Eutelsat has launched its new orbital position of 9 degrees East with the Portuguese digital bouquet TVTel. The following channels are now available on Eurobird 9: RTPN, RTP 1, RTP […]
Intelsat rocks Live Earth worldwide in HD
Intelsat and Live Earth have today announced the satellite provider will be the official satellite capacity sponsor. When the largest HD music event in history takes place on July 7, […]
Discovery expands online-VOD to Germany
Discovery Channel has expanded its online VOD service to people in German speaking territories. For a monthly fee of €5 (or an annual subscription of €55) viewers can watch a […]
Manfred Aronsson steps down at C More and Kanal 5
C More Entertainment AB announced today that Manfred Aronsson has resigned as chairman of the board of C More Entertainment AB, the operator of premium Pay TV services under the […]
Research says ‘mobile TV is like sushi’
An international study about mobile TV from the ‘Institut der WU’ in Vienna, commissioned by 3, claims that consumers will not be able to resist mobile TV. “Mobile TV is […]
JumpTV to stream FIFA football to Canada
Internet streaming TV Provider JumpTV and Telelatino, Canada’s Latino Superstation, have partnered to bring live all of the FIFA championship tournaments through 2014 on the Internet. The games will be […]
Premiere thematic bouquet takes shape
The new thematic bouquet from German pay TV operator Premiere is taking shape. The platform, which will use the entavio encryption facilities of SES-Astra, is close to signing deals with […]
US household HD set ownership reaches 30%
According to a survey by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), 30% of US households have HD sets but only 44% of these receive HD programming. The main reasons consumers state […]
Baeble music on Babelgum
Baeble Music, a unit of Baeble Media LLC, announced it has partnered with Internet TV network Babelgum to syndicate its catalogue of live concert programming. Under the agreement, Babelgum will […]
Formal complaints against BBC iPlayer
The Open Source Consortium (OSC) will take action against the BBC this week because of the use of Microsoft Media Player in the corporation’s iPlayer. The OSC will raise a […]