The Office of Fair Trading has issued a formal invitation to comment on last December’s acquisition by BSkyB of a 17.9% stake in ITV plc. In a statement the OFT […]
Clover’s Week: The return of TSI
TSI is back in business with Nick Doff returning to the helm. He spoke to Julian Clover The transmission and playout business has grown considerably over recent years as the […]
SanDisk introduces USBTV
SanDisk introduces USBTV, a new, initiative that enables consumers to move digital content from their PCs to their televisions. The announcement was made during a press conference at the Consumer […]
News Corp. discovers Poland
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has stepped up its presence in Poland by launching the women’s channel Fox Life and announcing plans to open an office. It has also hinted at […]
Chris Dziadul Reports: Acting by instinct
Central and Eastern Europe was until recently quite low down in News Corp.’s list of priorities. Russia, certainly, wetted the appetite, and a foothold of sorts had been established in […]
Franco-German DTT launch in tune
German and French broadcasters will launch their respective DTT services along the Franco-German border in tune with each other, so viewers will have maximum benefit of the new services. On […]
Gilat secures Serbian deal
The incumbent Serbian telco Telekom Serbia has chosen Gilat satellite Networks’s SkyEdge broadband satellite hub and several hundred VSats to serve its customers. They will be deployed at remote community […]
Macedonian licensing change
Licences for electronic media are to be issued by the Broadcasting Council of Macedonia from May 2007, replacing a system of concessions provided by the government. The change is in […]
GfK secures Romanian contract
According to Media Express (www.mediaexpres.ro), GfK Romania has been chosen to measure Romanian TV audiences for four years starting from January 2008. The deal, which is worth €7.9 million, follows […]
De Mol’s Talpa signs Ondas agreement
Europe’s planned mobile satellite radio service Ondas has signed an agreement with John de Mol’s Talpa Radio. The two companies plan to jointly develop content for Ondas’ advertising free radio […]