The German RTL Group, now called Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, will switch its broadcast format to 16:9 widescreen on most of its channels including RTL, VOX and n-tv, as well as […]
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 […]
Deluxe plans 24/7 Dolby
German broadcaster Deluxe is planning to broadcast 24/7 in Dolby Digital 5.1 from 2008. The music station will be the first TV channel in the world to adopt the multi-channel […]
SES-Astra ‘satisfied’ with Entavio developments
SES-Astra is ‘satisfied’ with the development of the Entavio pay-TV platform, said CEO Ferdinand Kayser to the German edition of the Financial Times. Talks are under way with more German […]
Serbia Broadband opts for Transmode
Serbia Broadband (SBB) has selected technology supplied by Stockholm-based Transmode for its metro and regional backbone networks. SBB is the leading cable company in Serbia, providing services on over 30 […]
Vatican starts T-DMB pilot in the holy city
Vatican Radio has started a pilot with T-DMB broadcasts in the city state with help from the Korean government. “With an encoder offered by us, Vatican Radio launched a test […]
Ruckus makes Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV wireless
Ruckus Wireless today announced a deal with T-Home, a division of Deutsche Telekom to supply 802.11a Smart Wi-Fi systems to enable in-home wireless distribution of its Entertain Comfort IPTV service. […]
New look Sky Guide launching next year
BSkyB is understood to be preparing a new EPG that will be made available to subscribers with new Sky+ and Sky HD boxes during 2008. The new look and feel, […]
Hong Kong starts digital terrestrial TV tests
Last week in Hong Kong the first digital terrestrial television tests were started by the Hong Kong Digital Terrestrial Television Local Testing Group. The group was established by the Hong […]
Zappware launches digital teletext for S.televisie
S.televisie, one of the new digital thematic channels in Belgium, has launched a digital teletext service in cooperation with the cable operator Telenet and Zappware, a Belgian solution provider for […]