Slovenia’s Agency for Post and Electronic Communications (APEK) has chosen the MPEG-4 transport stream as the standard for digital terrestrial television in the country. The agency will shortly commence the DTT licensing process. The majority of other European countries that have so far announced their technical parameters have all opted for the MPEG-2 standard. The […]
Dresdner says avoid BSkyB stock
Dresdner Kleinwort has marked BSkyB as a stock to avoid in 2007. In its State of the Nation report on European Media ‘Disruptive Innovation’, the investment bank says that the estimated 2.1 million Sky homes that are without broadband and do not subscribe to one of the Sky Sports packages must be considered as potential […]
NonStop to indulge in life of Luxe TV
Stockholm-based distribution company NonStop Television has added HD broadcaster Luxe TV to its channel portfolio. NonStop will distribute the channel in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. The channel is produced by the Luxembourg-based DVL TV and features reports on the finer things in life including property […]
Broadband TV News launches Poland Market Report
Poland has long been at the forefront of developments in Central and Eastern Europe’s television industry. Last year, however, it took a quantum jump by launching IPTV, HDTV and VOD all within a matter of months. This has created an even more competitive marketplace and brought with it greater choice than ever before for viewers. […]
Record quarter for Fastweb
Fastweb has announced a 26% rise in its fourth quarter revenues following the acquisition of a record number of subscribers as net additions grew by 50%. Revenues at the Italian IPTV network climbed to €362 million from €287.50 million in the previous year. By the end of December 2006 Fastweb had 1.06 million subscribers on […]
TV2 Norway adds Nyhetskanalen to broadband package
TV2, Norway’s quasi-commercial terrestrial network, has launched the country’s first 24-hour news channel. Nyhetskanalen went live today (January 15) and forms part of TV2’s recently launched broadband TV service. Nyhetskanalen has also secured capacity on the digital cable and satellite platform Canal Digital; cable operator Get and IPTV networks Lyse, iVisjon and Homebase. Viewers in […]
Duffy to leave NTL
NTL-Telewest has confirmed the departure of former CEO Simon Duffy, who has resigned from his post of executive vice chairman, and as a member of the board of directors. Duffy was moved sideways following the merger between NTL and Telewest. He will take with him a lump sum of £1 million – the equivalent of […]
Fox delivers movies to KDG VOD
Twentieth Century Fox is to provide Kabel Deutschland (KDG) with premium movie content for its CineExpress video on demand service. It follows a multi-year pay-per-view licensing agreement between Fox and the On Demand Group, which operates CineExpress on behalf of KDG. The initial package will include recent hits X-Men: The Last Stand, Walk the Line, […]
BPG issues call for Multichannel Award entries
The Broadcasting Press Guild has issued a call for entries in the Multichannel category of this year’s BPG Awards. Unlike the other awards, which are chosen by the membership as a whole, the Multichannel Award is selected by a jury of members that specialise in the sector. The Award is designed to highlight the programme […]
Tandberg and Arris to Merge
Technology companies Tandberg and Arris have announced that they are to merge. Arris is to pay Tandberg a sum of $1,214 million based on current exchange rates. In a statement Jan Christian Opsahl, Chairman, Tandberg Television said that industry consolidation among the key customer base has led to a demand for companies that can offer […]