The cost of purchasing a satellite receiver for the BBC-ITV venture Freesat has been revealed by the retailer Argos. A supplement from the catalogue store that appeared in the weekend […]
Virgin Media loses worth for Branson
The value of Sir Richard Branson’s stake in Virgin Media has fallen to £240 million. The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 says Sir Richard’s stake in the cablenet has “suffered […]
News Corp Execs to join Premiere board
Premiere has confirmed it intends to place two executives from shareholder News Corp onto its supervisory board, as reported earlier this week in Broadband TV News.
Opening the nets on cable’s patio doors
Julian Clover reports from Madrid where a confident cable sector looked for new monetising moments.
Virgin Media defends HD policy
CABLE CONGRESS 2008 – MADRID. Virgin Media CTO Howard Watson has defended the cablenet’s policy of transmitting just one HD channel on its network. “We don’t have the ‘never the […]
Two bid for Portugal DTT
Portugal Telecom has as expected become the principal bidder for DTT licences in the country. Sweden’s Airplus has also submitted a bid for a licence that covers pay-TV services alone.
DOCSIS 3 rollout should be business case
CABLE CONGRESS 2008 – MADRID. The much-touted launch of DOCSIS 3 broadband internet services will be based on economics as much as technology. Picking up on a discussion that had […]
Virgin VOD will pass C4 in 12 months
CABLE CONGRESS 2008 – MADRID. Virgin Media CEO Neil Berkett has outlined the growth prospects for the cablenet’s on demand proposition. He said that six months ago he was laughed […]
Freeview NZ launches MHEG-5 over HD DTT
The New Zealand free-to-air platform Freeview has launched a three-channel package of HD channels over the country’s terrestrial network. The move is significant because the operation has chosen the MHEG-5 […]
Redding gives green light to traffic prioritisation
CABLE CONGRESS 2008 – MADRID. Vivienne Redding, EC Commissioner for Information Society and Media, has given her tentative approval to the practice of traffic prioritisation over cable networks. In a […]