UPDATE. Dutch regional public broadcasters Omroep Zeeland and RTV Drenthe will switch to MPEG-4 satellite distribution in order to save costs on the space segment. Four out of the ten […]
BBC HD expands in Turkey
BBC Worldwide Channels has announced a number of new distribution deals to expand the availability of BBC HD across Turkey.
NTV-Plus secures football rights
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus has secured the rights to the country’s football Premier League, though for a much higher fee that it has previously paid.
Tivùsat closes 2010 with over 750,000 activated smart cards
Italian free-to-air platform Tivùsat received an early Christmas present with the announcement it had added another 50,000 activated smart cards since the end of November.
iPad app released for Sky+
Sky has issued an upgrade to its iPhone application, taking full advantage of the features available on the Apple tablet device, and allowing Sky+ or Sky+ HD subscribers to search […]
Russian pay-TV growth continues
Russia is expected to end the year with 20.5 million subscribers to pay-TV services, according to preliminary data produced by iKS-Consulting and published by ER-Telecom, one of the country’s leading […]
Apple TV hits a million
Apple has announced that it expects sales of its new Apple TV to top one million units later this week.
Viasat boosts Baltic offer
Viasat Broadcasting has announced the return of three Russian channels to its platform in the Baltic Republics.
Wikileaks: UK wanted French to apply pressure to Eutelsat over BBC jamming
UK officials considered approaching the French government to persuade Eutelsat to pull transmissions from the Iranian broadcaster IRIB in the wake of the Iranian jamming of broadcasters including the BBC […]
Platform n secures exclusive HD deal
The Polish DTH platform n will begin carrying TVP1 HD, a special HD version of the public broadcaster TVP’s first channel, from January 2011.