The BBC Trust has given its approval for the BBC HD channel, some 18 months after the experimental service first launched. It follows the so-called Public Value Test that looked […]
Satellite keeps C-band at WRC-07
The global satellite industry emerged today from four weeks of successful negotiations to protect the users of its C-band spectrum from terrestrial interference. With its unequivocal “no change” campaign, the […]
SBS Netherlands pulls call TV shows
SBS Netherlands has decided to pull all its call TV type programming from its three Dutch stations, SBS6, Net 5 and Veronica. The move follows a request from the Dutch […]
Portugal Telecom sells remaining PT Multimedia shares
Portugal Telecom has sold its remaining 8.3% shares in PT Multimedia, the country’s main cable operator and DTH platform. As planned, PT spun off the unit on November 7, but […]
Cable Europe welcomes further deregulation
Cable Europe, the association of cable TV network operators in Europe, said it welcomes the Commission’s approach to continue the deregulation of the European broadband and communications markets, and to […]
Audit says BBC should measure Digital UK value for money
The National Audit Office has recommended that the BBC puts additional measures in place to measure the value for money it is getting from its £200 million funding of switchover […]
OpenTV settles Liberate lawsuit
OpenTV has settled its long running patent dispute against Liberate Technologies. In its claim originally filed in February 2002, OpenTV claimed that Liberate had infringed two patents held by OpenTV […]
Sweden faces Digital Dividend crunch
Stakeholders in Sweden are vying to be given the right to take advantage of the country’s newly released digital spectrum. However, unlike the UK, the government has previously indicated the […]
Murdoch says regulatory delays are no Picnic
James Murdoch has expressed disappointment at regulatory delays holding back the launch of Sky’s DTT package Picnic. In an investment call following Friday’s first quarter results, the Sky CEO admitted […]
Mediasat antitrust probe revealed as hoax
Italy’s antitrust authority has said that an earlier statement supposedly from the authority, and claiming it was about to launch an inquiry into the digital activities of Mediaset, was a […]