The Polish incumbent telco TPSA has been fined by the European Commission for anti-competitive behaviour in the provision of internet services.
Pay-TV takes off in St Petersburg
08.44 Europe/London, June 23, 2011 By
The take-up of pay-TV services is growing rapidly in St Petersburg, Russia’s second city.
Ireland looks to grow DTT service
08.41 Europe/London, June 23, 2011 By
The Irish public broadcaster RTE’s wholly owned subsidiary RTENL plans to procure a DTT digital TV head end system that would be capable of statistical multiplexing a minimum of six SD and one HD digital channels.
VOD progresses in Czech Republic
22.51 Europe/London, June 22, 2011 By
Less than 5% of Telefonica O2’s on demand users in the Czech Republic opt for the entire range of such services offered by the incumbent telco.
Chris Dziadul Reports: Marching in June
20.48 Europe/London, June 22, 2011 By
Like many conferences, Digital TV Central and Eastern Europe, which this year was held in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, came in like a lion and out like a lamb.
Arqiva completes digital switch over in Scotland
20.03 Europe/London, June 22, 2011 By
With the digital switch over process completed for the Black Hill transmitter group, serving central Scotland including parts of Glasgow and Edinburgh, all terrestrial TV is now fully digital throughout Scotland.
BHRT chooses Turksat for European coverage
16.31 Europe/London, June 22, 2011 By
The Bosnia Herzegovina state television broadcaster (BHRT) has announced that it has chosen Turksat for Its satellite broadcasts to Europe.
Fox Movies to launch in Portugal
16.25 Europe/London, June 22, 2011 By
Fox Movies Movies will be available on the major pay-TV networks in Portugal from July 1, 2011, according to Fox International Channels (FIC), News Corporation’s international multi-media busines.
Lovefilm Germany connects with Sony TVs
12.19 Europe/London, June 22, 2011 By
Lovefilm and Sony have extended their partnership to allow Lovefilm subscribers in Germany to instantly watch hundreds of titles directly through Sony Bravia internet video TVs, Blu-ray players and Blu-ray Home Theatre kits.
BBC iPlayer launches on BT Vision TV
12.15 Europe/London, June 22, 2011 By
BT Vision customers can now watch their favourite BBC shows on demand, using the new BBC iPlayer on their TVs.
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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.