Sony Pictures Television International has launched Animax, its Japanese anime channel, in a version for mobile phones in Australia and will also shortly launch in Canada. The Animax Mobile channel […]
UK channels plan IPTV downloads
The big three terrestrial broadcasters are looking at the launch of a joint video download service. BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are investigating at DTT-IPTV hybrid boxes to provide a […]
Autumn call for French mobile TV
The CSA has said it will advertise for applicants for a mobile TV service in October this year. It follows the consultation by the French regulator over the provision of […]
Portugal completes DVB-H trial
The Portuguese broadcaster TV1 and mobile operator Vodafone have successfully completed a DVB-H trial. It consisted of eight live channels broadcast to users with Samsung receivers and used Thomson’s SmartVision […]
NASN gets Com Hem result
Swedish cablenet Com Hem is adding NASN to its digital programme packages. The North American Sports Network, controlled by ESPN, is available free-to-air from June 14 to June 30. It […]
Linear invests in digital TV
Ahead of the arrival of DTT in Brazil in December 2007, the Brazilian TV transmission equipment manufacturer Linear has announced investments of $3 million (€2.24 million) in research and development. […]
Franklin Eutelsat holding reaches 10%
Franklin Resources has confirmed that its stake in Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat Communications has passed the 10% threshold. According to information published by the French stock market regulator AMF, Franklin […]
Comstar’s Stream TV takes off
Sistema-backed Comstar UTS has announced that its Comstar Direct division ended Q1 2007 with 397,700 broadband Internet subscribers, of who 100,500 received pay-TV services. While the broadband figure was an […]
Naspers invests in German mobile TV
South African media company Naspers has taken a 37.53% interest in German mobile TV operator MFD (Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland GmbH). The company operates a four-channel DMB service in 16 urban […]
Multimedia opts for WiMax
The Polish MSO Multimedia Polska has announced that it will begin using WiMax on its network. The move follows an agreement with Airspan Networks Inc worth PLN8 million (€2.08 million), […]