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. […]
Digiturk strikes VOD deal
The Turkish DTH platform Digiturk has chosen the RealNetworks subsidiary WiderThan’s video service platform to offer VOD on multiple devices. Digitürk, which made its debut in 2000, is owned by […]
Tele2 finally closes Versatel acquisition
In an extraordinary general meeting, Monday afternoon, shareholders approved a reverse take-over of Tele2’s Benelux assets, by Versatel. Tele2 acquired just over 80% of Versatel in the summer of 2005, […]
ZDF: Germans want their mobile TV
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. 13% of the German population is interested in mobile TV, according to research on behalf of the ARD/ZDF-Medienkommission carried out in November, 2006. But they […]
EuroNews launches Mobile Video Alerts
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. EuroNews announced the launch of its breaking news Mobile Video Alerts service in cooperation with Comsys. EuroNews is starting the service, which will feature breaking […]