Canal Digital has increased the number of Swedish households that can receive its packages by 150% following a new distribution agreement with Svenska Fibernät. The deal with the communications provider […]
Finnish explore YLE smart card
Finland’s ministry of justice is to examine the possibility of encrypting DTT transmissions from the public broadcaster YLE and issuing smart cards only to those that have paid the television […]
Further expansion of Numericable fibre-optic net
Numericable has announced it has further extended its fibre-optic network to the regions of Grenoble, Nimes and Perpignan. The French cablenet began the deployment of the technology in 2005 and […]
Sky Italia extends OpenTV agreement
OpenTV has confirmed that Sky Italia has extended its middleware licence agreement with a multi-year renewal. The agreement squashes any thoughts that the News Corp-owned DTH operation might instead look […]
Discovery Channel plans IPO
Discovery Channel will have more than the sharks of its famous programming block to watch out for as the network’s parent company announced plans to take the company public. It […]
Italy begins first DVB-SH mobile TV trial
The first trial of the satellite-delivered DVB-SH mobile TV technology is getting underway in Torino, Italy. It is being overseen by RAI Technological Strategies Dept, Raiway SpA and RAI Research […]
Algeria joins digital family
Mohamed Benfodil, president of the Algerian Independent ICT Authority (ARPT), has given details of the country’s move to digital terrestrial broadcasting. Benfodil told a two-day ITU seminar in Algiers that […]
Annual returns
Julian Clover reviews a year of new formats, new technologies and familiar battles
BBC considers reducing DTT picture quality
The BBC may be prepared to reduce picture quality in order to get the best value out of its spectrum. The BBC Executive Board is to carry out consumer research […]
BBC iPlayer adds Mac streaming
The BBC has taken its iPlayer live, introducing streaming for Mac and Linux users to the seven-day catch-up service, and a partial integration of the BBC Radio Player. The move […]