WATCH VIDEO. The fifth Arianespace mission of 2010 orbited two telecommunications payloads on Friday, November 26. Lifting off from the Spaceport in French Guiana, the Ariane 5 deployed its Intelsat 17 and Hylas 1 satellites during a daytime mission lasting 49 minutes.
Deutsche Telekom IPTV to add 7 HD channels
11.44 Europe/London, November 26, 2010 By
Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV service Entertain will add six HD channels to its line-up on December 1, with a seventh to follow in February 2011.
European report says Google must follow media rules
11.23 Europe/London, November 26, 2010 By
A report approved by the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education has suggested search engines and aggregators such as Google and Apple should be bound by the same rules as traditional media.
Ofcom warning to adult channels
11.22 Europe/London, November 26, 2010 By
Ofcom is to meet with all licensees that broadcast adult content after the regulator revoked the licences of four channels in the sector.
HBO starts Romanian production
11.10 Europe/London, November 26, 2010 By
Details have emerged of what will be HBO’s first locally produced series in Romania.
Get builds VOD service
11.06 Europe/London, November 26, 2010 By
Movies from Sony Pictures and Nordisk Film are to being added to the Get VOD platform after two new agreements were signed by the Norwegian cableco.
Sony launches Qriocity VOD in Europe
10.58 Europe/London, November 26, 2010 By
Sony Europe has announced the European launch of Video On Demand powered by Qriocity in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.
France launches DTT in DOM-TOM
10.08 Europe/London, November 26, 2010 By
France will be launching digital terrestrial television in all French overseas departments and regions (the so-called DOM-TOM) from November 30.
News Corp man new Sky Deutschland CFO
09.32 Europe/London, November 26, 2010 By
Sky Deutschland has appointed Steven Tomsic as its new chief financial officer, replacing Pietro Maranzana who returns to Italy as deputy chief financial officer of Sky Italia.
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Connected TV Forecasts NEW REPORT. The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in this report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this translates to 20% of global TV sets by 2016, up from only 6% at end-2010. Published in November 2011, this 83-page PDF report is the most geographically comprehensive to ever be published.