Starting Monday, October 3, UPC customers in Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt can subscribe to premium packages within Sky Deutschland’s Austrian bouquets.
New Amazon Kindle Fire features videos
09.19 Europe/London, September 29, 2011 By
VIDEO. Over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video are available on the new Kindle Fire tablet, turning the new device into a potential competitor to the Apple iPad and other, more expensive tablets.
60 million IPTV subscriptions in the EU by 2020
07.20 Europe/London, September 29, 2011 By
The number of IPTV subscriptions in the 27 countries of the EU is set to treble by 2020 according to the latest analysis from Point Topic.
Chris Dziadul Reports: Balaton blues
07.18 Europe/London, September 29, 2011 By
The focus of this week’s Hungarian cable conference, held in the resort of Tihany, was undoubtedly the regulator NMHH and its plans for the future.
QuetzSat-1 launch set for September 30
07.17 Europe/London, September 29, 2011 By
SES has announced that the QuetzSat-1 satellite will be launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on board an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket at 00:32 local time on September 30, 2011 (September 29, 2011 at 20:32 CET).
Kroes: cable can take on the incumbents
10.55 Europe/London, September 28, 2011 By
Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for Europe’s Digital Agenda, has said cable has an important role to play in reaching the European Commission’s target of 100 Mbps broadband connections for half of Europe’s citizens.
French bonus channels ‘contrary to EU law’
09.35 Europe/London, September 28, 2011 By
The European Commission is expected to report to France that the bonus channels, awarded in 2007 to TF1, M6 and Canal+ are illegal according to European law.
YouTube to launch ‘proper’ TV channels
08.45 Europe/London, September 28, 2011 By
YouTube is finalising contracts for the first of more than a dozen ‘channels’ featuring regularly scheduled content on broad themes such as fashion and sports, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Turkish Airlines launches live TV with Panasonic
08.24 Europe/London, September 28, 2011 By
Turkish Airlines has announced it would become the first commercial carrier to launch and offer live, inflight television on its trans-Atlantic flights.
4fun Media on a roll
06.47 Europe/London, September 28, 2011 By
Poland’s 4fun Media has added another channel to its portfolio and at the same time forecast impressive company financial results for this year.
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