Julian Clover gives his thoughts on IBC 2007 There was something of an anti-climax to this year’s IBC. For most of August the Broadband TV News team has been fielding […]
Television bound by channels
RTS CAMBRIDGE. Television is obsessed with channels and still fighting the last war, according to Anthony Lilley chief executive, Magic Lantern Productions. Delivering the Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture to the […]
Mediaset Premium doubles revenues
Mediaset is continuing to experience growth on its terrestrial pay-TV operations. Mediaset Premium more than doubled revenues in the first six months of 2007 to €92.5 million. The figure includes […]
ITN to produce Setanta Sports News
Commercial TV news provider ITN is to produce Setanta Sports News when it goes on air later this year. The channel, backed by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media, will be […]
CanalSat adds Philips to HD suppliers
Philips is to supply dual tuner HD receivers into French DTH operator CanalSat. The Médiasat Max boxes will begin shipping in October and include a hard disk drive. It also […]
Minister puts TV over internet
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport James Purnell has stressed the importance of television over the internet. Referring to the recent call TV crisis that has hit UK […]
ESPN talks up Frank
ESPN International has announced a promotion for Lynne Frank, managing director for Europe, who becomes senior vice president, ESPN International. The former Turner executive led ESPN’s recent acquisition of NASN […]
Virgin takes BBC Radio interactive
Virgin Media is to add dynamic interactive content to the BBC radio stations available on its cable platform. The content is already available on the Freeview DTT platform and elements […]
Yes contracts ADB for HD boxes
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. ADB is supplying its ADB-7820S set-top boxes to the Yes DTH platform in Israel. It ties in with the launch of the a high definition television […]
Norway launch for Viasat 4
Modern Times Group has launched its new Viasat 4 channel for the Norwegian market. The general entertainment channel got underway on Saturday evening in time to see Norway beat Moldova […]