Gamecast UK has been fined £100,000 after a series of breaches of the Ofcom broadcasting code and its licence conditions. The regulator said the broadcaster had breached the Ofcom Broadcasting […]
Euronews appoints London sales manager
Euronews has appointed a new International Sales Manager based in its London sales office. Fredrik Boreström will work with the London media agencies across a full spectrum of media outlets. […]
UPDATE: Digital cash ringfenced in BBC settlement
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has confirmed that the BBC will still have to fund key elements of the digital switchover process from the licence fee. Ms Jowell told the House […]
Brightcove plans international expansion
Internet TV firm Brightcove has raised $59.5 million in a ‘Series C’ funding round. AllianceBernstein LP, Brookside Capital LLC and Maverick Capital, Ltd led the financing. Also participating are Allen […]
WorldSpace signs Telecom Italia repeater deal
WorldSpace has agreed a deal with Telecom Italia to provide a series of terrestrial repeaters around Italy to boost reception of its digital satellite radio service. The Italian Telco will […]
Earnings boost Euskaltel
Euskaltel has announced its ADSL-delivered television service now reaches 46,700 homes, giving it a 54% share of the sector within the Basque region of Spain. The company, which in total […]
Slovenia opts for MPEG-4
Slovenia’s Agency for Post and Electronic Communications (APEK) has chosen the MPEG-4 transport stream as the standard for digital terrestrial television in the country. The agency will shortly commence the […]
O2 TV seeks more subscribers
The incumbent Czech telco Telefónica O2 is preparing to introduce a self-install option for its IPTV service. Launched in September 2006, O2 TV, which already has 18,000 subscribers, can currently […]
Rebuke for Poland’s Toya
The Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has given a strong dressing down to Toya, the country’s fifth largest cable operator. According to the watchdog, the Lodz-based company, […]
Netflix to offer ‘instant’ online video
Netflix, the American online movie rental service, yesterday introduced a new feature that allows people to immediately watch movies and television series on their PCs and said it will make […]