Satellite radio service Worldspace has said it has reached agreement with holders of its $155 million (€114.54) convertible notes to redeem $50m in cash and renegotiate the terms of the […]
Fastweb grows Q1 revenue
Italian telecommunications provide and IPTV operator Fastweb has recorded preliminary first quarter revenues of over €353 million. In its preliminary results the company recorded 1,150,400 subscribers – though only a […]
Clover’s Week: Market day
Jalipo is looking to create a broadband marketplace for TV content. Julian Clover reports A new business model is being proposed for broadband TV that offers customers a low commitment […]
Mobile companies adopt OMA BCAST
A grouping of mobile operators, handset manufacturers and chip developers have agreed to endorse a common mobile TV implementation based on the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Mobile Broadcast Services Enabler […]
Sony in French VOD deal
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced a new content deal with Virginmega in France. The new online service will have access to hit movies including The Da Vinci Code […]
Virgin commences High Court action
Virgin Media has confirmed it is to challenge what it perceives as anti-completive behaviour by Sky. The cablenet today (Thursday) begun proceedings in the High Court in a bid to […]
Get selects Cisco network technology
Norwegian cable operator Get has chosen Cisco’s IP Next Generation Network as part of an upgrade of its plant. Get, the former UPC Norway, has also become only the second […]
YLE delays mobile launch
The Finnish public broadcaster YLE has said it is to postpone the launch of its mobile TV services until at least the end of the year. The broadcaster cited the […]
New growth for Boxer
Sweden’s DTT pay platform Boxer added a further 18,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2007. As of March 31, 2007, Boxer had 672,000 subscribers to its digital TV service, […]
ODG gives 4oD cable support
On Demand Group (ODG) is to provide content management support for the Channel 4 video on demand service 4oD. ODG will manage the VOD content and metadata ingest for the […]