The Russian broadband company Comstar-Direct has signed a deal with Tandberg Television to assist in the expansion of its IPTV network. Under it, Sistema-owned Comstar-Direct will be supplied with Tandberg […]
Premiere pulls foreign bouquets
German pay TV operator Premiere has pulled the plug on a number of its international bouquets aimed at foreigners living in Germany. Affected are a Russian and an Italian bouquet […]
MediaFLO technical trial in Taiwan
China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) have chosen Qualcomm’s MediaFlo system to conduct a technical trial in Taipei, Taiwan. The trial is scheduled to begin this month […]
16 channels for nationwide DVB-H pilot for Germany
LfK, the media authority of the German state of Baden-Würtenberg, has today announced the start of a new nationwide DVB-H pilot project. The authority takes responisbilty for the whole of […]
Cablecom signs RTL and NBC low-pay channels
Swiss cable operator Cablecom has signed an agreement to carry the three low-pay channels from RTL, RTL Crime, Passion TV and RTL Living from April 1st, 2007. The channels will […]
Name game for SES satellites
SES New Skies announced that the AMC-12/ASTRA 4A and AAP-1 satellites have been transferred to New Skies and have subsequently be re-named. The spacecraft will from now on be known […]
Dutch digital homes reach 25%
The percentage of Dutch digital television homes has jumped from 17 to 25 percent during 2006 according to research by Stichting Kijkonderzoek (SKO). At the same time viewing of thematic […]
HD to come to Flemish and German cable
Flemish cable operator Interkabel announced it will introduce its first HD bouquet on the iN-Di digital service including an HD version of commercial broadcaster VTM. In Germany, Unity Media has […]
ORF launches dedicated mobile TV channel
Austrian public broadcaster ORF has launched a dedicated mobile TV channel with Mobilkom Austria and 3 as part of the current DVB-H pilot with 1,000 customers. Called ORFmobile the new […]
Providence eyes Bulgaria’s BTC
The US investment company Providence Equity Partners has emerged as the frontrunner to buy a majority (65%) stake in the incumbent Bulgarian telco BTC. It is currently owned by the […]