The Czech national transmission company Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) has given an assessment of the country’s digital market and its future a month after analogue switch off.
Agama take the A1 to Austria
09.56 Europe/London, December 15, 2011 By
Monitoring specialist Agama has delivered an end to end monitoring system to the Telekom Austria’s IPTV platform A1.
Eurosport to play 3D on Nintendo
09.50 Europe/London, December 15, 2011 By
Sports video content from Eurosport in the 3D format is to be made available on the Ninendo 3DS following a new partnership between the gaming company and the Eurosport Group.
Chris Dziadul Reports: 2011 CEE TV review
09.49 Europe/London, December 15, 2011 By
2011 was an eventful year for the TV industry in Central and Eastern Europe.
Maxdome adds Sony pictures
09.49 Europe/London, December 15, 2011 By
The ProSiebenSat.1-Group and Sony Pictures Television Sales Deutschland have announced a worldwide output deal for the studio’s current blockbusters, library titles and TV series.
Worldwide online video viewing totals 200 billion
09.36 Europe/London, December 15, 2011 By
Nearly 1.2 billion people age 15 and older watched 201.4 billion videos online globally during October 2011. Google sites, driven by YouTube.com, ranked as the top video destination with nearly 88.3 billion videos viewed in the month.
Telenet’s Homespots to become Hotspots
07.45 Europe/London, December 15, 2011 By
Belgian cable operator Telenet plans to add half a million extra free Wi-Fi locations for its customers by turning the wireless modems at its subscribers’ homes into so-called Homespots.
NTV-Plus goes down IPTV route
23.18 Europe/London, December 14, 2011 By
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus has launched an IPTV service.
European Commission delays Google/Motorola
15.24 Europe/London, December 14, 2011 By
The European Commission has called a halt to its antitrust investigation of Google’s plans to acquire Motorola Mobility, pending access to certain documents about the merger.
Apple leading connected TV market
13.40 Europe/London, December 14, 2011 By
Apple is set to capture 32% of the connected TV player market in 2011, according to Strategy Analytics.
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