Flemish private broadcasters will no longer be forced to air five-minute long videoclips prior and following children’s programmes, as the media regulator has announced its new advertising rules will take […]
EU completes swift review, approves ProSiebenSat.1 acquisition
Following ProSiebenSat.1’s announcement of record annual results, Thursday, the European Commission delivered the expected icing on the cake. Allowing the German broadcasting group to be acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts […]
VT4 fined Euro 10,000 for breaking Flemish ad rules
Flemish media regulator VRM has fined VT4 for breaking the region’s ad rules, and ordered the channel to pay €10,000 in fines. The regulator considered three breaches of the advertising […]
Astrium to build more Ariane rockets
Arianespace, the company that markets and launches the Ariane rockets, and lead-contractor Astrium Space Transportation are increasing the Ariane 5 production rate, from five to seven a year from 2008 […]
Tele2 finally closes Versatel acquisition
In an extraordinary general meeting, Monday afternoon, shareholders approved a reverse take-over of Tele2’s Benelux assets, by Versatel. Tele2 acquired just over 80% of Versatel in the summer of 2005, […]
Telenet Digital hits 250,000
Flemish cable operator Telenet announced today that it has reached the milestone of 250,000 subscribers for its digital tv service, following what it describes as a successful year-end campaign. Telenet […]
NTV-Plus to launch three HD channels in March
“At the moment we are broadcasting test versions of three HD channels and we are going to make them available to subscribers in late March”, says Dmitry Samokhin CEO of […]
Sony and HoloVis show Amsterdam High-rez future in 3D
Projector manufacturer Sony and rear projection visualisation systems specialist HoloVis International are showing an immersive 3D visualisation system, the ApolloWall-Pro, at Integrated Systems Europe 2007, in Amsterdam this week. Visitors […]
KPN to discontinue dial-up Internet access
Dutch incumbent telecoms operator KPN told RTL Nieuws Saturday, that it plans to discontinue its metered dial-up Internet access service(s), sometime this year. KPN and its ISPs still have approximately […]
Podcasting to cars from old Ku-birds
In a remarkable announcement, the satellite operator SES, European Space Agency ESA and German avionics research institute DLR have claimed there is such a thing as spent Ku-band satellites sitting […]