The Dutch regional public broadcasters currently simulcasting on the Astra positions at 19.2 degrees East and at 23.5 degrees East will switch off the distribution on the Astra 1 position […]
HBO to deliver 26 HD Channels using Motorola technology
Motorola today announced it will implement a 26-channel, high-definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC encoding system for Home Box Office (HBO). Offered by Motorola’s Home and Networks Mobility Business, the system compresses, […]
IFA press: big screens and IPTV major trends
Full HD, larger TV screens and IPTV are the three major consumer electronics trends at this year’s IFA, according to German journalists from the trade, economic and general press. During […]
337,000 digital TV subs for KPN
The Dutch incumbent telco KPN ended Q2 with 337,000 TV subscriptions, or 41,000 more than three months earlier. The year-on-year increase in the total was 47%. KPN has realized this […]
Ocean Blue wins Toshiba order
Ocean Blue Software, a digital TV software developer, is to release its advanced TV software suite on Toshiba’s TC9040x ‘Donau’ series of processors. The new Linux-based software will allow for […]
Irdeto acquires French company IDway SAS
Irdeto announced today that that it has acquired IDway SAS, a software company providing open software solutions for digital TV consumer devices based in Paris, France. No financial details of […]
RAI plans international thematic channels
Italian state broadcaster RAI plans a number of international thematic channels, to be modeled alongside the BBC Worldwide model, according to Italian press reports. The channels will be made available […]
9.59 million digital homes in Germany
According to figures from AGF/GfK Fernsehforschung, Germany now has 9.59 million digital homes. This represents an increase of 600,000 homes since the end of last year, the figure including DTT, […]
ProSiebenSat.1 buys Austrian Puls TV
The German ProSiebenSat.1 group will buy the regional commercial broadcaster Puls TV in Vienna. The channel broadcasts regional programming 24 hours a day and hopes to extend its transmissions to […]
Bavaria to abolish cable tax
The German state of Bavaria is planning to abolish the special state tax on cable households. Until now, cable subscribers have paid a monthly surcharge of €0.45, which is used […]