The European Court of Justice said on Thursday, February 17, that individual countries can rule that live coverage of the European Championships and the World Cup games must be offered […]
10,000 subs for hybrid Mobistar TV
Belgian operator Mobistar has announced that it reached 10,000 subscribers to its hybrid Mobistar TV service at the end of 2010, just under three months after its October 8, 2010, […]
Trade in Canal+ shares suspended
Canal+ SA has announced that it requested NYSE Euronext to suspend trading of its shares for Thursday 17 and Friday, February 18, 2011.
Dutch regional channels join Net TV
Three Dutch regional public broadcasters have now made their catch-up TV service available on Philips Net TV. Programmes from Omroep Flevoland, RTV Utrecht and RTV Oost can be requested on […]
Vodafone Germany launches hybrid TV platform
Vodafone Germany is rolling out its Vodafone TV service with its hybrid Vodafone TV Center at the heart of the system. The hybrid box allows customers to (continue) to receive […]
Austria decides on quick DVB-T2 roll-out
The Austrian regulatory authority for broadcasting and telecommunications (RTR), also known as KommAustria, and the Digitale Plattform Austria have decided to transmit three new DTT multiplexes in DVB-T2/MPEG-4.
Deutsche Welle satellite transmissions jammed
German international public broadcasters Deutsche Welle has said its enigneers have detected an interference in its signals from the Hotbird 8 satellite. The source is unconfirmed, but areas in Europe, […]
Mediaset extends Hot Bird capacity
Elettronica Industriale, the network operator of Italy’s Mediaset Group, and Eutelsat Communications have announced the signing of a 12-year contract for capacity at the Hot Bird video neighbourhood.
DTT drives French digital TV take-up
Almost 9 out of 10 television homes – 24 million households – in France owned at least one digital receiver (satellite, IPTV, DTT or cable) at the end of last […]
Netflix arrives on the Boxee Box
Boxee’s Avner Ronen has announced that TV shows and movies streaming instantly from Netflix are now available on the Boxee Box by D-Link in the US and Canada.