Eutelsat and the leading Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat have renewed a contract for capacity on Hot Bird 6, located at 13 degrees East.
Eurosport upgrades iPhone app as downloads top 3 million
10.02 Europe/London, December 20, 2010 By
Eurosport has launched a new version of its iPhone app, speeding up navigation, adding goal alerts for top European football and rugby leagues and adding additional text commentaries results, news and fixtures.
Virgin Media names Gilbert as CMO
09.47 Europe/London, December 20, 2010 By
Virgin Media has announced the appointment of Nigel Gilbert as chief marketing officer.
NOS puts all year-in-reviews online
08.56 Europe/London, December 20, 2010 By
Dutch public broadcaster NOS has put all its year-in-reviews since 1956 online and available on-demand. A total of 75 hours of video is now available.
Snow stops first Dutch 3D football telecast
08.25 Europe/London, December 20, 2010 By
Heavy snowfall prompted the Dutch football association KNVB to cancel the Ajax-Feyenoord football game, which was to be the first Dutch live 3D telecast.
News Corp waits for EC approval
11.29 Europe/London, December 19, 2010 By
The European Commission is this week expected to give the all clear to News Corporation’s proposed purchase of the 61% of BSkyB that it does not already own.
Telenet launches TV everywhere with Yelo
13.40 Europe/London, December 17, 2010 By
Belgian cable operator Telenet has announced it is launching Yelo, a new multimedia platform enabling digital TV customers to watch their programmes and videos wherever they are, on a computer, on an iPad or an iPhone.
Tricolor TV adds HD channels
11.45 Europe/London, December 17, 2010 By
The leading Russian DTH platform Tricolor TV has added HD channels to its offer.
German STB market shows strong growth
11.20 Europe/London, December 17, 2010 By
The German market for set-top boxes is continuing to show strong growth with the average price increasing from €90 in 2007 to €117 in 2010. Contrary to the usual consumer electronics trend, the average value of STBs is still increasing with a pricepoint of €124 predicted for next year.
Leading Russian cableco targeted
10.13 Europe/London, December 17, 2010 By
The Russian telco Svyazinvest remains keen to enter the lucrative Moscow pay-TV and broadband market and has targeted National Telecommunication (NTK), the operator of the country’s leading cable company NKS.
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