CAIW expands HD offer
November 30, 2009 by Robert Briel
The Dutch cable operator CAIW has become the first in the country to add two more RTL channels to its HD line-up, as well as HD versions of the two Dutch language Belgian public channels VRT een and Ketnet/Canvas. Read the story »
Solaris Mobile starts four-month trial
November 30, 2009 by Robert Briel
Alcatel-Lucent, Solaris Mobile and towerCast have announced the first satellite broadcast infrastructure to demonstrate the potential services of mobile TV, digital radio and data using the digital video broadcasting satellite service to handhelds (DVB-SH) standard to be deployed in Paris and surrounding suburbs. Read the story »
Boxer Sweden adds new channels
November 30, 2009 by Robert Briel
Boxer, the digital terrestrial pay-TV platform for Sweden, will launch its sixth multiplex today (December 1), adding the new channels Showtime, Star, TV 7, BBC World News and Disney XD. Read the story »
Boost for Hungarian DTT
November 30, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Hungary’s digital terrestrial service MinDigTV is growing in popularity, with the number of DVB-T MPEG-4 compatible receiver sales in October being 63% higher than in the previous month. Read the story »
Euronews expands into Ukraine
November 30, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
The international news channel euronews has announced the launch of a daily 10-minute programme on Ukrainian National Television. Read the story »
SES orders four satellites from Astrium
November 30, 2009 by Robert Briel
SES and Astrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, has announced the order for four multi-mission satellites from Astrium to provide replacement as well as incremental capacity for its SES Astra and SES World Skies divisions. Read the story »
Rovi to appeal against Virgin EPG decision
November 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
Rovi has issued a robust response following Thursday’s High Court decision that ruled three of its Gemstar EPG patents to be invalid. Read the story »
New thematic channel for Czech Republic
November 30, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
The Czech Republic will see the launch of a new thematic channel focusing on alternative films, minority sports and educational programming in the first half of 2010. Read the story »
October is record month for BBC iPlayer
November 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
The BBC has released its most detailed stats on the use of its online catch-up TV service. It comes as the BBC iPlayer clocked up a total of 79.3 million requests in October, its best month since launch in 2007. Read the story »
Kroes new “digital commissioner” for Europe
November 30, 2009 by Robert Briel
Neelie Kroes will be the new telecoms and digital commissioner at the European Commission, the post now held by Vivienne Reding. Kroes is the current competition commissioner and has established a reputation as a hardliner. Read the story »
