IPTV WORLD FORUM – LONDON. The man charged with leading the free-to-air broadcasters charge into IPTV has said the approach of Canvas is to be audience focused and the BBC will play a “mutual and benign role”.
Freebox continues to add channels
09.41 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
The French IPTV provider Free continues to add new channels to its Freebox, with the latest being the HD services Luxe TV HD, Arte HD and Melody Zen.
UK online video audience grows
08.59 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
The total UK online video viewing audience grew 10% during the past year to 29.6 million unique viewers age 15 and older, according to the latest research from comScore.
Spectacular growth for Hulu viewing
08.49 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
The US video portal Hulu showed spectacular growth in viewing in February, attracting more traffic despite the fact that overall online video viewing during the month was down 12%.
Widevine enters Bulgarian IPTV market
08.46 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
The Bulgarian telco Vestitel has opted for Widevine Cypher content protection for its hosted IPTV service, which is provided to and rebranded by, regional operators throughout the country.
Sky Link to boost HD offer
08.35 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
The Czech/Slovak pre-pay DTH platform Sky Link will add a total of seven new channels to its offer from the beginning of April.
iTV secures Polish DVB-H carriage
08.05 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
The channel-line of Poland’s soon-to-be-launch mobile TV service is starting to take shape.
Change at the top for Magyar Telekom
07.31 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
György Simó, the COO of Magyar Telekom’s alternative businesses and corporate development business unit, is to step down from the position at the end of this month.
Verimatrix secures Slovenian IPTV deal
07.16 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
IPTV WORLD FORUM 2009 – LONDON. Telekom Slovenije has decided to use the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for its SiOL TV IPTV service.
More IPTV for Russia
06.55 Europe/London, March 25, 2009 By
Russia’s second city St Petersburg is likely to have two new IPTV operations before the end of this month.
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