Romania’s Digital Cable Systems (DCS) has allocated €10 million for investment this year.
Czech station Z1 closes
23.48 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
The transition to digital broadcasting has suffered a blow in the Czech Republic with the closure of the news-based station Z1.
Belgrade Business Breakfast
16.42 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
Download the Presentations from the Broadband TV News Business Breakfast in Belgrade with contributions from Telenor, Digi Sat and Telekom Srbija. (March 1, 2011).
Eutelsat names Edouard Silverio general counsel
16.11 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
Eutelsat Communications has announced the appointment of Edouard Silverio as group general counsel and company secretary.
Satellite Broadband Ireland signs Ka-Sat contract
11.33 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
Satellite Broadband Ireland (SBI) has signed a commercial agreement with Eutelsat Communications to sell broadband services via Ka-Sat.
BBC Online review rejects iPlayer aggregation
11.16 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
The BBC has committed not to use the iPlayer as an on demand aggregator or launch its own social network as part of a series of commitments issued as part of a scaling back of the corporation’s online operations.
NDS Snowflake premiers at ZON TV Cabo
10.23 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
NDS has announced that Portuguese cabler ZON TV Cabo is the first to launch the NDS Snowflake User Interface, enabled by MediaHighway set-top box software as the basis for its new IRIS service.
BeeSmart grows customer base
10.09 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
The Slovenian interactive TV solution provider BeeSmart and Cambridge, UK-based provider of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) rendering technology Ekioh have announced a 300% growth in customers over the last 12 months.
Cyfrowy Polsat maps out strategy
09.48 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
The leading Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has no interest in entering the country’s cable market, according to its president Dominik Libicki. However, it cannot rule out buying the number two DTH operation Cyfra+ should it come on the market.
BSkyB looks at putting its content in The Cloud
09.33 Europe/London, January 24, 2011 By
BSkyB is to purchase The Cloud, the nationwide network of Wi-fi hotspots, according to The Sunday Times. The paper says the deal could be announced on Thursday when the satcaster is scheduled to release its quarterly results.
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