A number of political parties, as well as the Dutch consumers organisation Consumentebond, have issued calls to revive the Dutch Open Cable ruling, which was thwarted by a ruling of […]
Viewers take to online catch-up TV
Almost a third (31%) of all households in the UK with internet access used it watch online catch-up TV in the first quarter of this year, according to Ofcom consumer […]
WTO rules against EU import duties
Flat-panel displays, multifunction printers and set-top boxes from Japan, the US and Taiwan should be exempt from import duties in the European Union, according to World Trade Organisation (WTO). These […]
Turner acquires Scandi channel group
Time Warner subsidiary Turner Broadcasting Europe and the Millennium Media Group (MMG) have announced the acquisition of a 100% interest in MMG to form a new Scandinavian channels and content […]
Pepcom cable sold to STAR Capital Partners
Private equity investors GMT Communications Partners (GMT) and Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) have sold Pepcom GmbH to STAR Capital Partners. With 630,000 subscribers Pepcom has been built into Germany’s sixth […]
Ofcom lifts Sky restriction on Top Up TV receivers
Ofcom has barred Sky from using a clause in its wholesale contract with Top Up TV that would have restricted the range of set-top boxes used by the pay-TV operator […]
Sky Deutschland strikes HD cable deal
Sky Deutschland has entered into a framework agreement that will put all ten Sky HD channels into an additional 600,000 cable households. The satcaster will provide the seven HD streams […]
Canvas makes manufacturer call
Project Canvas has formally invited expressions of interest from manufacturers to develop Canvas-enable devices to market during 2011. The BBC-led hybrid television venture is looking to develop a broad base […]
German broadcasters to showcase HbbTV at IFA
All major German broadcasters will be showcasing a number of interactive HbbTV applications during this year’s consumer electronics show IFA in Berlin. Public broadcaster ARD has earmarked HbbTV as the […]
Fries: TiVo would have been “quarter step”
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has told how the operator evaluated the TiVo content discovery system before opting for the multimedia home gateway that will run on technology designed to […]