Hannu Pro has secured the right to operate three DTT multiplexes in Bulgaria.
PT eyes Prisa deal
23.04 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
Portugal Telecom has confirmed it is engaged in talks with Spain’s Prisa to buy a 30% stake in Media Capital, the operator of the leading Portuguese channel TV1.
New milestone for UPC Romania
22.49 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
UPC now has 250,000 internet subscribers in Romania.
Russia sets out DTT channel strategy
22.16 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
Russia’s President Medvedev has signed a decree that guarantees viewers will receive eight free TV channels and three free radio stations when the country completes its transition to digital broadcasting.
Delta Kabel introduces HD bouquet
21.54 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
Delta Kabelcomfort, Holland’s third largest cable operator serving the province of Zeeland, will launch a bouquet of HD channels on July 1.
RAI launches tourist channel
21.45 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
The Italian state broadcaster RAI will launch Yes Italia, a new international channel aimed at attracting tourist to country, on June 28.
GEM officially usurps MHP
11.37 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
The importance of the GEM application programming interface to the US cable market has been officially recognised by the body that created its sister-standard MHP.
DTT subsidy worry for Poland
10.30 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
Up to 1.4 million homes in Poland could be left without the ability to watch TV following the country’s transition to digital broadcasting.
BBC revaluates HD output
10.25 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
The BBC is to widen the output of its BBC HD channel across an increasing number of genres. In a keynote speech to the HD Masters conference in London, Danielle Nagler Head of BBC HD, said that while documentaries such as Planet Earth allowed glimpses of animal behaviour that could not be physically achieved, viewers [...]
HD+ platform will be prepaid
10.04 Europe/London, June 24, 2009 By
SES-Astra will not be involved with subscription management of the new HD+ platform. The service will only be sold on a prepaid basis in retail, with the possibility to extend the viewing window in a number of ways.
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