Virgin Media has welcomed in the new Premier League season with the launch of an online football app. Sofa Stadium is designed to run alongside the action from televised games […]
New delay for Polish DTT
The transition to digital broadcasting has suffered yet another blow in Poland, with an announcement on licence awards for DTT broadcasters from the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) turned down by […]
Sky Movie rights face Ofcom WMO
Sky faces further regulation of its premium content after Ofcom confirmed plans to refer the sale of pay-TV movie rights to the Competition Commission.
Discovery Europe licensed for 3DTV
Discovery Channel has received a licence from the UK communications regulator Ofcom for a potential 3D channel. The award of the Digital Television Programme Service (DTPS) licence to Discovery Communications […]
Ireland rules out commercial DTT until 2013
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has said it does not see a possibility for the launch of a commercial digital terrestrial television service in the Republic until after analogue […]
RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 plan common catch-up platform
German private broadcasters RTL Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 are working on a single, common online TV platform to offer free access to private and public catch-up TV programmes. The new platform […]
Tele2 to correct ‘misleading’ ads
A court in The Hague has ordered Dutch IPTV provider Tele 2 to correct its advertising campaign, in which it claims to sell cable TV for €5.00. The judge ruled […]
Pepcom cable sold to STAR Capital Partners
Private equity investors GMT Communications Partners (GMT) and Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) have sold Pepcom GmbH to STAR Capital Partners. With 630,000 subscribers Pepcom has been built into Germany’s sixth […]
BBC says HTML5 is sailing off course
The BBC’s director of Future Media & Technology has defended the use of Flash in the BBC iPlayer and on the corporation’s website, arguing that there is still considerable work […]
Universal Networks channel change in Poland
Universal Networks International (UNI) plans to replace Hallmark Channel with 13th Street Universal in Poland this September.