German public broadcaster ARD will showcase HD during this year’s consumer electronics show IFA in Berlin. With a special HD version of its Eins Festival channel the broadcaster will show […]
Burch departure: What the papers say
The sudden departure of Virgin Media CEO Steve Burch for what was described as “family and personal reasons” are genuine “rather than the euphemism usually trotted out to cover up […]
Belgacom to sell satellite business
Belgian telecom operator Belgacom today announced it would sell its satellite business to the Indian ORG Informatics Limited. Transfer of the assets will happen this autumn. About 34 people are […]
ZDF starts nationwide infokanal DTT distribution
German public broadcaster ZDF has rolled out its current affairs and consumer interest channel ZDF.infokanal across the country. The channel is part of the ZDF mux on DTT and has […]
Puls TV starts Astra transmissions
The Viennese local commercial broadcaster Puls TV has started distribution via the Astra satellite. The station has been available since Monday with free-to-air transmissions. The channel has also been named […]
Burch quits Virgin Media
Virgin Media CEO Steve Burch has left the cablenet after only 18 months. A company statement said that Burch had decided to return to the United States for personal and […]
Launch of RTL8 with BCE
RTL Nederland has expanded its TV channel offer with the launch of RTL8. The new channel will be available, like the other Dutch RTL channels, on the Canal Digitaal DTH […]
2008 deployment for KPN wireless broadband
Dutch incumbent telco KPN says it is currently trialling two wireless broadband access technologies in the rural province of Drente. KPN is evaluating a WiMax system from Samsung and an […]
Narrowstep launches mountainbike channel
Narrowstep, the Internet TV company, said it launchedl new Internet TV channel dedicated to the world of mountain biking, called MTBcut. This new channel will bring together film makers from […]
HD support for Flash players
Adobe today announced the latest update for their Flash player 9 software, code-named Moviestar, which now includes H.264 standard video support and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support, as well […]