According to a survey by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), 30% of US households have HD sets but only 44% of these receive HD programming. The main reasons consumers state […]
Eurosport serves up football feast
Eurosport 2 is to air live and exclusive coverage of the Barclays Premier League to viewers in Hungary and Romania. As from the start of the 2007/8 season on August […]
New milestone for AXN
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced that its “high energy, general entertainment channel” AXN now has 8 million subscribers in Central and Eastern Europe. The service, which is available […]
Sky basic channels launch on Tiscali
Virgin Media customers may still be pining for the return of Sky shows such as 24 and The Simpsons, but until now Tiscali TV viewers have never had the pleasure. […]
BBC iPlayer launch date fixed
Ashley Highfield the BBC’s director of future media & technology, has announced that the on-demand service BBC iPlayer will make its debut on July 27. Available free of charge to […]
EuroNews looks to Czech DTT
Speaking to the local press, EuroNews president Philippe Cayla has said that the channel aims to secure distribution on one of the DTT multiplexes in the Czech Republic. He added […]
Baeble music on Babelgum
Baeble Music, a unit of Baeble Media LLC, announced it has partnered with Internet TV network Babelgum to syndicate its catalogue of live concert programming. Under the agreement, Babelgum will […]
Formal complaints against BBC iPlayer
The Open Source Consortium (OSC) will take action against the BBC this week because of the use of Microsoft Media Player in the corporation’s iPlayer. The OSC will raise a […]
Romanian market laid bare
A report published by Romania’s Centre for Independent Journalism (CJI) provides interesting insights into media ownership in the country. According to a local review, it is essentially concentrated in the […]
Russian RBC TV gains in popularity
Data produced by COMCON indicates that the Russian business channel RBC TV claimed 10.03 million viewers in May 2007, or 30% more than 12 months earlier. Its weekly audience was […]