Lower Normandy will be the second region in France to switch to all digital broadcasting when the remaining analogue terrestrial television transmitters sign off on March 9.
EyeTV streams DTT to home network
11.31 Europe/London, February 28, 2010 By
German manufacturer Elgato has brought a new product to market, the EyeTV Netstream DTT, which streams local DVB-T broadcasts across a wireless home network. With two built-in tuners, people can watch or record two different channels on two computers.
Spanish 3D Pictures to launch 3D channel
11.34 Europe/London, February 27, 2010 By
Spanish 3D Pictures is set to launch its own 3D Channel later this year. The new channel will be distributed via IPTV, satellite, cable, mobile TV, mobile multimedia handheld devices, iPad, iPod video, game consoles phones, new digital platforms, new technologies and wireless networks.
Philips Net TV to offer movies
07.50 Europe/London, February 27, 2010 By
Philips Net TV, the connected TV platform of the Dutch consumer electronics manufacturer, is to offer direct access to on-demand movies.
UPC Ireland prepares to up speeds
11.48 Europe/London, February 26, 2010 By
UPC Ireland has confirmed plans to introduce a new video-on-demand service and offer subscribers a top broadband speed of 120 Mbps. The move coincides with the replacement of the customer facing brands Chorus and NTL with that of the parent company.
Telefónica grows TV against market trends
11.12 Europe/London, February 26, 2010 By
Spanish pay-TV subscribers are continuing to gravitate towards Telefónica’s IPTV platform Imagenio.
Greece’s OTE feels the squeeze
10.11 Europe/London, February 26, 2010 By
2009 was a tough year for Greece’s OTE, its revenues of €5,984.1 million being 6.6% down on the previous 12 months.
MTV Baltics facing bankruptcy
09.53 Europe/London, February 26, 2010 By
MTV Baltics, which went off the air indefinitely in November last year, is facing bankruptcy.
Service model comes good for Kudelski
09.09 Europe/London, February 26, 2010 By
Kudelski has reported increased revenues for 2009 after a number of key conditional access clients were moved to the company’s new service model in the first half of the year.
Good year for Romania’s Dolce
08.57 Europe/London, February 26, 2010 By
The Romanian DTH platform Dolce ended 2009 with 884,136 subscribers, or 37.5% more than at the start of the year.
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