Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has confirmed that the BBC will still have to fund key elements of the digital switchover process from the licence fee. Ms Jowell told the House […]
Brightcove plans international expansion
Internet TV firm Brightcove has raised $59.5 million in a ‘Series C’ funding round. AllianceBernstein LP, Brookside Capital LLC and Maverick Capital, Ltd led the financing. Also participating are Allen […]
WorldSpace signs Telecom Italia repeater deal
WorldSpace has agreed a deal with Telecom Italia to provide a series of terrestrial repeaters around Italy to boost reception of its digital satellite radio service. The Italian Telco will […]
Earnings boost Euskaltel
Euskaltel has announced its ADSL-delivered television service now reaches 46,700 homes, giving it a 54% share of the sector within the Basque region of Spain. The company, which in total […]
Slovenia opts for MPEG-4
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 […]