Canal+ is to establish its own children’s channel this autumn to be called Canal+ Family. Confirming the launch managing director Rodolphe Belmer told the French daily Liberation that the channel […]
La Sixta quits Digital+
Fledgling broadcast network La Sixta is withdrawing from the Spanish DTH platform Digital+. The network says that it has improved its terrestrial analogue coverage to the extent that it now […]
YooMedia to quit fixed odds betting
YooMedia is preparing to sell its subsidiary The Gaming Channel to the Spanish-based investment company Kasei 2000. The Gaming Channel runs YooMedia’s fixed odds betting operation and has been valued […]
£11.5bn price tag on Virgin Media
Virgin Media has appointed Goldman Sachs to seek out possible buyers after an approach from private equity company Carlyle Group. The search is said to be in its early stages, […]
Back to the peer
Rather than deny access to peer-to-peer networks, operators are looking to embrace individual providers. Julian Clover reports from the C-Cor Global IP Summit There’s an interesting side plot to the […]
Satellite holds onto higher HD bandwidth
C-COR GLOBAL IP SUMMIT – CANNES. SES-Astra VP, Product Management, Thomas Wrede is standing by the satellite operator’s strategy of using around 14 Mbps for the transmission of HD channels. […]
Sky basic channels launch on Tiscali
Virgin Media customers may still be pining for the return of Sky shows such as 24 and The Simpsons, but until now Tiscali TV viewers have never had the pleasure. […]
Eurosport 2 adds three
Eurosport 2, the second channel of the pan-European sports network, is planning to add three new language versions. The TF1-owned channel has applied to French broadcast regulator CSA for permission […]
Viasat and TDC link for Danish DVB-H trial
Viasat and TDC have launched a mobile TV test in Denmark using the DVB-H standard. Previously mobile TV in Denmark has only been made possible over the 3G network. The […]
Consultation puts brakes on Sky DTT plan
11.55 UPDATE: Ofcom has announced a consultation into plans by BSkyB to launch a pay-TV service on the UK DTT platform. The service would replace the three existing channels that […]