Virgin Media has told BSkyB that it will take its carriage fee dispute to the High Court if it is not resolved within 30 days. The cablenet intends to challenge […]
ITV Play suspends broadcasts
ITV Play has been taken off the air as the broadcaster suspended premium interactive services. ITV has appointed Deloitte to conduct an audit of all of the interactive services after […]
Dublin DTT trial enters second phase
Several thousand people in the greater Dublin area are to be given free digital set-top boxes as part of the second phase of Ireland’s digital TV trial. Iniitally 500 participants, […]
Czech O2 ups the ante
The incumbent Czech telco Telefónica O2 is to launch a new triple play offer. Known as O2 Trio, it will compete directly with one provided by UPC and Mattes, a […]
Comstar opts for Tandberg
The Russian broadband company Comstar-Direct has signed a deal with Tandberg Television to assist in the expansion of its IPTV network. Under it, Sistema-owned Comstar-Direct will be supplied with Tandberg […]
Premiere pulls foreign bouquets
German pay TV operator Premiere has pulled the plug on a number of its international bouquets aimed at foreigners living in Germany. Affected are a Russian and an Italian bouquet […]
MediaFLO technical trial in Taiwan
China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) have chosen Qualcomm’s MediaFlo system to conduct a technical trial in Taipei, Taiwan. The trial is scheduled to begin this month […]
16 channels for nationwide DVB-H pilot for Germany
LfK, the media authority of the German state of Baden-Würtenberg, has today announced the start of a new nationwide DVB-H pilot project. The authority takes responisbilty for the whole of […]
Cablecom signs RTL and NBC low-pay channels
Swiss cable operator Cablecom has signed an agreement to carry the three low-pay channels from RTL, RTL Crime, Passion TV and RTL Living from April 1st, 2007. The channels will […]
Name game for SES satellites
SES New Skies announced that the AMC-12/ASTRA 4A and AAP-1 satellites have been transferred to New Skies and have subsequently be re-named. The spacecraft will from now on be known […]