If they weren’t aware of digital switchover already, viewers in the town of Whitehaven in Cumbria will this week see crawling captions on the four analogue terrestrial channels available in […]
Russian platform expands offer
The Russian digital platform Tricolor TV, which is delivered by Eutelsat’s W4 to 800,000 homes, has added 12 new channels to its line-up. Operated by the National Broadcasting Company, the […]
Continued growth forecast for STB market
Pay-TV services are fuelling a global demand for set-top boxes that is expected to reach an annual 120 million units by 2011, according to new research from Understanding & Solutions. […]
European VOD services take off
According to a study published by the French Directorate for the Development of the Media and European Audiovisual Observatory, there were 142 VOD services – excluding ones devoted solely to […]
Akado revenues rise sharply
Moscow CableCom Corp has posted total revenues of $23,866,000 (€17,656,966) for 2006, or 125.1% more than for the previous year. Those for Q4 2006 were meanwhile up by 144.3% year-on-year […]
Austria claims digital success
One third of the 3.3 million Austrian television homes now watch digital television, according to the regulatory body RTR (Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH). The introduction of DTT only began last […]
One million digital homes for KDG
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland KDG is claiming one million digital homes connected out of the total of 9.5 million customers the company serves. The basic digital bouquet, which is […]
New Skies plans NSS-8 replacement
The board of SES Global has approved funding for the direct replacement of NSS-8, which was lost as a result of the January 30 failure of the Sea Launch rocket, […]
Premier League sues YouTube
After Viacom now also the English Premier League has filed a federal class action copyright lawsuit in New York against Google’s YouTube. The lead plaintiffs in the suit filed Friday […]
Astra and Galaxy in orbit
An Ariane 5 ECA was thrust into space from Kourou, French Guiana at 29 minutes after midnight CET today (Saturday), carrying two satellites into orbit for SES and Intelsat. The […]