The Norwegian fibre-to-the-home provider Altibox says it will be the first in Norway to offer live TV and video on demand services across all screens.
Germany unable to veto Kurdish TV
11.05 Europe/London, September 26, 2011 By
European countries are within their rights to prohibit broadcasters that infringe the principles of international broadcasting, but they cannot prevent reception in another member state, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
NTV-Plus expands online presence
08.57 Europe/London, September 26, 2011 By
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus plans to launch a web TV service in 2012.
VOD takes off in Poland
08.29 Europe/London, September 26, 2011 By
On demand is growing rapidly in Poland, with vod.onet.pl, which is operated by the national commercial broadcaster TVN, now the most popular service.
US tablet owners love full-length movies
20.41 Europe/London, September 25, 2011 By
50% of tablet owners are viewing not only feature-length movies on their device but TV shows as well, according to US research firm In-Stat.
UPC maintains Hungarian digital lead
20.39 Europe/London, September 25, 2011 By
UPC was the leading overall provider of digital TV services in Hungary in July, claiming a market share of 25.7%, according to data produced by the regulator NMHH.
Dish Network streaming Blockbuster movies
20.27 Europe/London, September 25, 2011 By
VIDEO. US satellite DTH operator Dish Network has announced that it will start to offer streaming movies and TV series under the Blockbuster brand. The new service aims to compete with Netflix.
Bouygues Telecom’s OneBox on the Horizon
20.00 Europe/London, September 25, 2011 By
French telco and IPTV provider Bouygues Telecom has chosen Samsung to deliver its next generation gateway. First sets are to be delivered before the end of the year.
French switch off analogue satellite DTH
17.34 Europe/London, September 25, 2011 By
The six analogue television channels that are broadcasting from the Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 3 (AB3) satellite will terminate analogue transmissions on November 29. On that date, all terrestrial analogue broadcasts in the country will also be switched off.
Comscore now ranks YouTube partners
10.32 Europe/London, September 25, 2011 By
August marked the first month of official rankings for comScore YouTube partner reporting within the Video Metrix offering, for a comparison of viewership across thousands of YouTube partners and their channels.
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