Deutsche Telekom and the association of housing estates and corporations, the Wohnungswirtschaft (GdW), have signed an agreement to jointly market IPTV and broadband services. “We want to offer our members […]
CNBC signs with Dubai International Financial Centre
The business news channel CNBC has signed a multi-million dollar, three-year agreement with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The partnership, which runs through 2010, comprises of cross-platform activities including […]
France 24 refuses to become victim of integration plans
The planned reforms for the external television services in France were not well received at news channel France 24. Last week, Radio France Internationale (RFI) published its report suggesting that […]
Spain trials pay-per-view on DTT
Six companies have joined forces to launch a pay-per-view trial on DTT in the Spanish village of Alcázar de San Juan, with plans to introduce pre-paid pay-per-view content, mainly football […]
SES-Astra to develop 23.5 degrees East
SES-Astra announced today that it has moved its satellite Astra 1E from the orbital position 19.2 degrees East to 23.5 degrees East to replace Astra 1D which is approaching the […]
Kloiber takes full control of ATV
The German-Austrian media entrepreneur Herbert Kloiber has taken full control of Austrian private broadcaster ATV by acquiring the 42.44% share held by Austrian bank Bawag through his Tele-München-Gruppe (TMG) holding. […]
Nokia finds its mojo
Nokia and Reuters have teamed up to introduce mojo to the world of journalism – mojo stands for mobile journalism, which allows reporters to file and publish text, photo, audio […]
Ad-revenue model to change the mobile industry
A new report from the telecom analyst firm Berg Insight predicts that ad-based revenue models will have a profound long-term impact on the development of the mobile industry. “Traditionally, telecom […]
PrimeTel introduces personalised music TV
Cypriot IPTV provider PrimeTel has launched an interactive TV application called VBox, which allows users to create their own individual on-demand music channel on their set-top box. Viewer have access […]
Unitymedia claims digital success
German cable operator Unitymedia has said its digital switchover campaign ‘Jetzt Digital’ (Digital now) is a big success with 50,000 homes switching to digital during the past four weeks. The […]