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May launch for Arcor IPTV in Germany

March 16, 2007 08.18 Europe/London By Robert Briel

CeBIT – HANOVER – German telecoms operator Arcor (part of the Vodafone group) presented its proposed IPTV service for visitors of the CeBIT in Hannover with a working demo. Slated for a trial launch in Kassel in May of this year the new platform will offer around 50 “free” channels as well as 70 pay […]

Filed Under: IPTV, Newsline, Tech, Web TV Edited: 16 March 2007 10:00

Iliad to free Club following soaring profits

March 15, 2007 15.33 Europe/London By Donald Koeleman

Iliad SA, the owner of France’s largest alternative broadband provider Free, says it has made an offer for Deutsche Telekom’s French internet business Club Internet. Serving 600,000 ADSL and 400,000 narrowband subscribers, the company has been valued at €340 million by the French bank Exane BNP Paribas. It seems that everyone is interested in buying […]

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, IPTV, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Web TV Edited: 16 March 2007 02:32

National triple play for France

March 13, 2007 12.00 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Canal+ and Telecom Italia-backed Alice have teamed up to launch the first-ever triple play service to made available nationally in France. Due to make its debut tomorrow (March 14), AliceBox-Groupe Canal+ will be available for an introductory price of €39.95 a month until May 19 and consist of two offers. The first, known as AliceBox-Canal+ […]

Filed Under: IPTV, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Satellite Edited: 13 March 2007 13:13

On Telecoms IPTV partners revealed

March 12, 2007 14.57 Europe/London By Donald Koeleman

On Telecoms SA, which has a nationwide general telecommunications licence for Greece, launched its IPTV service in late January as part of a new IP-based triple play service in the Athens region. Optibase delivers its IPTV Carrier-Grade Headend MGW 5100 to receive and digitally compress the video channels offered, including the Nova premium package, as […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, IPTV, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Tech, Web TV Edited: 13 March 2007 08:31

Swisscom confirms Fastweb bid

March 12, 2007 10.12 Europe/London By Julian Clover

State-owned telco Swisscom has unveiled a €3.7 billion friendly cash bid for Italy’s Fastweb. Speculation about a possible bid emerged over the weekend with the broadband operator later asking for its shares to be temporarily suspended from the Italian stock exchange. “Italy is one of the most attractive broadband markets in Europe with significant expected […]

Filed Under: Finance, IPTV Edited: 12 March 2007 10:12

Fastweb suspends shares ahead of Swisscom takeover

March 11, 2007 20.10 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Italian broadband and operator Fastweb has asked the Italian stock market regulator Consob to suspend trading in its shares on Monday. In the briefest of statements the company said Saturday that it would meet on Monday to “discuss potential strategic opportunities”. Telecoms group Swisscom has been linked with Fastweb over a potential all cash offer. […]

Filed Under: Finance, IPTV, Newsline Edited: 11 March 2007 23:18

Amazon/TiVo launch Unbox service

March 9, 2007 12.06 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Unbox service from Amazon and TiVo has officially rolled out. Nearly 1.5 million TiVo subscribers can now buy or rent digital movies and buy TV shows from Amazon. People can watch the downloads on their TV via their TiVo, which needs to be connected to broadband. Amazon also offers not only buy-to-own, but movie […]

Filed Under: IPTV, Newsline, Tech, Web TV Edited: 9 March 2007 12:33

Premiere, arena both aim for football exclusivity

March 9, 2007 01.23 Europe/London By Donald Koeleman

In separate interviews,Thursday, both Premiere CEO Georg Kofler and cable backed football channel arena’s CEO Dejan Jocic said they would try to gain exclusivity in broadcasting the German Bundesliga the country’s premier football league. Despite last months co-operation agreement between the two Pay-TV operators in which Premiere gained the right to market the arena offer […]

Filed Under: HDTV, IPTV, Mobile TV, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, TV Edited: 9 March 2007 08:38

Alcatel-Lucent boosts Danish IPTV

March 7, 2007 11.33 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Alcatel-Lucent has confirmed that TDC has opted for the company’s services integration, as well as the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform, for its new IPTV service. Known as TDC TV, it made its debut on February 20 and offers over 35 TV channels, an EPG and movie rental service consisting of over 200 titles […]

Filed Under: IPTV, Newsline, Tech Edited: 7 March 2007 11:33

Comstar opts for Tandberg

March 6, 2007 06.52 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Russian broadband company Comstar-Direct has signed a deal with Tandberg Television to assist in the expansion of its IPTV network. Under it, Sistema-owned Comstar-Direct will be supplied with Tandberg Television’s control and monitoring software nCompass 5.0. Comstar-Direct already employs Tandberg Television’s IPTV head-end solutions for its ADSL broadband offer. Its future plans include the […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, IPTV, Newsline, Tech Edited: 6 March 2007 06:52

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