CeBIT – HANOVER – SES Astra and Filiago have launched their broadband satellite service Astra 2Connect with Filiago. The company unveiled the technology at last year’s IBC in Amsterdam. Filiago […]
ZDF goes all-out with ‘new media’
CeBIT – HANOVER – In an attempt to lure young viewers German public broadcaster is going all-out with ‘new media’ offering a wide range of new services. These include the […]
May launch for Arcor IPTV in Germany
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 […]
Iliad to free Club following soaring profits
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 […]
National triple play for France
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 […]
On Telecoms IPTV partners revealed
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 […]
Swisscom confirms Fastweb bid
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 […]
Fastweb suspends shares ahead of Swisscom takeover
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 […]
Amazon/TiVo launch Unbox service
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 […]
Premiere, arena both aim for football exclusivity
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 […]