The Croatian satellite service provider Croatel has obtained permission from the country’s telecommunications agency to undertake a DVB-T/DVB-H trial in Zagreb and other major cities. It now plans to employ […]
Qualcomm completes 2nd Sky trial
Qualcomm has announced the successful completion of a second mobile TV trial of its MediaFLO system with BSkyB. The trial took place in Manchester at the end of last year […]
Canal+/UPC sign Polish deal
Canal+ Cyfrowy has secured carriage for four of its channels – Kuchnia.tv, MiniMini , ZigZap and Planete – on UPC Poland’s cable networks. Kuchnia,tv, which is Poland’s first ever cookery […]
Level playing field for Hungary
Hungary’s National Telecommunications Office (NHH) has classified the transmission company Antenna Hungária a “significant market power”. As a result, it will be required to offer cost-based prices for its wholesale […]
Virgin Media planning London listing
Virgin Media is reportedly considering a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange. The Sunday Telegraph reports that chief financial officer Jacques Kerrest is to make a recommendation to the […]
CNN launches free mobile service
CNN is to launch its new CNN Mobile service at the 3GSM show in Barcelona on Monday (February 12). The service is the first fruit of its collaboration with Ericsson […]
RCS buys Spanish DTT operator VEO
Italy’s RCS Media Group is close to taking control of the Spanish digital operator VEO TV after agreeing to purchase Recoletos, publisher of the daily business newspaper Expansión, in a […]
S&T launches MHEG company
Interactive TV specialist Strategy & Technology has spun off a new company serving the MHEG engine market. The MHEG-5 middleware has been used on the UK’s digital terrestrial platform since […]
3 strikes Silver with mobile film channel distribution
Silver has become the first film channel in Europe to be distributed on mobile phones. It follows a deal between the Swedish arm of mobile company 3 and Silver’s distributor […]
Clover’s Week: Entertaining the masses
The cable business has come of age, and the executives who met at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam this week can rightfully be pleased with themselves. Julian Clover reports Four […]