Virgin Media has chosen Narrowstep to power its online video offering. The internet company is already responsible for the distribution of 150 Web-based channels including Go Beyond TV for Land Rover, London TV, RomeReports TV, and ITV Local. Virgin is using Narrowstep’s TelvOS internet TV technology platform for the playout of five themed channels; Gaming, [...]
Anevia hires veteran Rabu
April 26, 2007 20.16 Europe/London By
French IPTV specialist Anevia has hired Patrick Rabu as its international sales director. The industry veteran was the founder of Xcom Multimedia Communication. Pace Micro Technology later acquired the company and Rabu went on to hold various positions within the UK technology company, most recently as EMEA new business director.
Virgin and Sky begin High Court tussle
April 26, 2007 20.07 Europe/London By
Virgin Media has begun its High Court case against BSkyB. In papers submitted to the Court, Virgin has accuses the pay-TV platform of abusing a dominant position. The two companies have been involved in heated exchanges since February, when the former NTL-Telewest took the Virgin name, though the dispute over the carriage of Sky’s basic [...]
LamdaStream looks to Asia
April 26, 2007 18.56 Europe/London By
The Spanish interactive personal TV company LambdaStream has entered into an alliance with the Singapore-based mobile TV technology provider and integrator Innoxius Technologies. Under it, LambdaStream will distribute its EPG for mobile TV (Antares) and VOD platform (VoDKA) throughout Asia. LambdaStream is already actively involved in a commercial DVB-H network in Russia that offers subscribers [...]
Nokia boosts Polish IPTV
April 26, 2007 18.17 Europe/London By
Nokia Siemens Networks is to supply Poland’s leading alternative telco Telefonia Dialog, which goes under the trade name Dialog Telecom, with an IPTV solution. According to the communications service company, tests will get under way in June, with a commercial roll out likely to follow at the end of the year. Telefonia Dialog is based [...]
90% HD penetration if Ofcom grants DTT spectrum
April 26, 2007 10.02 Europe/London By
Ninety per cent of UK homes will be watching high definition by 2020, but only if Ofcom allocates additional spectrum for the HD format. Research from Strategy Analytics suggests that without further gifted capacity the availability will be restricted to just 60%. Strategy Analytics report HDTV and DTT: The Impact Of Platform Evolution Decisions On [...]
New distribution for SciTech TV
April 26, 2007 09.32 Europe/London By
Eicom has confirmed that it is in talks with satellite providers to establish a European distribution feed for its science and technology channel SciTech TV. It is planned to use a satellite that could cover Europe, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa with a single footprint – a berth on the Eutelsat Hotbird would seem [...]
Turkish DTT six months away
April 26, 2007 08.38 Europe/London By
Digital terrestrial transmissions are expected to commence in Turkey within the next six months. According to the national daily Hurriyet, DTT will begin in 13 major cities following the first meeting of Anten Corp, the recently established national transmission agency. Star TV’s Nuri Colakoglu, who has been appointed as the chairman of Anten Corp, is [...]
French viewers prefer the channels they know
April 26, 2007 07.30 Europe/London By
More than ten million French homes now have access to digital terrestrial television, but the latest audience figures show that it is the established channels that still command the greatest number of viewers. According to researcher Médiamétrie 4.25 million households are now equipped either with le set-top box or an integrated digital television. In the [...]
RTL and Sport1 to bring HD Wimbledon to Dutch cable
April 25, 2007 10.51 Europe/London By
Dutch commercial broadcaster RTL Nederland and Chellomedia’s Sport1 have signed a sublicensing agreement to bring matches from the Wimbledon tennis championships live in HD on Dutch cable. RTL owns the live rights to Wimbledon and will air a selection of the matches on RTL7. Sport 1 will show selected games in HD quality to subscribers [...]
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