Hellas Sat has submitted an application to the Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) to operate a DTH satellite platform. The OTE subsidiary says the platform will be […]
Italy’s RAI rebrands international channels
The Italian public broadcaster RAI has rebranded its international channel RAI International as RAItalia. The channel replaces the former RAI International channel, aimed at Italians living abroad.
Murdoch to increase influence on Premiere
Rupert Murdoch is to increase his influence on the German pay-TV operator Premiere by appointing Mark Williams and Tom Mockridge to the supervisory board, according to the German news magazine […]
Focus-Sat launched at 1 West
Moldova’s first DTH operator Focus-Sat commenced transmission yesterday from 1 degree west. Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) today announced that is has signed a contract with the operator.
TVP boosts archive spend
The Polish public broadcaster TVP is to spend PLN47.7 million (€14 million) on digitising its archive product over the next five years.
Dutch MSO Casema buys pricing freedom
Dutch MSO Casema, part of Zesko Holding, has agreed to pay the city of Alpen aan de Rijn €1.5 million in order to break a contract, which allowed the city […]
PT emerges as DTT front runner
The identity of bidders for capacity in Portugal’s DTT tender is becoming clearer. It has emerged that Portugal Telecom will now bid single handedly for licences, rather than make a […]
Zappware makes Swiss iTV deployment
CABLE CONGRESS 2008 – MADRID. Belgian interactive developer Zappware has said it has successfully deployed a batch of services for the Swiss cablenet ESR Sion.
Five parties interested in VRT transmitters
Flemish public broadcaster VRT has lined up five parties, who are interested in buying its transmitter network. Although no names were put forward, they are believed to include Belgacom, Telenet, TDF, […]
Dutch public HD channel for DTH – this summer only
This summer, Dutch DTH platform Canal Digitaal Satelliet will carry the HD version of public channel Nederland 1 from June 1 till August 24. The provider has reached an agreement […]