Internet TV firm Brightcove has raised $59.5 million in a ‘Series C’ funding round. AllianceBernstein LP, Brookside Capital LLC and Maverick Capital, Ltd led the financing. Also participating are Allen […]
WorldSpace signs Telecom Italia repeater deal
WorldSpace has agreed a deal with Telecom Italia to provide a series of terrestrial repeaters around Italy to boost reception of its digital satellite radio service. The Italian Telco will […]
Earnings boost Euskaltel
Euskaltel has announced its ADSL-delivered television service now reaches 46,700 homes, giving it a 54% share of the sector within the Basque region of Spain. The company, which in total […]
Slovenia opts for MPEG-4
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]