GE International Holdings Inc., a holding company for the satellite businesses of General Electric Company, has begun business in Asia under the name of Sat-GE. The new company offers satellite capacity across the Pacific region using the GE-23 satellite (the former AMC-23). GE-23 encompasses six individual beams, five Ku-band and one C-band, that give almost […]
MiTV and Nokia announce DVB-H for Malaysia
Nokia and MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd (MiTV) today announced a collaboration to launch a joint commercial mobile broadcast TV service, based on DVB-H, in Malaysia in the second half of 2007. Early last year, Vietnam became the first market in the Asia -Pacific region to roll out commercial DVB-H services. In the deal, Nokia Siemens […]
New execs for Discovery
Discovery Networks have announced two appointments in Central Europe. Leszek Zaborowski is now the company’s director of channels for the region, while Patryk Piputa is the ad sales manager for Poland. Both have extensive previous experience, with Zabowski having worked for (amongst others) TVP and Polsat and Piputa Telekomunikacja Polska (TP).
Court blow for Czech incumbent
The European Court of Justice has announced that the Czech Telecom Office (CTU) had the right to insist the incumbent Czech telco Cesky Telecom – now Telefónica O2 – fully open up its network to competition. The CTU’s original ruling, which was disputed by Cesky Telecom, was made after a complaint from the alternative telco […]
Universal to supply new Sky Italia remote
Sky Italia has reached a new agreement with Universal Electronics (UEI) to provide three versions of its remote control for subscribers to the DTH platform. The familiar Sky remote, used as far apart as the UK and Australia, has been a feature of Sky Italia since the platform launched in July 2003. The UEI remote […]
Telia subscribers can have TV4 Anytime
Telia is launching a new eight channel package from Sweden’s commercial broadcaster TV4. The package also includes TV4 Anytime, the catch-up TV service, previously restricted to the internet. TV4 Anytime gives subscribers access to an archive of previously broadcast shows. It will cost SEK99 (€10.52) per month. TV4 includes a number of Sweden’s most popular […]
Term time
Industry phrases come and go, but some of them seem to get applied to anything that moves, writes Julian Clover One of the greatest headaches in IPTV, other than the constant debate over the amount of time it takes to change channels, is the definition of the term itself. On these pages IPTV is usually […]
SES Astra to run ESA ground station at Redu
SES Astra and Verhaert Space, a QinetiQ company, announced today they have secured a major long-term service agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to maintain and operate the Belgian satellite ground station in Redu. The activities conducted by the ESA Redu station comprise ground control and in-orbit testing of satellites for ESA missions. Verhaert […]
Primacom expands TV offer
German cable operator Primacom has expanded its digital TV offer with a number of regional channels; SachsenTV, Leipzig Fernsehen and Chemnitz Fernsehen. At the same time it has started to offer various ethnic channels on an a la carte basis, including channels in English, Arabic, Vietnamese Polich, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Turkish and Hindi. Prices start […]
ASEAN ministers endorse DVB-T
The ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) have endorsed last month’s decision by the ASEAN Digital Broadcasting council to use the DVB-T standard. The countries included in the pact are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. In a statement the ministers “acknowledged that digital broadcasting will usher in a […]