Amid intense speculation, Telefónica has purchased a 21% stake in Sogecable, operator of Digital+ from Prisa for €470 million. It places a value of over €2,350 million on the direct-to-home […]
ITV Player to join Freesat
Subscription-free satellite service Freesat has confirmed that the ITV Player catch-up service will join the platform in the first half of 2010. It will join the BBC iPlayer, a beta […]
DVB in next gen mobile technology call
The DVB Project has launched a Call for Technologies for a Next Generation handheld system that would become a successor to DVB-H.
Virgin Media to run on demand ads
Virgin Media has announced plans to insert dynamic advertising onto its on demand platform. Advertisements from leading brands including L’Oreal, Sony Ericsson, Kellogg’s and Microsoft will appear around content from […]
ONO prepares major refinancing
ONO, the indebted Spanish cable operator, has drawn up plans to meet the €36 million senior facilities payment due in December. In addition, a further €414 million is due in […]
TiVo to supply next generation Virgin platform
17.00 UPDATE: Virgin Media’s next generation set-top boxes are to run a converged television and broadband platform developed for the cablenet by the US DVR specialist TiVo. The UK cablenet […]
AIB Sourcebook 2009
Available now – the latest edition of the AIB Global Broadcasting Sourcebook, with the most comprehensive listing of the world’s TV and radio broadcasters including key personnel, as well as […]
TV centric Ericsson drops Tandberg name
Ericsson has confirmed it will drop the Tandberg Television brand from January 25.
TV2 cable claim ruled illegal
Proposals to raise the amount paid by Norwegian cablenets for commercial channel TV2 by some 1,500% have been ruled illegal by the Cable Dispute Tribunal.
NDS technology to support MYtv
MYtv, the Israeli-backed DTH platform serving Ukraine, is to launch the region’s first personal video recorder service when it enters full programme service before the end of the year.