Freesat has announced it has now secured more than one million homes. The BBC-ITV satellite platform has added 250,000 homes since November.
Portuguese operators unite against PT licence return
10.14 Europe/London, March 25, 2010 By
Portugal Telecom has officially handed back the licences for its five DTT pay-TV multiplexes to the telecommunications regulator Anacom and to the media regulator ERC.
TP maps out 2010 strategy
10.10 Europe/London, March 25, 2010 By
The Polish incumbent telco TP may float its wholly owned subsidiary TP EmiTel, which is responsible for the transmission of analogue and digital TV services, later this year.
Digi accused of double standards
09.50 Europe/London, March 25, 2010 By
UPC has accused its competitor Digi of double standards and says it will use all legal means to ensure it respects the law in Slovakia.
Amis chooses Zappware product
08.12 Europe/London, March 25, 2010 By
The Slovenian telco Amis has successfully deployed Zappware’s iView middleware product for its digital TV service AmisTV2.0.
RTL Belgium launches HD sports channel
07.51 Europe/London, March 25, 2010 By
RTL Belgium will launch a dedicated HD sports channel called RTL Sport HD on April 11. It will bring together all sports events broadcast on RTL TVI, Club RTL and Plug RTL in HD.
Vectra opts for Sigma Systems
07.44 Europe/London, March 25, 2010 By
The Polish cable operator Vectra has selected Sigma Systems’ OSS solutions for its triple play offer.
Dutch digital TV reaches 60%
07.34 Europe/London, March 25, 2010 By
The number of digital TV households in The Netherlands has now reached 60%, according to two recently published research results.
Philips branding for Pace Freeview HD
11.28 Europe/London, March 24, 2010 By
IPTV World Forum – London: Pace is to launch two DVB-T2 based products including a PVR for Freeview HD. The Philips branded receivers are expected to be in stores ahead of the World Cup by when it is expected the service will be available to 50% of the UK.
Premium service shines for Mediaset
11.08 Europe/London, March 24, 2010 By
Mediaset Premium has posted revenues of €560 million for 2009, or 38.9% more than for the previous year.
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