Vodafone Portugal is considering making a bid to operate the country’s DTT service. According to local reports, CEO Antonio Coimbra is studying both this and the launch of an IPTV […]
Kamera to distribute ABC News
MIPCOM 2007 – CANNES. Disney-ABC International Television and internet and mobile TV aggregator Kamera have closed an agreement to distribute news video content from ABC News. The deal will enable […]
Spiderman helps Nokia sell the new N95 8GB
Nokia has teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) to offer the new Nokia N95 8GB multimedia phone pre-loaded with the full-length feature film Spiderman 3 in Europe and selected […]
Cablecom begins maintenance outsourcing
Cablecom has begun the outsource of its transfer and installation work to eight private companies. In future the Swiss cablenet will instead concentrate on the prioritisation and quality control of […]
Nat Geo secures RCS/RDS deal
Nat Geo Wild has secured carriage on the cable and DTH platforms owned by Romania’s RCS/RDS throughout CEE. It will launch in fully localised form in six countries – Romania, […]
Invitel secures Tele2 acquisition approval
The Hungarian Competition Office (GVH) is reported to have given its approval to the sale of Tele2’s Hungarian business to Invitel. The deal, worth €4 million in cash, was announced […]
Major outage on Virgin Media
10.49 UPDATE. Virgin Media subscribers lost access to their cable TV service in the middle of primetime on Thursday evening. Problems were first reported at 21.28 and, although some services […]
More HD tests in France
The French media authority CSA has approved new experimental HD broadcasts on DTT in the cities of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux and Rennes. During October TF1, Arte and M6 will […]
Austria decides on second DTT mux
Unconfirmed news reports from Austria suggest that Puls 4, 3 Sat and ORF Sport Plus will most likely be part of the second DTT mux to come on the air […]
Cable expects 16 million digital homes by year end
MIPCOM 2007 – CANNES. Cable Europe, representing the cable TV industry in Europe, announced that cable TV operators in Europe added more than two million digital TV customers in the […]