MTV Networks International has announced its first HD network will launch on September 15. MTVNHD will initially broadcast in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden. It is planned that […]
Archives for September 2008
Motorola to deliver Telecom receivers
IFA 2008 – BERLIN. Motorola is to manufacture HD receivers for Deutsche Telekom’s T-Home Entertain IPTV platform. The VIP1616E is being marketed to Telekom customers as the Media Receiver 300 […]
BBC postpones Kingswood Warren move
The BBC has indefinitely postponed the transfer of staff from its facility at Kingswood Warren in Surrey. The announcement was made by Erik Huggers, director, BBC Future Media and Technology […]
Canalplay signs Gaumont VOD deal
Canalplay, the online video portal from the Canal+ Group, says it has reached agreement with the Gaumont Studios to offer their new and library titles on its VOD service. From […]
Polish Era eyes fixed-line TV
The Polish mobile operator Era may start to offer IPTV services through its fixed line network as soon as 2009.
New milestone for Polish pay-TV
The boom in pay-TV services is set to continue in Poland.
German Customs raid IFA exhibitors
IFA 2008 – BERLIN. Officials from the German Customs raided a number of stands at the IFA consumer electronics shows. Coming with full force of around 220 people, dozens of […]
Soft launch for Philips Net TV
IFA 20908 – BERLIN. Although Philips will launch its “Net TV” portal sometime next year, it is demoing the system at this year’s IFA. Originally, the service which streams web […]
Alcatel-Lucent shows improved DVB-SH
IFA 2008 – BERLIN. Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating, for the first time in Europe, MPE-iFEC (Multi-Protocol Encapsulation – inter-burst Forward Error Correction), an error-correction coding that improves the quality of broadcast […]