Discovery Channel is to take on the day-to-day operation of the London playout centre built for it five years ago by Ascent Media Group.
RCS/RDS buys into Hungarian cableco
08.39 Europe/London, December 23, 2009 By
Romanian RCS/RDS-owned Digi Telecommunications has acquired a 30% in the Hungarian cable operator TvNetWork for an undisclosed fee.
Sky Italia adds Push VOD
08.00 Europe/London, December 23, 2009 By
Sky Italia has launched a new Push VOD service for customers with the My Sky and My Sky HD receivers. Based on the UK’s Sky Anytime, ‘Sky Selection’ will offer subscribers around 150 titles per month, refreshed at the rate of five a day.
DTT debuts in Slovakia
07.56 Europe/London, December 23, 2009 By
Slovakia has officially launched its first DTT service. Its operator – the transmission company Towercom – says it has replaced a pilot that has been running for five years.
Countries behind on new EU TV rules
07.30 Europe/London, December 23, 2009 By
Two years after the European Commission introduced new rules on the broadcast of TV over the internet, video on demand and mobile TV, just three countries have officially notified the Commission that they had been put in place.
Irdeto buys Philips white-box cryptography
18.05 Europe/London, December 22, 2009 By
Irdeto has acquired a full suite of white-box cryptology patents, patent applications and software from Philips Electronics. The move significantly boosts the IP portfolio around the Irdeto Cloakware solution.
ZON share buyback leads to African DTH adventure
17.50 Europe/London, December 22, 2009 By
Portuguese cablenet ZON Multimedia is to launch a DTH satellite platform serving Angola following a share sale and purchase agreement with Kento Holding Limited.
Christmas and New Year Publishing
17.07 Europe/London, December 22, 2009 By
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Eircom takes control of Irish DTT
15.21 Europe/London, December 22, 2009 By
Signs of progress in the launch of digital terrestrial television in the Irish Republic after Eircom agreed to take a 65% stake in the consortium it had previously shared equally with Setanta Sports, TV3 and Arqiva.
Cyfrowy Polsat outlines future plans
10.17 Europe/London, December 22, 2009 By
Poland’s leading DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat will place growing importance on the provision of additional services, according to its president, Dominik Libicki.
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