Denmark’s competition authority has opened an investigation into the new Viasat-TV2 joint venture sports channel TV2 Sport. The new channel has been priced at DKr25 (€3.35), four times that of […]
Benelux storms take HD1 off the air
Gale force winds that have swept across the Benelux countries have taken Euro 1080’s HD services off the air. The broadcaster, based in Lint near Antwerp, said that the storms […]
Gamecast in five-fold licence breach
Gamecast UK has been fined £100,000 after a series of breaches of the Ofcom broadcasting code and its licence conditions. The regulator said the broadcaster had breached the Ofcom Broadcasting […]
Euronews appoints London sales manager
Euronews has appointed a new International Sales Manager based in its London sales office. Fredrik Boreström will work with the London media agencies across a full spectrum of media outlets. […]
UPDATE: Digital cash ringfenced in BBC settlement
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has confirmed that the BBC will still have to fund key elements of the digital switchover process from the licence fee. Ms Jowell told the House […]
Brightcove plans international expansion
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 […]