The Polish national Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) is reported to have fined the thematic channel Polsat Sport a total of PLN110,000 (€30,424) for breaching advertising rules. Specifically, it exceeded the amounted […]
Comstar grows subscriber base
Comstar UTS has announced that it now has over 40,000 broadband subscribers in the Russian regions, or 70% more than 12 months earlier. Three-quarters are served by Digital Telephone Networks […]
TVN targets viewers in the West
The Polish National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has announced that it has awarded a satellite licence to a new channel named TVN International West. Operated by ITI Group, it will join […]
Hard times for Croatian and Bosnian pubcasters
The members of the Program Council of the Croatian public broadcaster HRT have presented the projection of the business plan for 2008 and stressed that it will be much more […]
Former Channel 4 MD to head Digital UK
Digital UK has gone for a broadcasting man as its new chief executive. David Scott takes over the top job at the switchover body in February, replacing Ford Ennals who […]
Philips to sell STB division to Pace
UPDATE: Philips today announced it has reached an agreement in principle to sell its Set-Top Boxes and Connectivity Solutions businesses, currently part of its Home Networks business unit within the […]
Pace suspends shares amid takeover talk
Pace Micro Technology has confirmed the company is in advanced discussions over an acquisition that under stock market rules would be classified as a reverse takeover. A statement from the […]
German DTT now reaches 68 million
According to the transmitter company T-Systems, German DTT will reach 68 million people, or about 85% of the populatiton, by year end. Next year, the figure will rise to 90% […]
French electronics industry calls for FTA mobile TV
The French consumer electronics association Simavelec has launched an appeal to make mobile TV broadcasts free-to-air rather than subscription based. According to a statement, such broadcasts have more chance of […]
Three more HD channels for CanalSat
Canal Satellite Numérique will offer three more HD channels during 2008. The news was broken during a special online chat session on the TPS website with Thierry Chamouton (director client […]