Pace Micro Technology has confirmed that it has secured additional business with BSkyB for the supply of the standard Sky digibox. The business, for the financial year 2007, follows last […]
Swiss pubcasters launch movie portal
SRG SSR idée Suisse is launching an on demand film service at the Locarno Film Festival this week. The public broadcaster is making the service available through three separate language […]
Humax first on Freeview Playback
Receiver manufacturer Humax has said it is the first such company to pass the Freeview Playback Group 2 standards. Freeview Playback is the digital video recorder standard being introduced for […]
Astra helps SES to strong first half
SES has recorded a strong first half with the satellite operator reporting a revenue increase of 11% at €789.1 million. Net profit was down from €215.6m in 2006 to €207.8m, […]
BigBand into profit
BigBand Networks, which went public earlier this year, made a net profit of $1.7 million in the second quarter, following a $1 million loss in the first quarter, as revenues […]
Fastweb posts reduced losses
Losses at Fastweb were reduced in the second half on the back of an increase in sales revenues of 24% to €714.4 million. EBITDA at the Italian broadband provider climbed […]
Ukraine awards DTT licence
RRT Concern has announced the results of a DTT tender in Ukraine. According to information provided by EEBC, the right to operate a single frequency network (SFN) employing MPEG-4 compression […]
Multimedia digital service blossoms
The Polish MSO Multimedia Polska has announced that the digital cable TV service it launched 10 weeks ago now has 5,000 subscribers. The first in the country to offer both […]
Italy resolves digital dividend
Italy’s digital television bill has moved forward another step after two parliamentary committees approved proposals on how the country’s digital dividend should be allocated. Article 3 of the legislation covers […]
Virgin puts auction on hold
Virgin Media is to delay its August 8 auction to avoid the current turbulence being felt within the credit market. Private equity companies have been stung by the market situation […]