SES Astra, an SES company, has entered into a partnership with Bulgarian telecom operator Neterra to offer contribution services to broadcasters in Bulgaria and the Balkan region. Under the terms of the agreement, Neterra will use capacity on SES Astra's 31.5 degrees East orbital position to provide broadcasters with an optimised solution to deliver their […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The CEO of News Corporation Stations Europe, Tom Mockridge, is putting pressure on Italy's Deputy Minister for Communications to issue a broadcasting license for the new digital terrestrial channel Cielo, after a favourable opinion from Brussels. In a letter sent to Paolo Romani, Mockridge stresses that a positive opinion from […]
ITV is to make US drama The Vampire Diaries available for viewers to buy on Apple’s iTunes months before it airs on UK television in a move in part designed to combat online piracy. Episodes of the show, which is not due to air on digital channel ITV2 until February, are being made available through […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome During the first four months Italy's free-to-air satellite platform TivùSat has managed to double its own growth objectives. To date it has sold 570,000 smart-cards to manufacturers of decoders and TV sets, almost double the objective of 300,000 cards. This result comes at a time when three new TivùSat-certified decoders […]
YouTube is to launch a sport portal with video content from some of the world's leading sport athletics organisations and events including the Paralympic and Commonwealth Games. The Google video site has signed a multi-territory deal with SportAccord, a body which represents international sports federations, to create the Sports Hub. It will feature video content […]
Along with nine major Chinese TV brands, the China Video Industry Association (CVIA) under The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MII) has filed applications for two industry standards for Web-enabled TV sets The standards are drafted mainly by CVIA, China Digital Home Industry Association (CDHIA), and Chinese TV makers such as TCL, Skyworth, and […]
From Colin Mann in London Humax has unveiled its Freeview HD set-top box, which is targeted for commercial release in the first quarter of 2010. The Humax HD-Fox T2 incorporates a DVB-T2 tuner, which will enable it to receive the recently launched Freeview HD offerings. Available after launch will be a Home Networking Solution – […]
AT&T has that it has reached its 2 millionth AT&T U-verse TV customer. In the last year, AT&T has added one million customers to the award-winning TV service available to millions of homes across the US. AT&T has also announced the launch of AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet Max Turbo, which offers broadband speeds of […]
NDS and DOXTV, a leading value-added TV service provider in China, have launched China's first HD digital video recorder and push VOD service for Chongqing Cable subscribers. In the first deployment of both a HD DVR and push VOD in China, Chongqing has chosen solutions from NDS including VideoGuard conditional access, MediaHighway STB software, XTV […]
TeamCast, a specialist in mobile TV and DTT, is partnering with the Finnish operator DNA Oy – the operator selected by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications in Finland for the operation of two multiplexes in VHF frequency band, using the DVB-T2 standard (the new digital terrestrial broadcasting standard which supports HDTV programmes). The companies […]