The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) said that three of the four applications for licences have been disqualified for not following the instructions in the invitation to apply. As a result, e.tv will be the only broadcaster to offer mobile TV, at least for the time being.
Portugal Telecom IPTV selects Envivio
08.42 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
Envivio has announced the selection of its Three Screens delivery platform by Portugal Telecom to support the commercial rollout of MEO@PC, a television service for delivery to PCs.
‘Lost’ finale shatters all download records
08.27 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
The finale of Lost has shattered all previous download records on BitTorrent. In less than a day, according to TorrentFreak.
BBC World News returns to Amsterdam
08.13 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
From July 1, BBC World News will return to the basic analogue tier on UPC’s Amsterdam cablenet. The news channel will take the place of the Franco-German cultural channel Arte.
Eurosport planning regular 3D channel
07.05 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
Telenor Broadcast Day – Oslo (09.00 Update). Eurosport is planning to launch a regular 3D channel as soon as practicable, according to Eurosport general director of distribution and development Jean-Thierry Augustin. “I don’t know if it will be in time for the Australian Open next year, but the facility to do so already exists at [...]
NRK to drop standard def from DTT
06.37 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
Telenor Broadcast Day – Oslo. NRK is to replace the standard definition feeds for all three of its principal channels with high definition.
Polish DTT back on track
05.56 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
Poland’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has approved the switch of the leading commercial stations Polsat, TVN, TV4 and TV Puls from the first to second multiplex.
Major boost for Bulgarian IPTV
05.42 Europe/London, May 26, 2010 By
The Bulgarian incumbent telco Vivacom has announced that it will launch an IPTV service by the middle of this year.
Partnering with RAI, Astra enhances 3D demo channel
13.34 Europe/London, May 25, 2010 By
SES Astra said it has enhanced the programme offer for its 3D demo channel and entered into a partnership with Italian public broadcaster RAI for the delivery of experimental 3D content.
Rovi seeks to guide Google TV
11.26 Europe/London, May 25, 2010 By
It is not so much a battle for hearts and minds as one for middleware and navigation. Google’s announcement that it has created a version of its Android operating system for the TV has been followed up by news that Rovi intends to bring its TotalGuide navigation solution to the party.
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