Setanta Sports News is to commence broadcasting on November 29. The broadcaster has confirmed the channel will be available on Sky in addition to the Virgin Media cablenet. It will broadcast 24 hours a day with a brief to cover “all relevant sports stories from the UK and abroad, regardless of whether the event is [...]
Zattoo gets ABC News Now for Europe
November 6, 2007 07.54 Europe/London By
Zattoo, the web TV provider from Switzerland, has entered into an agreement with ABC News and Disney-ABC International Television to distribute the ABC News Now channel in Germany, Spain and Belgium. Zattoo plans to extend the reach of the ABC News Now channel to additional countries, including the UK, in the next six months. ABC [...]
Serbia Broadband opts for Transmode
November 6, 2007 07.32 Europe/London By
O2 TV reaches 60K subscriber mark
November 5, 2007 14.29 Europe/London By
The Czech IPTV service O2 TV now has 60,000 subscribers, according to local reports. Launched in late 2006, it currently offers viewers over 50 TV channels, 3D movies and the public broadcaster’s first channel CT1 in HD. O2 TV’s parent company Telefónica O2 Czech Republic posted revenues of CZK16 billion (€593.9 million) in Q3 2007, [...]
New Polish DTT scenario emerges
November 5, 2007 14.28 Europe/London By
Details have begun to emerge of an agreement signed by the Polish public broadcaster TVP, its radio counterpart Polskie Radio and the mobile company Polkomtel earlier this autumn. Local reports indicate that the three parties plan to launch a DTT platform using Polkomtel’s infrastructure rather than that of TP Emitel’s. TP Emitel is a wholly [...]
TVN24 success continues
November 5, 2007 14.28 Europe/London By
TVN24 remains by far the most popular thematic channel in Poland. According to data produced by TNS OBOP, it claimed an audience share of 4.03% amongst viewers aged 4+ in October, as opposed to 2.29% 12 months earlier. Its nearest competitor, the children’s channel Mini Mini, accounted for less than quarter of this figure (0.94%), [...]
TV Avala sale confusion
November 5, 2007 14.27 Europe/London By
Serbia’s TV Avala has confirmed it is discussing recapitalisation with Belgade-based Nelt Co. an authorised distributor of international brands. Nelt has allegedly reached an agreement that will give it a 25% stake in the media company. However, the Broadcasting Agency (RRA) says it has not received a request for a change of ownership of TV [...]
Serbia steps up privatisation
November 5, 2007 14.26 Europe/London By
Twenty-two Serbian media companies, including 19 radio and TV stations, are to be auctioned off this month. The country has so far privatised five out of the 67 electronic media companies registered with the Serbian privatisation agency, and the process should be completed by the end of this year. Those to be sold off this [...]
Lindsay-Davies quits DTG for Freesat
November 5, 2007 12.33 Europe/London By
Richard Lindsay-Davies is to leave the Digital TV Group to take up the role of commercial development director with Freesat, the BBC-ITV joint venture, scheduled to launch next April. The two organisations have been working closely together with the DTG drawing up the technical specifications for the free-to-air satellite service. Digital TV Group Chairman, Professor [...]
Swiss plan ASO on November 26
November 5, 2007 11.57 Europe/London By
Swiss public broadcaster SRG will cease all analogue terrestrial broadcasts on November 26. Viewers will only have access to one single multiplex offering the four national Swiss public channels in French and German. Local retailers report lukewarm interest from consumers for the digital terrestrial service since the choice of channels is restricted to only four. [...]
