Virgin Media is reportedly considering a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange. The Sunday Telegraph reports that chief financial officer Jacques Kerrest is to make a recommendation to the […]
CNN launches free mobile service
CNN is to launch its new CNN Mobile service at the 3GSM show in Barcelona on Monday (February 12). The service is the first fruit of its collaboration with Ericsson […]
RCS buys Spanish DTT operator VEO
Italy’s RCS Media Group is close to taking control of the Spanish digital operator VEO TV after agreeing to purchase Recoletos, publisher of the daily business newspaper Expansión, in a […]
S&T launches MHEG company
Interactive TV specialist Strategy & Technology has spun off a new company serving the MHEG engine market. The MHEG-5 middleware has been used on the UK’s digital terrestrial platform since […]
3 strikes Silver with mobile film channel distribution
Silver has become the first film channel in Europe to be distributed on mobile phones. It follows a deal between the Swedish arm of mobile company 3 and Silver’s distributor […]
Clover’s Week: Entertaining the masses
The cable business has come of age, and the executives who met at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam this week can rightfully be pleased with themselves. Julian Clover reports Four […]
Tandberg reveals bid process
Tandberg Television has given details of the process that led to the January 15 announcement was to be sold to the US cable technology supplier Arris. The statement followed concerns […]
Premiere in Arena alliance
German pay-TV provider Premiere has reached a new marketing and distribution agreement with rival Arena. The pact, which sees Arena take a 16.7% stake in the company, will also return […]
BBC expands Freeview multiscreen
The BBC has confirmed that it is adding two new services to its news multiscreen on the Freeview platform. Sports headlines and the UK weather forecast will join the two […]
Sky launches MPEG-4 DTT pay service
Sky has announced plans to launch a package of pay-TV channels on the UK’s digital terrestrial platform. The new service will include Premiership football coverage in competition with Setanta Sports, […]