German pay TV operator Premiere has pulled the plug on a number of its international bouquets aimed at foreigners living in Germany. Affected are a Russian and an Italian bouquet […]
MediaFLO technical trial in Taiwan
China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) have chosen Qualcomm’s MediaFlo system to conduct a technical trial in Taipei, Taiwan. The trial is scheduled to begin this month […]
16 channels for nationwide DVB-H pilot for Germany
LfK, the media authority of the German state of Baden-Würtenberg, has today announced the start of a new nationwide DVB-H pilot project. The authority takes responisbilty for the whole of […]
Cablecom signs RTL and NBC low-pay channels
Swiss cable operator Cablecom has signed an agreement to carry the three low-pay channels from RTL, RTL Crime, Passion TV and RTL Living from April 1st, 2007. The channels will […]
Name game for SES satellites
SES New Skies announced that the AMC-12/ASTRA 4A and AAP-1 satellites have been transferred to New Skies and have subsequently be re-named. The spacecraft will from now on be known […]
Dutch digital homes reach 25%
The percentage of Dutch digital television homes has jumped from 17 to 25 percent during 2006 according to research by Stichting Kijkonderzoek (SKO). At the same time viewing of thematic […]
HD to come to Flemish and German cable
Flemish cable operator Interkabel announced it will introduce its first HD bouquet on the iN-Di digital service including an HD version of commercial broadcaster VTM. In Germany, Unity Media has […]
ORF launches dedicated mobile TV channel
Austrian public broadcaster ORF has launched a dedicated mobile TV channel with Mobilkom Austria and 3 as part of the current DVB-H pilot with 1,000 customers. Called ORFmobile the new […]
Mediaset to launch 8-channel DTT pay service
The Italian Mediaset company will launch an 8-channel pay service on DTT, according to a report in the daily Corriere della Sera. The new service would compete with News Corp […]
Belgacom TV reports 139,665 subscribers
Belgacom TV has said it reached 139,665 connected homes at the end of 2006. “We beat our own projections of 100,000 homes by year’s end,” declared CEO Didier Bellens. Monthly […]