3GSM CONGRESS – BARCELONA – Alcatel-Lucent shows the first demo of the proposed Unlimited Mobile TV service using the new DVB-SH standard, which combines satellite broadcasts in the S-band with […]
JumpTV announces 11 new channels
JumpTV Inc, a broadcaster of ethnic television over the Internet, announced today that it has signed 11 new exclusive internet broadcast agreements with channels from Pakistan, Thailand, Lebanon, Nigeria and […]
TV4 adds HD channel
TV4 Sweden is adding a high definition service to its stable of digital TV channels. The new station will be distributed via Canal Digital and launches later this first quarter. […]
EuroNews goes mobile in Poland
EuroNews has launched on the Orange mobile network in Poland. The latter, which is operated by PTK Centertel, itself owned by the France Telecom-backed incumbent telco TPSA, began this year […]
Two options for local TV after switchover
Local TV services will need to compromise if their services are to continue after digital switchover. As part of the Digital Dividend Review, Ofcom has identified that local channels could […]
Digital coverage will match analogue reception
Ofcom has published details of the predicted coverage of the public service and commercial multiplexes following digital switchover. The UK regulator is predicting that the three DTT public service multiplexes […]
YouTube secures vintage TV rights
YouTube has signed a deal to screen a package US TV shows on the file sharing website. However, the 40-year old I Spy may not be enough to compensate the […]
Virgin acquires HBO VOD package
Virgin Media has announced a major content supply agreement with Home Box Office for a 50-hour package including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and Entourage. The programmes, most of which […]
Prima TV receives DTT approval
The Czech Broadcasting Council (RRTV) has announced that under the terms of its 1994 licence the national commercial station Prima TV is allowed to undertake DTT transmissions. Prima TV, which […]
Zappware game means viewers stick to VT4
Zappware has developed a new interactive TV application for the VT4 show De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig (The Youth of Today) in the first example of branded entertainment on Belgian television. […]