The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected complaints that claimed that advertisements for Sky HD were inaccurate. The advertisements promised viewers “the biggest revolution in television viewing since colour superseded […]
MTV’s Barry joins BT Vision
Another senior staff member has left MTV’s London office. Michael Barry, previously managing director of the music and youth networks channels in the UK and Ireland, is to join BT […]
TiVo brings Amazon to the box
A new agreement will soon enable TiVo subscribers to watch downloads from Amazon.com’s sercvice on their televisions. The companies announced “Amazon Unbox on TiVo”, a service that will provide TiVo […]
Sky Italia up again
Sky Italia improved its second quarter figures, reducing its operating loss to $12 million, compared to $53 million a year ago. The improvement is a reflection of an increase in […]
Worldspace confirms European shutdown
Worldspace has confirmed the withdrawal of its subscription service to listeners from its North-West Beam with effect from December 1, 2007. The move comes ahead of the operator’s introduction of […]
Digital Rapids provides Flextech encoding
Flextech Television, the content division of the soon to be Virgin Media, has installed Digital Rapids’ StreamZ for its VOD and Mobile Encoding. The system will be operated by the […]
Cabovisão and OpVista Join EuroCableLabs
CABLE CONGRESS – AMSTERDAM. Today EuroCableLabs announced that Cabovisão Televisao por Cabo, S.A. of Portugal, an affiliate of Cogeco Cable Inc. of Canada, and OpVista joined EuroCableLabs. Cabovisão is becoming […]
Studio 1+1 secures Internet deal
The CME-owned Ukrainian national commercial station Studio 1+1 has signed an agreement with Jump TV securing its delivery over the Internet. As of later this year it will be made […]
HBO launches East Europe SVOD
CABLE CONGRESS – AMSTERDAM. Home Box Office is bringing its subscription video on demand service to Central and East Europe. Speaking during the Cable and Content session, Linda Jensen, CEO, […]
Broadband the most important pipe
CABLE CONGRESS – AMSTERDAM. Broadband Internet remains a vital part of the cable operator’s armoury. According to Duco Sickinghe, CEO of Belgium’s Telenet, Internet is by far the most important […]