Plans by the BBC to launch dedicated applications for its mobile content have been postponed following an intervention by the BBC Trust.
Over half of STBs sold for satellite
13.18 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
More than 100 million satellite set top box units were sold in 2009, the figure representing more than 50% of the total STB market for that year.
Sky 3D channel added to EPG
13.16 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
Sky has added its new 3D channel into the Sky Guide EPG ahead of its launch at 12.00 this Saturday, April 3.
DW-TV Asia+ expands coverage
11.08 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
Deutsche Welle has signed three new partners in Asia. TMnet in Malaysia, the WOWtv bouquet in Taiwan and Indovision in Indonesia will all distribute DW-TV Asia+.
Sky HD/3D launch queue opens tomorrow
10.28 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
BSkyB is to open its new HD/3D launch queue to new applications at 10.00 tomorrow (March 30). For several months the only way for a broadcaster to open a new channel on the Sky EPG has been to buy out the position held by another broadcaster.
Fell named as chair of DTG Technical Council
10.26 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
Simon Fell has been appointed as the new independent chair of the DTG Technical Council. He replaces Dr Ian Childs who had held the position since the formation of the Technical Council in 2004.
Canvas fills in senior roles
09.13 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
Anthony Rose, one of the brains behind the BBC iPlayer, and Freeview marketing director Tim Hunt are to join Project Canvas.
Spain on verge of ASO
09.06 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
Spain is in the final stages of its transition to digital broadcasting, with the leading cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Seville due to switch off their analogue signals tomorrow (March 30).
Kudelski finally completes OpenTV acquisition
08.52 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
The purchase of middleware and interactive advertising specialist OpenTV by the Swiss technology group Kudelski has finally been completed.
Hungarian broadband take-up grows
08.33 Europe/London, March 29, 2010 By
Hungary had 1.785 million fixed broadband subscriptions as of the end of January, or 18,000 more than a month earlier, according to data published by the country’s National Communications Authority (NHH).
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