Ninety per cent of UK homes will be watching high definition by 2020, but only if Ofcom allocates additional spectrum for the HD format. Research from Strategy Analytics suggests that […]
SES in C-band call
SES New Skies has written to its customers, calling on them to challenge proposals to have the so-called C-band reassigned to terrestrial mobile services. In a letter signed by both […]
Finnish minister considers licence fee replacement
Finland’s new communications minister has told the Finnish press that the current television licence fee should be replaced. Suvi Lindén told Sunnuntaisuomalainen that the public broadcaster YLE should be funded […]
32 applicants for Austrian DTT
Thirty-two applications have been received for the second DTT mulitplex in Austria due to launch this October. These include 16 proposals for TV channels and 16 for radio stations. Due […]
Life TV fined in product placement breach
Ofcom’s Content Sanctions Committee has fined Life TV £125,000 for a series of breaches of its Broadcasting Code covering editorial independence and product placement. The offending programme, Britain’s Best Breaks, […]
Czech mobile TV hits roadblock
CACC 2007, PRAGUE – The greatest obstacle to the introduction of mobile TV services in the Czech Republic is regulatory, according to Richard Stonavsky, the head of regulatory affairs at […]
Ericsson completes Tandberg offer
Ericsson has finalised its offer for Tandberg Television after receiving favourable rulings from the relevant competition authorities. Ericsson says that all the conditions laid out in its February 26 offer […]
EU piracy proposals are ‘Pandora’s Box’
The European Anti-Piracy Association AEPOC has warned that the proposed EU Directive for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights creates a dangerous concept in ‘legal piracy’. It warns of potentially […]
Cartel Office fears over Premiere-Arena pact
Premiere has suspended marketing of the Arena digital package until May 31 after Germany’s Federal Cartel Office announced a period of consultation, raising fears that the authorities may force the […]
Czech digital switch over nears
Domazlice is set to become the first all-digital part of the Czech Republic when it switches off its analogue transmitters on June 30. DTT signals, which are currently received only […]