This morning during a press conference in Hamburg, the new German sports channel sportdigital.tv said it will launch on the Entavio platform on Astra on October 1. The new channel will offer live matches of the German handball, basketball and volleyball leagues as reported earlier in Broadband TV News. Sportdigital.tv is owned by Sportfive, an [...]
Cable ops outline their position to Commissioner Reding
September 12, 2007 09.38 Europe/London By
CEOs from cable operators in Europe have met in Brussels with Commissioner Reding to discuss the main regulatory topics at stake for the European cable industry. The meeting took place in Brussels on the evening of September 11, after which Cable Europe issued the following press release. Cable pleads for a regulatory regime that encourages [...]
SPTI inks Polish VOD deal
September 12, 2007 07.59 Europe/London By
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has signed a VOD agreement with Poland’s ITI Neovision. It will allow the latter’s DTH platform n to offer a range of SPTI blockbuster movies on its new nVOD service, which made its debut in September 7. n is one of three DTH platforms in Poland and currently has in [...]
Croatian mobile TV service mooted
September 12, 2007 07.49 Europe/London By
T-Mobile could start a mobile TV trial in Croatia by the end of the year, according to the government minister Miroslav Kovacic. Kovacic was speaking at a conference entitled E-Content and quoted in the local press. Although he did not name T-Mobile specifically, speaking instead about the mobile sector in general, it could be inferred [...]
Hungarian IPTV service sets target
September 12, 2007 06.39 Europe/London By
According to a local report, the Hungarian IPTV service T-Home TV expects to have 10,000 subscribers by the end of this year. T-Home TV made its debut in Q4 2006 and currently offers viewers basic and family packages of 23 and 47 channels respectively, as well as six premium channel packages. The service has been [...]
UPC launches digital TV in Bratislava
September 12, 2007 06.17 Europe/London By
The long-awaited debut of UPC’s digital cable service in the Czech Republic has been accompanied by the launch of one in neighbouring Slovakia. Known as UPC Digital, it is initially being made available to 160,000 homes in the capital, Bratislava, offering subscribers around 70 TV channels, of which some 40 are in the Slovak or [...]
Romanian Antena TV for sale
September 12, 2007 06.01 Europe/London By
The Romanian entrepreneur and politician Dan Voiculescu has said that he will sell a stake of between 20-30% in the Intact Group. Speaking to the local press, he added that several foreign parties are interested in the media group, which includes five Antena-branded TV channels. Although CME and Ringier are among the interested parties, Voiculescu [...]
ESPN talks up Frank
September 11, 2007 17.04 Europe/London By
ESPN International has announced a promotion for Lynne Frank, managing director for Europe, who becomes senior vice president, ESPN International. The former Turner executive led ESPN’s recent acquisition of NASN (the North American Sports Network), cricket website Cricinfo and rugby site scrum.com. Frank is also responsible for the operations of ESPN Classic Sport, ESPN channels [...]
Virgin takes BBC Radio interactive
September 11, 2007 16.55 Europe/London By
Virgin Media is to add dynamic interactive content to the BBC radio stations available on its cable platform. The content is already available on the Freeview DTT platform and elements are a part of the DAB digital radio service. “This is a key part of the BBC’s plan to enhance radio across new platforms and [...]
Sidsa looks to the East
September 11, 2007 10.54 Europe/London By
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. The Madrid-based international DVB technology provider Sidsa is to open an office in Moscow to coincide with the launch of a 15-channel DVB-H mobile TV operation that is being supplied with a head-end by the company. Sidsa is also establishing a presence in the Asia-Pacific region through a new office in [...]
