CeBIT – HANOVER. European Commissioner Viviane Reding once again said the Commission wants to set a European standard for mobile TV and DVB-H is the system of choice. It is […]
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 […]
MultiChoice selects Intelsat for Mobile TV trial
MultiChoice, the South African DTH television provider, has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town. The trial […]
Applications accepted for German DVB-H pilot
Today the media authority Landesanstalt für Kommunikation (LFK) in the German state of Baden-Württemberg has opened the application process for the nationwide 16-channel DVB-H pilot project. The window for applications […]
New regulator for Russia
According to a local report, Russia’s President Putin has signed a decree paving the way for the creation of an all-media regulatory body. Combining the existing Federal Service for Telecom […]
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 […]
Qatar starts DVB-H broadcast
DVB-WORLD DUBLIN – Qatar is the first country in the Middle East to commercially offer Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld (DVB-H) later this year. The service has been on a […]
Dublin DVB-H trial underway
The first consumer trial of mobile TV in Ireland got underway in Dublin Wednesday. The trial is being conducted by the mobile operator O2 and the transmission company Arqiva. The […]
German WDR to begin HD pilot in 2007
German regional public broadcaster WDR from Cologne plans to test HD transmissions on satellite later this year, according to Rainer Hesels, responsible for television strategy and online, in an article […]
MediaFLO technical trial in Taiwan
China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) have chosen Qualcomm’s MediaFlo system to conduct a technical trial in Taipei, Taiwan. The trial is scheduled to begin this month […]