Flemish cable operator Interkabel announced it will introduce its first HD bouquet on the iN-Di digital service including an HD version of commercial broadcaster VTM. In Germany, Unity Media has […]
ORF launches dedicated mobile TV channel
Austrian public broadcaster ORF has launched a dedicated mobile TV channel with Mobilkom Austria and 3 as part of the current DVB-H pilot with 1,000 customers. Called ORFmobile the new […]
Providence eyes Bulgaria’s BTC
The US investment company Providence Equity Partners has emerged as the frontrunner to buy a majority (65%) stake in the incumbent Bulgarian telco BTC. It is currently owned by the […]
Mediaset to launch 8-channel DTT pay service
The Italian Mediaset company will launch an 8-channel pay service on DTT, according to a report in the daily Corriere della Sera. The new service would compete with News Corp […]
Tandberg installs MPEG-4 for Inuk
Tandberg Television is to supply a package of MPEG-4 AVC encoders and professional receivers to the Freewire IPTV service. Freewire is currently supplying a package of free-to-air digital channels to […]
Czech digital transition continues
According to Pavel Dvorak, the head of the Czech Telecom Office (CTU), between 400,000-600,000 people, equivalent to 5-7% of the population, will no longer be able to receive analogue TV […]
SBB reduces charges
Serbia’s leading cable operator SBB is reported to have reduced its Internet access charges by an average of 30%. SBB launched the service, which currently has 50,000 subscribers, in 2003, […]
Belgacom TV reports 139,665 subscribers
Belgacom TV has said it reached 139,665 connected homes at the end of 2006. “We beat our own projections of 100,000 homes by year’s end,” declared CEO Didier Bellens. Monthly […]
Europe by Satellite now on Sirius
SES Astra has announced that it has started to transmit the “Europe by Satellite” service, a multilingual TV news service from the European Commission. The service is available from satellites […]
Indian MSO Manthan Broadband chooses Irdeto
Manthan Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd, a cable television company in India, has chosen the Irdeto Digital TV content security system to be used in the city of Kolkata, the State […]