Almost 870,000 net conversions to digital TV were made in the three months to the end of March, bringing the total number of UK households with digital TV on their […]
Eutelsat adds new Digiturk contract
Eutelsat Communications has signed a new capacity deal with Digiturk. The Turkish DTH platform is taking additional leases on the Eutelsat W3 satellite (7 degrees East) bringing the number of […]
Freewire adds MTV
Inuk Networks’ Freewire has added a suite of channels from MTV Networks UK to its IPTV delivered service. It follows recent deals with Channel 4, Five and S4C, all of […]
Second Czech digital ruling
The Czech Supreme Court (NSS) has for the second time in a week effectively overturned a ruling by the Prague Court that withdrew digital TV licences awarded to six companies […]
Joost wants to get inside your TV
Online video service Joost plans to get inside your TV. According to the new CEO Mike Volpi the company has started talks with hardware manufacturers to have Joost software included […]
Russian market growth predictions
Russia’s mobile market is likely to be worth $34.1 billion (€25.4 billion) by 2012, while the value of the broadband services it provides should amount to $3.4 billion. Both forecasts […]
ARD expands Astra capacity
The German public broadcaster ARD is to expand its Astra satellite capacity from January 2008. The additional transponder will not be used for additional programming, but rather to improve picture […]
Polish web TV service launches
The Polish web TV service onet.TV announced earlier this week has made its debut. Its offer consists of seven thematic channels, offering over 100 programmes and at least 9,000 video […]
TVP to tighten its belt
The Polish public broadcaster TVP plans to reduce its costs by up to 15%. According to local reports, it has presented a restructuring plan to a senate committee that also […]
YouTube becomes multilingual
Video website YouTube has launched local sites in Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK offering localised versions in various languages. Each site is fully […]