Yet another shopping channel is to launch in the UK market. Showcase TV is a joint venture between established UK homeshopping broadcaster JML Direct and Responze TV through its US […]
Motorola CherryPicks Terayon for $140m
Motorola is to purchase Terayon Communications Systems in a deal worth $140 million (€114.95m). Terayon is best known for video processing solutions that optimise bandwidth on cable systems. It came […]
Com Hem’s triple play boost
Sweden’s largest cable operator Com Hem has improved its first quarter EBITDA by 14% as the company further developed its triple play offer. EBITDA rose to SEK355 million (€34.18m) compared […]
Telenor selects Spacebus for Thor 6
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting has commissioned Thales Alenia Space to build its new satellite Thor 6. The satellite will be based on Thales Alenia Space Spacebus 4000B2 platform and fitted with […]
Eutelsat and TDF in potential merger
Active trading in Eutelsat shares has fuelled speculation that the satellite operator could be heading towards a multibillion Euro merger with telecommunications and broadcast infrastructure group TDF. According to the […]
SES in C-band call
SES New Skies has written to its customers, calling on them to challenge proposals to have the so-called C-band reassigned to terrestrial mobile services. In a letter signed by both […]
EuroNews on DTT in Malta and Austria
EuroNews is to join the Multiplus DTT package in Malta following an agreement signed at MIP-TV last week. The English version of the channel is to be made available to […]
Finnish minister considers licence fee replacement
Finland’s new communications minister has told the Finnish press that the current television licence fee should be replaced. Suvi Lindén told Sunnuntaisuomalainen that the public broadcaster YLE should be funded […]
Life TV fined in product placement breach
Ofcom’s Content Sanctions Committee has fined Life TV £125,000 for a series of breaches of its Broadcasting Code covering editorial independence and product placement. The offending programme, Britain’s Best Breaks, […]
Ericsson completes Tandberg offer
Ericsson has finalised its offer for Tandberg Television after receiving favourable rulings from the relevant competition authorities. Ericsson says that all the conditions laid out in its February 26 offer […]