The Hungarian public broadcaster MTV’s annual budget amounts to HUF30 billion (€120.7 million), according to a report produced by its president Zoltán Rudi and highlighted in the local press. The […]
Polsat starts HD trial
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has begun trialling what will be its first HD channel. Distributed by Hot Bird, Polsat Sport HD is expected to make its official debut […]
New success for Russia
According to TNS Media Intelligence, Russia’s Sochi 2014 has become once of the top 10 advertisers in pan-European TV. Its budget for advertising the forthcoming Winter Olympics in the city […]
Dutch police start Internet TV
The Dutch police department of the province of Limburg in the Southeastern part of the country today launched its own Internet TV channel called PIT – Politie Internet TV (www.pit.tv). […]
Sweden completes ASO
Skåne on the southern tip of Sweden has become the last region to complete the analogue switch off process. Station executives took transmissions from SVT’s two public channels and the […]
Vodafone studying Portugal DTT
Vodafone Portugal is considering making a bid to operate the country’s DTT service. According to local reports, CEO Antonio Coimbra is studying both this and the launch of an IPTV […]
IDS selects Chellomedia for interactive TV advertising
Interactive Digital Sales (IDS), the advertising solutions provider for Virgin Media Television, has selected Chellomedia’s Mistral software to create and publish templated interactive advertising on the Sky Satellite platform. Chellomedia’s […]
Channel 4 looks to grow Emap TV stake
Channel 4 has approached Emap with a view to taking full control of its suite of music channels including The Hits and Kiss. According to The Times, Channel 4 approached […]
Kamera to distribute ABC News
MIPCOM 2007 – CANNES. Disney-ABC International Television and internet and mobile TV aggregator Kamera have closed an agreement to distribute news video content from ABC News. The deal will enable […]
Spiderman helps Nokia sell the new N95 8GB
Nokia has teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) to offer the new Nokia N95 8GB multimedia phone pre-loaded with the full-length feature film Spiderman 3 in Europe and selected […]