 800 live and as-live sports events from Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL) and NCAA college football and basketball. Read the story »
Harmonic remains confident as international sales hold
January 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
Both international and US domestic markets grew for Harmonic in 2008 as the video delivery company reported an increase in net sales of 17% to $365 million. Domestic sales represented 47% of revenues and international 44%. Read the story »
Hitting the spot
January 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
Julian Clover says getting universal broadband coverage may have to come from more than one provider Read the story »
ORF beefs up MHP text services
January 30, 2009 by Robert Briel
The Austrian public broadcaster ORF has improved its text services for MHP enabled set-top boxes. A new look and more information are part of the make-over of the enhanced television service, which is called OK-MultiText. Read the story »
Australia gets FTA digital satellite TV
January 30, 2009 by Robert Briel
The federal government in Australia will roll out satellite services next year, giving all households access to free-to-air digital television. The northwestern Victorian community of Mildura will be the first to switch to full digital TV, according to a report on Radio Australia. Read the story »
