The development of Ireland’s DTT platform is again on hold after the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) withdrew its licence offer from the Eircom-backed OneVision consortium in favour of Liberty […]
Sky Deutschland mulls CI Plus
Following last week’s launch of a CI Plus module by Kabel Deutschland, Sky Deutschland CEO Brian Sullivan has indicated there is a “pretty good chance” that Sky might produce its […]
Bennett steps down from OpenTV
It has emerged that Ben Bennett has quietly stepped down from his position as CEO of OpenTV following the acquisition of the company by Kudelski and a reorganization of the […]
South Africa rethink over DVB
Officials from the DVB have made an emergency dash to South Africa to persuade the authorities to maintain their 2006 commitment to adopt the DVB-T terrestrial standard.
Dan Marks to run ProSiebenSat.1 New Media
The former head of BT Vision is to establish a New Media segment for ProSiebenSat.1.
DVB-C2 sees first live transmission
The first live transmissions of the second generation cable standard DVB-C2 have taken place in Germany. The initial transmissions were made at the Technische Universitaet Braunschweig on April 22 and […]
Harmonic buys Omeneon
Harmonic Inc is to purchase video production and playout company Omneon Inc in a $274 million (€215.53m) cash and share deal.
8% growth for TDC TV
TDC’s television business, which includes the cablenet YouSee, and its IPTV operations TDC TV increased its customer base by 8.8% over the last 12 months.
Welho swells on expanded offer
Welho’s new offer for housing authorities and an expansion in pay services contributed to a first quarter rise in subscriber figures at the Finnish cableco.
Swisscom TV doubles up
The number of subscribers to the Swisscom TV IPTV service almost doubled in the 12 months to March 31. The 97.8% rise took subscriber numbers to the former Bluewin-branded service […]