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Hungary prepares for digital switch

April 27, 2007 09.23 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Details of a draft law on the transition to digital broadcasting have been announced in Hungary. Aside from a DTT tender, they include proposals on several aspects of programme distribution. Speaking exclusively to Broadband TV News, Ferenc Kéry, the president of the Hungarian Cable Communications Association (HCA), said that the draft law includes a reference […]

Filed Under: Cable, Central & East Europe, Newsline, Regulation, Terrestrial Edited: 27 April 2007 14:18

Virgin and Sky begin High Court tussle

April 26, 2007 20.07 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Virgin Media has begun its High Court case against BSkyB. In papers submitted to the Court, Virgin has accuses the pay-TV platform of abusing a dominant position. The two companies have been involved in heated exchanges since February, when the former NTL-Telewest took the Virgin name, though the dispute over the carriage of Sky’s basic […]

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Regulation Edited: 26 April 2007 20:07

90% HD penetration if Ofcom grants DTT spectrum

April 26, 2007 10.02 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Ninety per cent of UK homes will be watching high definition by 2020, but only if Ofcom allocates additional spectrum for the HD format. Research from Strategy Analytics suggests that without further gifted capacity the availability will be restricted to just 60%. Strategy Analytics report HDTV and DTT: The Impact Of Platform Evolution Decisions On […]

Filed Under: HDTV, Newsline, Regulation, Terrestrial Edited: 26 April 2007 10:17

SES in C-band call

April 23, 2007 15.16 Europe/London By Julian Clover

SES New Skies has written to its customers, calling on them to challenge proposals to have the so-called C-band reassigned to terrestrial mobile services. In a letter signed by both SES New Skies President and CEO Robert Bednarek and SES President and CEO Romain Bausch, the company calls on its customers to lobby their national […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation, Satellite Edited: 23 April 2007 17:48

Finnish minister considers licence fee replacement

April 23, 2007 11.28 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Finland’s new communications minister has told the Finnish press that the current television licence fee should be replaced. Suvi Lindén told Sunnuntaisuomalainen that the public broadcaster YLE should be funded either through regular taxes or by a special supplement that would be paid for by all tax payers. She said the licence fee could no […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Edited: 23 April 2007 11:28

32 applicants for Austrian DTT

April 23, 2007 11.16 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Thirty-two applications have been received for the second DTT mulitplex in Austria due to launch this October. These include 16 proposals for TV channels and 16 for radio stations. Due to the limited availability of spectrum space television will have priority. The Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH & Co KG (ORS), the technical subsidiary of pubic broadcaster […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation, Terrestrial Edited: 24 April 2007 09:28

Life TV fined in product placement breach

April 23, 2007 11.13 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Ofcom’s Content Sanctions Committee has fined Life TV £125,000 for a series of breaches of its Broadcasting Code covering editorial independence and product placement. The offending programme, Britain’s Best Breaks, has been on air since 2003 and has already been the subject of a number of sanctions by the regulator. During the course of the […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation, TV Edited: 23 April 2007 11:13

Czech mobile TV hits roadblock

April 23, 2007 11.02 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

CACC 2007, PRAGUE – The greatest obstacle to the introduction of mobile TV services in the Czech Republic is regulatory, according to Richard Stonavsky, the head of regulatory affairs at T-Mobile, Czech Republic. Stonavsky was speaking at the 8th Czech Broadband Communications (CACC) conference being held this week in Prague and also revealed the findings […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Mobile TV, Newsline, Regulation Edited: 23 April 2007 11:53

Ericsson completes Tandberg offer

April 23, 2007 08.44 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Ericsson has finalised its offer for Tandberg Television after receiving favourable rulings from the relevant competition authorities. Ericsson says that all the conditions laid out in its February 26 offer document have now been met and the company will now complete the offer in line with the offer document. Settlement of the shares in the […]

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, Regulation, Tech Edited: 23 April 2007 14:17

EU piracy proposals are ‘Pandora’s Box’

April 20, 2007 08.20 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The European Anti-Piracy Association AEPOC has warned that the proposed EU Directive for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights creates a dangerous concept in ‘legal piracy’. It warns of potentially dangerous side effects from the Directive’s admission that piracy committed by consumers within their own homes should be allowed to continue without sanction. AEPOC says […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation, TV Edited: 20 April 2007 08:20

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