Web-TV channel EUX.TV has said that the majority of TV programmes about and funding by the European Union are now available online. The programmes include the Parlemento series that also airs on Euronews. EUX.TV is powered by the London-based web-TV specialist Narrowstep and the Brussels-based publisher Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing. In addition to programming [...]
Aggregator launches RailTV worldwide
March 24, 2007 16.07 Europe/London By
UK based web TV provider Aggregator has launched RailTV.tv. It is the first global offering for the company. RailTV.tv offers rail enthusiasts a high quality, downloadable, on demand television service with immediate access to content that usually has to be bought on DVD on the high street or through mail order. From launch Aggregator has [...]
Greek IPTV market takes off, Vivodi launches service
March 23, 2007 17.59 Europe/London By
Vivodi Telecom has said its ‘cable TV by Vivodi’ service is now up and running. Using a MEDIAstream platform supplied by MCOM, a leading Greek company in television technology over IP networks, it offers both live TV and VOD services via an ADSL2+ network. Vivodi also claims the network to be the largest privately owned [...]
Big Media rally against YouTube
March 23, 2007 11.48 Europe/London By
Several Big Media companies are joining together to compete with YouTube, the video-sharing service now owned by Google. Murdoch’s News Corp and NBC Universal said they will create an online video site stocked with TV shows and movies, plus clips that users can modify and share with friends. Rather than fight YouTube in court, such [...]
Fibre to Slovak and Norwegian homes
March 22, 2007 18.11 Europe/London By
France Telecom subsidiary Orange Slovensko has said it intends to invest approximately SKK1 billion (€32 million) on a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in Slovakia that will cover almost 200,000 household in 10 cities by the end of the year. “Thanks to this technology Orange will gain a few years start ahead its competitor already this year [...]
Swisscom hikes access fees
March 22, 2007 02.56 Europe/London By
Swisscom’s local loop will be unbundled on April 1, when the new Swiss telecom law comes into effect. In the run-up to the development, the telco has announced that the price it charges competitors Sunrise (TDC Switzerland) and Tele2 will increase to CHF33.40 (€20.65) a month per subscriber. It currently charges CHF25.25 a month, both [...]
MTV veterans to launch ‘micro networks’
March 21, 2007 09.21 Europe/London By
Former executives of MTV and Nickelodeon are launching six ‘micro networks’ on the web. Called Next New Networks the new venture will provide streaming content on subjects such as comics, home made clothing, car culture and cartoons. Programming will consist of short videoclips varying between three and eight minutes. Video will be free and the [...]
US CableLabs plans hybrid boxes
March 20, 2007 15.21 Europe/London By
US CableLabs, the cable television industry’s technology development consortium, announced that it is working on hybrid cable boxes, which will receive both off-air digital broadcasts as well as tune in to digital cable. Such hybrid boxes would help solve a major problem for US cablers, who are faced with carriage bills from broadcasters. By combining [...]
Simply Media to carry Jump TV channels
March 20, 2007 12.38 Europe/London By
Channels from broadband TV network Jump TV are to appear through a new set-top box being launched by Simply Media. Channels from Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East; including top channels from Romania, Bangladesh, Turkey and Pakistan will be made available on the Simply TV IPTV set-top. The channels will be offered [...]
Kamera signs sports content deal with Sportfive
March 19, 2007 11.05 Europe/London By
Mobile and online video content company Kamera has signed a content deal with Europe’s sports rights marketing company Sportfive to distribute its portfolio of sports programming to mobile operators and online portals worldwide. The deal, which includes the upcoming Qualifiers for the Euro 2008 football championship, boosts Kamera’s sports content offering and enables Sportfive to [...]
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