IFA 2007 – BERLIN. Last Friday ZDF intendant Markus Schächter laid out the roadmap to HD for the public broadcaster. During the yearly technical update from the public broadcasters, he […]
Russia launches new kids channel
The Russian public broadcaster VGTRK has launched a new children’s channel. Named Bibigon, it will, according to local sources, be carried in the daytime by the Rossiya and Kultura TV […]
First digital signals in Norway
Norway has commenced the first official transmissions of its digital TV service. Norges Televisjon and its RiksTV platform went live in the county of Rogaland on September 1. As a […]
Finland calls time on analogue TV
Finland has made the switch to digital TV transmissions. In the early hours of Saturday morning (September 1) the entire country was switched to the new format, rather than the […]
Tiscali TV goes nationwide
Tiscali is taking its IPTV service across the UK. The Italian telco, which last year acquired the operations of Video Networks’ HomeChoice, already passes five million homes. From today (September […]
Lettra set to join Premiere Star
Lettra is a new thematic channel for the German market with a focus on literature, books and authors, set for launch sometime next year. The cultural channel is an initiative […]
Eutelsat goes out of its way too
IFA 2007 – BERLIN. Eutelsat has launched its consumer grade Internet access service TooWay at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. From the end of September the service will […]
KabelBW wants to lure DTH viewers
German cable operator KabelBW, active in the state of Baden-Wuertenberg, has launched a new marketing campaign to lure viewers away from satellite. Perfectly timed at the launch of the controversial […]
Uruguay to adopt DVB-T and DVB-H
The DVB Project today commended the decision of Uruguay to adopt the DVB-T and DVB-H standards for its fixed and mobile Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting. The decision was announced […]
Disc war for next-gen DVD continues
IFA 2007 – BERLIN. Who will be the winner in the disc war over the position of the next generation DVD? Blu-ray or HD-DVD? It could very well be that […]