As the highlight in the conference calendar, Broadband TV News will once again be providing extensive coverage of IBC09 (RAI Amsterdam, September 10-15).
Robert’s Restaurants 2009
14.00 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
For the past two years, our little guide to eating out in Amsterdam proved to be a very popular feature of the Broadband TV News IBC Special. So this year it is time for an encore appearance. Be sure to come back again to this place, as we will add a few more reviews in [...]
Chat social media with Accedo
13.37 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
IBC 2009: IPTV Zone (stand IP126) The increasing popularity of social media applications such as Twitter and Facebook, at least with journalists and PR folks, means the medium will have a guaranteed audience at IBC 2009.
BT Vision signs up Sony
11.09 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
BT has signed a new on demand agreement with Sony Pictures Television that will bring a collection of new and classic movie titles to its IPTV platform BT Vision.
Eurosport HD compensates for low ad revenues
10.54 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
Eurosport has close to three million subscribers for its HD channel. The TF1-owned sports network says that as of June 30, 2009, Eurosport HD was in 2.7 million homes.
Cyfra+ outlines future strategy
09.54 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
Take-up of the VOD service offer by the Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ is still low, according to Betrand le Guern, the president of Canal+ Cyfrowy.
Double date for Disney XD
09.36 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
11.00 Update: Disney XD has made public the launch dates for the channel in the UK and Poland.
Spain’s ONO goes for Gol
09.29 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
The Spanish cable operator ONO will add the Mediapro channel Gol TV to its line-up in August.
Blow for Czech DTT multiplex
08.52 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
The future of the third Czech DTT multiplex has been thrown into doubt by the news that it will no longer be used by the music channel Ocko.
New landmark for Skylink
08.36 Europe/London, July 27, 2009 By
The DTH platform Skylink has reached a new landmark, claiming a combined total of over 700,000 subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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