Narrowstep, the TV on the Internet company, has collaborated with Spanish based VivoCom to deliver a host of new IP delivered TV channels to the Spanish market. To date, they have launched 13 original channels using Narrowstep’s proprietary IPTV technology platform telvOS. This collaboration is part of Narrowstep’s overall strategy to extend its presence globally [...]
ZDF to broadcast only in 16:9 widescreen
June 25, 2007 06.53 Europe/London By
German public broadcaster ZDF has said that from today it will only broadcast in 16:9 widescreen. It is the first German broadcaster to transmit solely in the widescreen format. Last year, ZDF said it had broadcast over 2,000 programmes in 16:9 or about one quarter of its output. With the addition of all entertainment programming, [...]
Austrian Puls TV plans to go DTT and DTH
June 24, 2007 19.20 Europe/London By
The Viennese local commercial broadcaster Puls-TV is planning to distribute the channel via satellite and terrestrially. The company is currently negotiating with ORS for a distribution contract. According to CEO Martin Blank Plus TV made a moderate profit last year and is now ready to go on digital DTH. Blank is also positive about the [...]
Joost wants to get inside your TV
June 20, 2007 06.10 Europe/London By
Online video service Joost plans to get inside your TV. According to the new CEO Mike Volpi the company has started talks with hardware manufacturers to have Joost software included in digital TV sets to make for easy access to the service. The company is also targeting manufacturers of other devices such as set-top boxes, [...]
ARD expands Astra capacity
June 20, 2007 05.56 Europe/London By
The German public broadcaster ARD is to expand its Astra satellite capacity from January 2008. The additional transponder will not be used for additional programming, but rather to improve picture quality of its transmissions. According to the ARD press department the move is in response to the growing number of flat screens in German homes, [...]
YouTube becomes multilingual
June 20, 2007 04.38 Europe/London By
Video website YouTube has launched local sites in Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK offering localised versions in various languages. Each site is fully translated and localized for each country including content (featured videos, director videos, promotions), as well as interfaces, search, user support and community features like video [...]
French DTT to reach 70% by July
June 20, 2007 04.32 Europe/London By
With 11 new transmitters to go on the air the French DTT service is set to reach 70% of the population by the end of July. In June the following transmitters will come on the air: in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region: Menton ; in Lorraine: Bar-le-Duc, Epinal, Vittel; in Rhône-Alpes: Chambéry, Montmélian; in Champagne-Ardenne: Troye; [...]
BC Partners to acquire majority of Intelsat
June 19, 2007 18.01 Europe/London By
Following a few days of rumours, private equity firm BC Partners is to acquire a majority in Intelsat, the satellite company announced. The company has signed a definitive agreement for the purchase of a majority of the shares of its parent company, Intelsat Holdings, Ltd., by funds advised by BC Partners (BCEC) and certain other [...]
Dream Satellite TV launches DVB-H service in Philippines
June 19, 2007 05.25 Europe/London By
Dream Satellite TV is to launch the first commercial DVB-H mobile TV service in the Philippines. The company has chosen the 4Caster M2 encoders from Envivio. Dream Satellite TV, a brand of Philippine Multimedia Systems Incorporated (PMSI), is currently testing eight live channels on select Samsung handsets. The M2 encoders support multiple output profiles and [...]
Live traffic cam pictures on Austrian mobile TV
June 18, 2007 17.35 Europe/London By
The Austrian public radio station Ö3 from ORF has started transmitting live traffic webcam pictures of motorways in and around the capital Vienna to mobile TV handsets. The broadcasts are part of the DVB-H pilot project with 1,000 users. For the moment, the pictures are only broadcast during the morning rush hour. With the pictures [...]
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