ERT, the Greek public broadcaster, is to establish a digital TV subsidiary for digital television in which it will hold 51%. However, opposition parties have expressed concern that the venture […]
Replacement aerials needed after ASO
Ofcom has published details of the digital services that will be available after analogue switch off in areas served by the 81 transmitters that already carry digital multiplexes. The plan […]
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 […]
Investors for DiBcom as new Pinnacle USB stick launched
The French DVB-T/H chip developer DiBcom, which primarily caters for the mobile TV reception market, has raised €20 million in new equity from Natixis and existing investors. Nataxis came up […]
YooMedia to quit fixed odds betting
YooMedia is preparing to sell its subsidiary The Gaming Channel to the Spanish-based investment company Kasei 2000. The Gaming Channel runs YooMedia’s fixed odds betting operation and has been valued […]
£11.5bn price tag on Virgin Media
Virgin Media has appointed Goldman Sachs to seek out possible buyers after an approach from private equity company Carlyle Group. The search is said to be in its early stages, […]
VPRT protests digital expansion plans
The German association of private broadcasters VPRT has threatened to go to the European Court if public broadcasters ARD and ZDF continue to expand their digital offers. According to chairman […]
AIG seeks funding for BTC purchase
Reports indicate that AIG is to borrow €1.64 billion to fund its acquisition of the incumbent Bulgarian telco BTC. AIG agreed to buy 65% of BTC from the Icelandic entrepreneur […]
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 […]