A new betting channel targeting the UK’s bookmakers is looking to take advantage of disaffection with Sky’s commercial rates. The new channel owned by Racecourse Media Services, a joint venture […]
Indonesia close to DVB decision
Indonesia looks set to adopt the European DVB-T standard for its digital terrestrial transmissions. Alexander Rusli, an advisor to the communications minister, said the standard should be selected because it […]
Sky Sports tackles HD Rugby League
Sky Sports has signed an agreement for exclusive live coverage of the National League for the next two seasons. The rugby league season in England now runs between February and […]
Montenegro awards cable licences
Ten out of 15 companies that took part in a tender for the construction of wireless and cable distribution systems have been awarded licences by Montenegro’s Broadcasting Agency. Broadband Montenegro, […]
NTV-Plus to launch three HD channels in March
“At the moment we are broadcasting test versions of three HD channels and we are going to make them available to subscribers in late March”, says Dmitry Samokhin CEO of […]
Tiscali UK targets 5 million IPTV homes
Tiscali UK has unveiled plans to extend the availability of its IPTV service to five million homes by the end of this year. The Italian broadband provider is using last […]
Pace back in profit
Pace Micro Technology has said that it has returned to profitability following an upturn in the demand for pay-TV technology. A 60% increase in shipments to clients including BSkyB, NTL, […]
Mobilkom Austria trials DVB-H
Mobile operator Mobilkom Austria A1 has launched a trial DVB-H mobile TV service in Kitzbühel, a small city in the Tyrol region of Austria, an area known for its winter […]
Boost for Serbian cable
Serbia’s Telecommunications Agency (RRA) has issued licences to 20 cable operators, including state-owned PTT KDS, and the Belgrade-based private companies AV Kom, Kopernikus, Pogled MSM, Alzovedo and Kablkom. There are […]
News Corp. maintains Bulgarian lead
According to data produced by the research and consultancy company Market Links, the TV ad market in Bulgaria amounted to Leva350 million in 2006. BTV, the News Corp.-backed market leader, […]