The European Parliament has backed a report calling on member states to co-ordinate the use of the so-called digital dividend at EU level. The report drawn up by Italian MEP […]
German Kartellamt to investigate pay-TV business
The German monopoly regulator Bundeskartellamt has said it will investigate the pay-TV businesses of Premiere, Unitymedia and Kabel Deutschland KDG. The authority suspects that the mandatory set-top boxes are impeding […]
Dutch cablers critical of OPTA plans
During a special hearing session of the Dutch telecom regulator OPTA, cable companies were very critical of plans to open up analogue cable networks to third parties. They called the […]
Sky shelves plans for Picnic
Sky has dropped plans for a pay-TV service on the UK DTT platform, blaming a lack of clarity from the regulator Ofcom. Picnic would have combined a mini-pay package including […]
Morgan Stanley tapped for UK spectrum auction
Ofcom has appointed investment bank Morgan Stanley to promote international interest in the so-call digital dividend, created from the switchover from analogue to digital television.
DVB-S2 licensing underway
DTVG Licensing Inc has begun the licensing process for the DVB-S2 technology used in the transmission of digital TV signals by satellite. The company is owned by DirecTV, which has […]
SISVEL takes over DVB-T licensing
The Italian technology licensing company SISVEL has taken over the administration of the DVB-T patent pool from MPEG-LA.
Eurocom mulls YES exit
Israel’s Eurocom Group is considering whether to maintain its 30% share in the DTH satellite platform YES. The Globes newspaper is reporting that the Restrictive Trade Practices Tribunal has accepted […]
OPTA publishes open cable access reports
Dutch telecom authority OPTA has published the reports concerning open cable access on Dutch networks. As expected, the authority will force UPC and Ziggo to open up the analogue TV […]
Online TV viewing doubles
British viewers are increasingly relying on broadband-delivered on demand TV services rather than turn on their digital TV sets.