Slovenia’s Agency for Post and Electronic Communications (APEK) has chosen the MPEG-4 transport stream as the standard for digital terrestrial television in the country. The agency will shortly commence the […]
O2 TV seeks more subscribers
The incumbent Czech telco Telefónica O2 is preparing to introduce a self-install option for its IPTV service. Launched in September 2006, O2 TV, which already has 18,000 subscribers, can currently […]
Rebuke for Poland’s Toya
The Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has given a strong dressing down to Toya, the country’s fifth largest cable operator. According to the watchdog, the Lodz-based company, […]
Netflix to offer ‘instant’ online video
Netflix, the American online movie rental service, yesterday introduced a new feature that allows people to immediately watch movies and television series on their PCs and said it will make […]
Dresdner says avoid BSkyB stock
Dresdner Kleinwort has marked BSkyB as a stock to avoid in 2007. In its State of the Nation report on European Media ‘Disruptive Innovation’, the investment bank says that the […]
NonStop to indulge in life of Luxe TV
Stockholm-based distribution company NonStop Television has added HD broadcaster Luxe TV to its channel portfolio. NonStop will distribute the channel in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Baltic countries […]
Broadband TV News launches Poland Market Report
Poland has long been at the forefront of developments in Central and Eastern Europe’s television industry. Last year, however, it took a quantum jump by launching IPTV, HDTV and VOD […]
The Venice Project reveals true identity
And the name is…Joost. Today, the company formerly known under the code name The Venice Project has revealed its official brand, Joost. Currently available in private beta testing, Joost combines […]
Polish ad market set to grow
Poland’s ad market is likely to grow by 9% to PLN6 billion (€1.55 billion) in 2007. The forecast, which has been made by Gazeta Prawna, anticipates that the launch of […]
Record quarter for Fastweb
Fastweb has announced a 26% rise in its fourth quarter revenues following the acquisition of a record number of subscribers as net additions grew by 50%. Revenues at the Italian […]