The German broadcaster RTL will introduce a new text service using the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) standard. It will launch the service, called HD Text, next year.
Volumes deliver for targeted advertising
11.30 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
Video Interview. Growing subscriber interest in on demand content is opening up new opportunities for targeted advertising.In a Broadband TV News/Videonet interview, Edward Allfrey, Business Development Director, Cable, Tandberg Television, said one of the key advantages of advertising in the on demand environment is that it can be precisely targeted. “Each stream goes to an [...]
CT prepares for HD
11.25 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
Czech Television (CT) will employ the services of T-Systems Czech Republic and Germany’s Media Broadcast when its starts transmitting its first HD channel at the end of this month.
Revenues rise, but ANT remains in red
11.21 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
Cambridge-based ANT recorded increased revenues, but continuing losses in the first half of 2009.
European consortium plans Canvas ‘killer’
10.43 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
A consortium including Canal+, France Televisions, and TF1, German research organisation Institut für Rundfunktechnik, satellite operator SES Astra, as well as the software and media solutions providers ANT and OpenTV, have announced the launch of a new pan-European initiative aimed at harmonising the delivery of broadcast and broadband content.
DTG automates with Mirifice
09.43 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
IBC 2009: Stand No. 5.A45. DTG Testing will next month integrate the Mirifice MiriATE automation system into its testing process.
New twist in TV Puls saga
09.38 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
Poland’s TV Puls has withdrawn from talks with Platforma Mediowa Point Group (PMPG), hitherto considered a frontrunner to become a strategic investor in the station.
Comstar posts mixed results
09.17 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
Russia’s Comstar-UTS ended Q2 with 133,000 pay-TV subscribers in Moscow, or 3% fewer than in Q1 and 10% than a year earlier.
P&T Luxembourg in IPTV HD upgrade
09.08 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
P&TLuxembourg is to expand its 80-channel IPTV service with the launch of linear HD channels.
Bidding for TF1 and M6 channels stalls
07.48 Europe/London, August 27, 2009 By
It looks likely that CanalSat will continue to have exclusive carriage of the thematic pay channels from TF1 and M6. Bids from the main IPTV providers to gain access to these channels stalled at €25 million.
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