From David del Valle in Madrid Spain’s telco operator Abertis Telecom and Microsoft have reached an agreement to create an IPTV service that will manage Spain’s telco operator Abertis Telecom and Microsoft have reached an agreement to create an IPTV service that will manage and distribute DTT content using Microsoft Silverlight, a cross-browser multiplatform plug-in […]
Cinea, a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Harmonic and NDS announced they are developing an integrated video-on-demand (VOD) solution which harnesses Cinea's Running Marks Cinea, a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Harmonic and NDS announced they are developing an integrated video-on-demand (VOD) solution which harnesses Cinea's Running Marks watermarking technology, Harmonic’s VOD platform, and NDS's conditional access […]
Morgan Stanley has won the contract to market the prime broadcast spectrum that will become available for sale once all television stations switch from analogue The auction, which could raise up to £5bn (E6.3bn) for the Treasury, will make available up to eight packages of wavelength in a "sweet spot" on the spectrum. About 128Mhz […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome At the end of the second quarter, the number of cable TV subscribers in Portugal totalled 1.5 million, representing a 2.9% At the end of the second quarter, the number of cable TV subscribers in Portugal totalled 1.5 million, representing a 2.9% growth on the previous year, only 42,000 new […]
Tesco Digital is in talks with content providers including BBC Worldwide, ITV Worldwide and Fremantle Media to launch TV and film content via its digital Tesco is understood to be negotiating direct deals with content providers rather than via a third-party aggregator. One TV company said the popularity of the Tesco website, coupled with its […]
News Corp has moved to replace outgoing Premiere CEO Michael Börnicke with Mark Williams, a senior News man and one of the company's recent appointments Börnicke is said to have resigned for personal reasons. Earlier this week News Corp COO Peter Chernin said the company was looking to further increase its holding in Premiere, but […]
Project Kangaroo, the online video service from BBC, ITV and C4, is under investigation by the Competition Commission and broadcasters such as BSkyB and Virgin Kangaroo is now likely to allow other online services to show catch-up TV, the most popular shows for on-demand viewing. ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC will retain the rights […]
Kudelski, which owns Nagravision says it scored a big victory in its fight against pay-TV piracy in Europe with a German court prohibiting one of Although the banned “free-to-air” decoders also allow for reception of free (unencrypted) programming, the court found that the devices are illegal because they contain the electronic mechanism, the company said. […]
From Nick Snow in Amsterdam The AMOS satellites operator announced that HBO Central Europe has launched three new HD channels using Spacecom’s AMOS satellites. The three The AMOS satellites operator announced that HBO Central Europe has launched three new HD channels using Spacecom’s AMOS satellites. The three channels target HBO’s growing presence in key markets […]
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Permira, the private equity owners of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, have acquired chunks of debt in the struggling German television broadcaster. The debt purchases The debt purchases – about E100m by KKR's credit arm and Permira's debt subsidiary – are the latest examples of how, as the credit crunch has made it harder […]