Portugal Telecom has launched pre-pay cards as a new way for subscribers of its Meo IPTV service to pay for VOD rentals. The cards are available to buy from Portugal Telecom’s website, its retail stores and authorised resellers, with values of €5 or €10, valid for a three-month period. Once purchased they can be loaded […]
Canadian Broadcast industry groups have met in Ottawa to plan strategy for dealing with online content providers such as Netflix. Cable companies, broadcasters and union representatives were all represented, said Norm Bolen, the president of the Canadian Media Production Association, which arranged the meeting. The session was about understanding the impact of online services “competing […]
Every year the Society of Satellite Professionals elects a handful of VIPs to its Hall of Fame, designed to recognise the special contribution made by the individuals concerned. Past honourees include the ‘father of satellite broadcasting’ Arthur C Clarke. This year’s group will be honoured on March 15 in Washington DC, and includes Eutelsat’s former […]
KidsCo, the international children’s channel, has confirmed it will launch in Finland on leading IPTV and cable TV service provider, Super Head End Finland Oy (SHEF). From March 2011, KidsCo will be available to Finnish broadband and cable TV customers across the country.
Minerva Networks, provider of carrier-class solutions for the delivery of television services over broadband, has announced that Moldtelecom is offering advance television services, powered by the company’s platform, to tens of thousands of subscribers. Moldtelecom is using the Minerva software to offer advanced television services to its MaxDSL and MaxFiber subscribers. Modltelecom offers two basic […]
Neelie Kroes, European Commission VP for the Digital Agenda, has issued an urgent call to twenty one EU countries to rapidly introduce all the legislative measures necessary to allow the pan-EU deployment of mobile satellite services that could be used for high-speed Internet, mobile television and radio or emergency communications to EU consumers and businesses. […]
Swedish private equity firm EQT has received around five bids in the range of €2 billion to €2.5 billion on its auction of German cable operator Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg according to reports, in a potential disappointment to EQT on price. The bidders are said to include US media conglomerate Liberty Global, and private equity firms CVC […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI has signed an agreement with Sony, the first of its type in Italy, for the deployment of Web content within the Bravia Internet Video platform. This will open the doors for the creation of the first Italian “Catch-up TV”, allowing viewers to view a selection of programmes available on RAI’s website […]
The US House of Representatives has voted to overturn the FCC’s proposed rules barring ISPs from blocking legal content but do allow certain rationing of downloading. The vote would block funds to implement rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission in December. The measure had been added as an amendment to a sweeping spending bill […]
Europe’s two giant satellite operators, SES Astra and Eutelsat, have both turned in blisteringly good results. SES’ results (for the year to December 31st) declared revenues up 7.1 per cent to €1.735 billion, and with record operating profits, up 10.8 per cent, to €797 million. Luxembourg’s SES’ President Romain Bausch said that a net 76 […]