Telenor Broadcast Day – Oslo. Norkring plans to expand its activities in Central and Eastern Europe, and in particular the Balkans region.
Virgin TV sale “as early as next week”
07.35 Europe/London, May 27, 2010 By
Virgin Media’s exit from the content business looks set to conclude in the next few days with the £160 million (€188 million) sale channel brands including Living TV, Challenge and to BSkyB. At the same time RTL finally looks ready to sell its interest in the terrestrial network Five.
Costa Rica picks Japanese digital standard
07.22 Europe/London, May 27, 2010 By
Costa Rica is to become the seventh country outside of Japan to adopt the country’s digital TV standard, the ministry of internal affairs and communications has confirmed.
South Africa’s Q-Kon contracts Amos
07.11 Europe/London, May 27, 2010 By
Spacecom, the Amos satellite fleet operator, today announced that Q-Kon, the South Africa-based telecom service provider, has leased long term capacity on the Amos-5i satellite and on its successor, the Amos-5 satellite.
Conax to secure Europa 7 DTT platform
06.42 Europe/London, May 27, 2010 By
Telenor Broadcast Day – Oslo. Conax has confirmed it is to provide conditional access services to the new Europa 7 pay-TV platform. The network of eight HD channels will launch in June, marking the end of a long legal battle for the Italian broadcaster.
HBO series come to PS3 and PSP
15.11 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
Sony Computer Entertainment America has said that programming from HBO, the premium cable television network, is available on the PlayStation3 system, the first gaming system to offer HBO original television programming.
Televes launches Polish subsidiary
13.15 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
Spanish manufacturer Televes Corporation has announced the launch of a Polish subsidiary, to be headquartered in the city of Wroclaw, as part of its expansion in Central and Eastern Europe.
Social Networking integration for BBC iPlayer
10.14 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
The BBC has announced a slew of new features for the BBC iPlayer as part of a fresher, simpler look for the catch-up TV service. The integration uses the BBC ID system to then link the iPlayer to their Twitter and Facebook accounts.
UPC Business new wholesale 10 GB service
10.08 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
UPC Business, the B2B unit of UPC Broadband, has announced the launch of a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE) service to help mobile operators and service providers meet the fast growing market demand for high-speed bandwidth.
Free launches German bouquet
09.56 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
French IPTV provide Free has launched a German language bouquet comprising of six thematic channels.
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