The Czech Broadcasting Council (RRTV) has announced that under the terms of its 1994 licence the national commercial station Prima TV is allowed to undertake DTT transmissions. Prima TV, which […]
Zappware game means viewers stick to VT4
Zappware has developed a new interactive TV application for the VT4 show De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig (The Youth of Today) in the first example of branded entertainment on Belgian television. […]
Digiturk strikes VOD deal
The Turkish DTH platform Digiturk has chosen the RealNetworks subsidiary WiderThan’s video service platform to offer VOD on multiple devices. Digitürk, which made its debut in 2000, is owned by […]
Tele2 finally closes Versatel acquisition
In an extraordinary general meeting, Monday afternoon, shareholders approved a reverse take-over of Tele2’s Benelux assets, by Versatel. Tele2 acquired just over 80% of Versatel in the summer of 2005, […]
ZDF: Germans want their mobile TV
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. 13% of the German population is interested in mobile TV, according to research on behalf of the ARD/ZDF-Medienkommission carried out in November, 2006. But they […]
EuroNews launches Mobile Video Alerts
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. EuroNews announced the launch of its breaking news Mobile Video Alerts service in cooperation with Comsys. EuroNews is starting the service, which will feature breaking […]
3GSM World Congress live on mobile TV
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. The congress in Barcelona is live on the air through mobile TV. A DVB-H mobile TV network, operated by Abertis Telecom and provided by technology […]
Sky ups ante in Virgin carriage row
BSkyB has increased the pressure on Virgin Media by broadcasting a promotion telling customers to contact the cable operator’s customer services department if they wish to continue viewing the Sky […]
Nokia predicts 20 million mobile TV units in 2009
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo unveiled a number of new handsets including the Nokia N77 multimedia computer designed to accelerate the take up of […]
Research: Modest interest in mobile TV
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. There is only a modest interest in mobile TV, according to research by Circle Research, which was carried out on behalf of the GSM Association. […]