With 11 new transmitters to go on the air the French DTT service is set to reach 70% of the population by the end of July. In June the following […]
BC Partners to acquire majority of Intelsat
Following a few days of rumours, private equity firm BC Partners is to acquire a majority in Intelsat, the satellite company announced. The company has signed a definitive agreement for […]
Dream Satellite TV launches DVB-H service in Philippines
Dream Satellite TV is to launch the first commercial DVB-H mobile TV service in the Philippines. The company has chosen the 4Caster M2 encoders from Envivio. Dream Satellite TV, a […]
Live traffic cam pictures on Austrian mobile TV
The Austrian public radio station Ö3 from ORF has started transmitting live traffic webcam pictures of motorways in and around the capital Vienna to mobile TV handsets. The broadcasts are […]
Tele5 wins regional DTT licence
German general entertainment channel Tele 5 has won a regional DTT licence to broadcast in the state of Nord-Rhine Westfalia. The TM-TV GmbH group has been awarded the licence by […]
Tiscali opens Universal PictureBox
Universal Pictures’ SVOD service PictureBox has launched on Tiscali TV in the UK. It follows the recent appearance of PictureBox on the n DTH platform in Poland. The service went […]
New Direct-to-Home Platform on Intelsat System
Intelsat announced today that New Zealand-based ANZ Teleport & Broadcast has selected the Intelsat platform on which to launch a new direct-to-home television service. Under the multi-year agreement, Intelsat will […]
Globecast secures Eurobird transponder
Globecast has purchased a further transponder on the Eutelsat Eurobird satellite that shares the 28.2 degrees East orbital slot for the UK market. Juliet Bayliss, GlobeCast UK’s Director for Broadcast […]
PCCW and Qualcomm to trial MediaFLO in Hong Kong
Qualcomm and Hong Kong communications provider PCCW Limited today announced the companies have signed a definitive agreement to conduct a technical trial of Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology in Hong Kong. The […]
Irdeto announces new deals at CommicAsia 2007
Irdeto has made a number of announcements of new deals during CommunicAsia 2007 in Singapore: a DVB-H trial in Sydney and the opening of a Singapore office. The first deal […]