Hungary’s Radio and Television Board (ORTT) has decided to grant a total of HUF85 million (€340,228) to two news-based channels for the introduction of digital broadcasting. While the right-of-centre Hir […]
BNT seeks digital funding
The Bulgarian public broadcaster BNT has asked the government to contribute BGN300 million (€153.5 million) for its digitalisation, according to local reports. Of this, up to a third would be […]
TV leads in Latvia
According to data produced by TNS Latvia and LRA, total ad spend in Latvia in H1 2007 amounted to LVL39,925,000 (€ 57,407,283), or 16% more than in the corresponding period […]
Meeting to settle Spanish football dispute
The two sides in Spain’s football rights dispute are meeting today to hammer out the details of coverage of the Spanish league. It follows the decision by a Madrid court […]
France Telecom makes Canal packaging complaint
France Telecom is threatening an official complaint against CanalSat over the packaging of its channels. The IPTV operator says that while cable operators are free to distribute the channels individually, […]
RTL Netherlands cancels Call TV programming
RTL Netherlands will remove all Call TV type programming from its schedule from November 1, 2007, the broadcaster said, following investigations by the Dutch department of justice. Programming from its […]
Sagem claims 2 million MPEG-4 set-tops
BBWF – BERLIN. French manufacturer Sagem has said it has now delivered two million MPEG-4 set-top boxes, available for all four distribution technologies: DSL, satellite, cable and DTT. The company […]
IPTV deployments more than double in a year
BBWF – BERLIN. The number of people using IPTV services increased by 179% in the 12 month period to June 30, 2007, according to statistics prepared by Point Topic and […]
RTL Germany: online video turnover is peanuts
BBWF – BERLIN. Turnover from the online video business “is peanuts”, according to Sushal Bijganath, MD of RTL Online, speaking during his keynote presentation at the Broadband World Forum. RTL […]
Scandi launch for History Channel HD
The History Channel is to debut its HD version in the Scandinavian market on December 13. The new service will be made available on the Canal Digital platform in Norway, […]