Eight parties have shown interest in the local DTT franchises in the towns of Brest, Strasbourg, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Menton and Montluçon. Most applications are uncontested, but for southern France there […]
Sarkozy appoints De Pouzilhac to create France Monde
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has appointed Alain de Pouzilhac, CEO France 24, to lead a new entity that will oversee all of the French government’s international TV and radio outlets.
French TNTSat tops 350,000 free-to-view homes
Following French research that shows that digital television now reaches 46.5% of the population and is driven mainly by DTT uptake, SES-Astra has issued a press release saying that the […]
CBS offers free classic TV on multiple platforms
CBS Interactive has announced that it will begin offering classic TV episodes from the CBS library online and across the CBS Audience Network. The initial line-up will include full-length episodes […]
Imagenio claims 500,000 IPTV subscribers in Spain
The Spanish incumbent telco Telefónica has said its IPTV platform Imagenio has now reached 500,000 subscribers across the country. The service is available in 565 cities with 10,000 inhabitants and […]
Austria reaches 400,000 DTT receivers
Digital terrestrial television is a success in Austria, with 400,000 receivers in the market at the end of last year. “DTT has tuned into a competing platform,” according to Michael Wagenhofer, […]
DVB-H to launch in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein
The regional media authorities have given the green light to the Mobile 3.0 consortium to start DVB-H broadcasts in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. Transmissions should start on June 1, 2008, for […]
News Corp increases Premiere stake
News Corp says it has increased its holding in the German pay-TV operator Premiere to 19.9%, purchasing part of a holding from investment bank Morgan Stanley. Only last month, the […]
Switzerland completes analogue switch-over
Next Monday SRG SSR idée suisse will complete analogue switch-over in Switzerland by terminating the analogue transmissions in the cantons of Wallis and Chablais Vaudois.
AEPOC general secretary rebukes piracy allegations
AEPOC general secretary Davide Rossi has refuted allegations in the Italian press that he is involved in any activity concerning the hacking of smart cards for pay TV services. The […]