Ofcom has told the BBC that its plans to place its TV and radio services on the Internet could have a “negative effect” on its commercial rivals. The regulator fears […]
Ofcom revokes Look 4 Love licence
Ofcom has revoked the broadcast licence for Look 4 Love 2. The channel had already left the Sky EPG after its owners Television Concepts Limited went into liquidation on January […]
StarNordic buys FastTV stake
StarNordic has become a part owner of the Norwegian IPTV operation FastTV.net. The alliance means that StarNordic will now be able to target housing and aerial associations used to analogue […]
Cable Congress adds new speakers
Cable Europe has added a number of new speakers to its line up for the annual Cable Congress. Joining the get-together of European cable television executives are Vincent Dureau, OpenTV’s […]
Canal+ chooses Astra over Eutelsat
Canal+ has chosen the Astra satellite system to distribute its premium channel and pay-TV packages following the merger with former rival TPS. Although around two thirds of the combined entity’s […]
Clover’s Week: Licensing hours
Will the BBC’s commitment to digital switchover waiver under the new licence fee settlement? Julian Clover reports There is no doubting that the BBC has thrown itself fully behind the […]
TV2 Sport faces competition probe
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. […]