Vivodi Telecom has said its ‘cable TV by Vivodi’ service is now up and running. Using a MEDIAstream platform supplied by MCOM, a leading Greek company in television technology over IP networks, it offers both live TV and VOD services via an ADSL2+ network. Vivodi also claims the network to be the largest privately owned […]
Israeli VOD launch for Hallmark
Hallmark Channel is to introduce a video on demand service on the HOT cable network in Israel. Commencing in April, subscribers will be able to choose from a library that includes mini-series Alice in Wonderland, Larry Mcmurtry’s – Dead Man’s Walk and A Girl Thing; series McLeod’s Daughters and movies Hound of the Baskervilles, Nowhere […]
Arqiva playout for Top Up TV Anytime
Arqiva has confirmed that it is providing content integration, playout and distribution services for Top Up TV Anytime. The DTT service originally launched in 2003 with a package of time sliced channels, taking advantage of the former ITV Digital boxes still in use, but last year began a video download service. The three-year deal with […]
VOD option for Poland’s iTVP
ITVP, the interactive TV service operated by the Polish public broadcaster TVP, has started to make content available on a VOD basis. It now plans to also introduce a TimeShifting option in mid-April. The service began to carry news and information-based programming in February and it currently constitutes a large part of its output. Three […]
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 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 […]
Aggregator and Mercury Media launch docu webTV
Aggregator and Mercury Media announced the launch of documentary webTV service “to provide independent films for independent people” under the “joining the dots” (JTD) brand name. The new service can be accessed by anyone with a broadband connection at joiningthedots.tv. The user can pay for the content either on a pay-as-you-go basis or via a […]
Viacom sues YouTube/Google for $1 Billion
Videosharing site YouTube is being sued for over a billion dollars in damages by Viacom, parent company to popular TV channels MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Viacom claims that almost 160,000 clips of its programming have been uploaded onto YouTube’s site and viewed more than 1.5 billion times. Last month Viacom ordered YouTube to […]
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 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+ […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]