The European Commission has okayed the acquisition of Orange Netherlands by T-Mobile. The agreement includes Orange mobile and broadband services in the country. Orange has about 1.9 million mobile customers […]
Accedo to provide Inuk games
Inuk Networks is to add a package of games and interactive services to its Freewire IPTV platform. The company has struck a partnership with Accedo Broadband to use its Funspot […]
Cablecom outsources network upgrade
Cablecom is to outsource the expansion of its network with 62 employees from its network department transferring to Alpine Energie and Cablex. The Swiss cablenet is anticipating that one million […]
German SSN sports channel launched
The new 24/7 German sports channel Super Sports Network (SSN) has launched as part of the Kabelkiosk bouquet on the Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 2 for distribution over independent cable networks. […]
High quality Danish mobile test
Tests of the DVB-H mobile TV system in Copenhagen by Viasat and TDC have concluded the quality of sound and picture to be “extraordinarily good”. The tests involved just 20 […]
Austrian DTT switchover according to plan
The DTT switchover in Austria is moving ahead according to plan, according to the Digitales Fernsehen Förder GmbH (DFFG). On September 24 all analogue transmitters in Klagenfurt and Graz will […]
Alice steps into Dutch market
Telecom Italia has introduced the Alice service into The Netherlands, it being its the fourth market after Italy, France and Germany. Alice is offering 20 Mbps broadband access and telephony […]
FLO Forum membership approves testing plans
The FLO Forum membership has announced it has approved the FLO Series II and FLO Series III testing plans. FLO Series II (FLO Services Testing) is a suite of application […]
Mobile TV for Turkey
The Turkish GSM operator Avea is reported to have introduced a mobile TV service in cooperation with Mobiltürk. Employing EDGE technology, its offer includes such services as the History Channel […]
Research: first mover advantage key in mobile TV standards war
Over the last few months, various market developments have spawned a new dynamic in the broadcast mobile TV marketplace. With the European Commission favouring DVB-H as the pan-European broadcast mobile […]