Israel’s cable platform HOT has reached a last minute agreement with BBC Prime to keep the entertainment channel on the network. New contracts have also been established with Hallmark, Eurosport […]
Magyar Telekom secures Mobilpress
Magyar Telekom has been given the green light by the competition authority in Hungary to acquire Mobilpress, one of the country’s leading mobile content producers and aggregators. Last December the […]
Homechoice could fall to BT
BT has emerged as a potential bidder for the UK assets of Tiscali, the Italian telco which last year acquired Video Networks’ Homechoice business. The Italian daily Il Sole 24 […]
Podcasting to cars from old Ku-birds
In a remarkable announcement, the satellite operator SES, European Space Agency ESA and German avionics research institute DLR have claimed there is such a thing as spent Ku-band satellites sitting […]
Fabchannel releases ’embedded’ concert player
Today Dutch streaming website Fabchannel, which specialises in live concerts from the famous Amnsterdam Paradiso club, released a new service, the Fabplayer Beta. The Fabplayer enables music fans to integrate […]
Ringier in/ Novator out of Balkans
Ringier AG is about to buy a 25% stake in Kanal D Romania, a new entertainment-based cable and satellite channel due to launch in the country on February 18. Kanal […]
ProSiebenSat.1 sale review set for February 22
The European Commission has announced it will complete its inquiry into the sale of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, to KKR and Permira by February 22. The private equity funds apparently are […]
Cyfra+/Sharp promote HD
The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has signed an agreement with Sharp that will allow both new and existing subscribers to buy 32-52-inch LCD HD sets at a discount. In a […]
Blinkx partners with QVC UK
Blinkx partners with QVC UK Looking for that special something for the one you love this Valentine’s Day? It may be that you can find the jewellery for the love […]
Noos premiers new mosaic system
French cable operator Noos has launched a series of themed interactive video mosaics based on the new httv Prime//Mosaic solution. The genre-based mosaics allow the viewer to navigate from one […]