CTAM EUROSUMMIT ’10 – BUDAPEST. Liberty Global President and CEO Mike Fries has said the operator is in talks with over a dozen operators that each want to replicate the […]
3DTV rights holders put squeeze on operators
CTAM EUROSUMMIT ’10 – BUDAPEST. Cable operators are finding it difficult to secure 3D content because the Hollywood majors and sports rights holders are looking to derive additional revenues from […]
Mobistar Belgium launches TV offer
The Belgian mobile operator Mobistar will launch its new Mobistar TV ‘quintuple-play’ package on October 8. Costing €55 a month, the so-called Starpack bouquet will offer mobile and fixed telephony, […]
Sky Deutschland’s iPad app goes live in HD
Sky Deutschland will launch a sports app for the iPad enabling subscribers to watch Sky Sport HD 1 and Sky Sport HD 2 via the iPad everywhere at the end […]
YouView leaves payment mechanism to content partners
EXCLUSIVE: By Julian Clover YouView will let content providers decide on how they manage the payment mechanisms on the connected TV platform. In a Broadband TV News interview, Richard Halton, the newly appointed CEO of the former Project Canvas said the platform would also be opened to developers to create their own apps. Read the story »
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Project Canvas has confirmed that it will go live as YouView. The name for the BBC-led hybrid venture was unveiled alongside a new website that promises a combination of catch-up […]
Sky shuts Bravo after 25 years
Bravo, a familiar part of the UK multichannel landscape since 1985, is to close. BSkyB, which acquired the channel as part of its acquisition of Virgin Media Television (renamed as […]
CEE drives 8.8% satellite growth across EMEA
Eutelsat has released details of its 2010 reception survey that reports a total of 210.7 million homes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The 8.8% growth has been […]
Boxee Box goes international
Boxee Box manufacturer D-Link has decided to go for an International launch rather than just release in the US. As from today, Wednesday, September 15, pre-orders for the box are […]
UPC introduces CI Plus in The Netherlands
IBC 2010 – AMSTERDAM. UPC Nederland is introducing CI Plus on the Dutch market. The cable op also announced ‘remote recording’ from mobile devices. Speaking at a press conference, UPC […]