Advanced Television

DTT/DSO

History joins Romtelecom platform

History will further expand its footprint in Romania, launching this week with major player Romtelecom. The channel is available to Romtelecom subscribers on its DTH and IPTV Extra and Maxim packages. History is programmed and operated in Romania by AETN UK, a joint venture between A+E Networks and BSkyB.

August 9, 2011

Brazilian MSO SimTV chooses security partner Conax for digitisation of its cable TV operations

Global security provider Conax announced it has entered a contract with Brazilian cable TV operator, SimTV. In the contract Conax will deliver a high-end content protection solution for SIMTV’s cable TV service and guidance for the digitisation of the operator’s 16 remote sites throughout the country. SimTV, a leading player within the Brazilian market, offers […]

August 9, 2011

T-VIPS switching solution for Freeview HD

T-VIPS, a global specialist in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, has announced that the T-VIPS TNS541 Seamless TS Monitoring Switch and the CP560 DVB-T2 Gateway have been installed to provide seamless switching within the Arqiva DVB-T2/SFN digital terrestrial network. The phased roll-out began in April 2011 and is scheduled to be completed in time […]

August 8, 2011

T-VIPS DVB-T2 gateways and seamless SFN switching solution deployed for robust distribution of Freeview HD

T-VIPS, a global specialist in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, hasannounced that the T-VIPS TNS541 Seamless TS Monitoring Switch and the CP560 DVB-T2 Gateway have been installed to provide seamless switching within the Arqiva DVB-T2/SFN digital terrestrial network. The phased roll-out began in April 2011 and is scheduled to be completed in time for […]

August 8, 2011

ProSieben hit by TV ad growth doubts

German commercial broadcaster ProSieben flagged moderate growth in its core TV advertising market this year, unsettling investors and overshadowing a 7 per cent rise in quarterly profit. ProSieben said second-quarter recurring earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to €238.7 million on sales growth of 6.5 per cent to €692.2 million. The figures […]

August 5, 2011

India’s Airtel DTH reports subs up 600,000

Indian telco giant Bharti Airtel unveiled very strong 1Q number August 4 (period to June 30) with total revenues up 38.6 per cent. However, net profits fell 28 per cent, hit by investments and losses on its African subsidiaries, and higher taxes. Much of the growth came from its cellular telephony business. There was also […]

August 4, 2011By Chris Forrester

15,000 channels by 2020

Satellite operator Eutelsat says that by 2020, ‘extended’ Europe (which by Eutelsat’s strange geographic measure also includes sub-Saharan Africa) will be enjoying some 15,000 television channels. Drawing on data from French market research outfit EuroConsult, the numbers show that while some will be duplicated versions of channels such as Discovery or Cartoon Network, by far […]

August 1, 2011By Chris Forrester

EU Court rejects Mediaset’s appeal on DTT box incentives

The European Court of Justice has dismissed the appeal brought by broadcaster Mediaset and confirmed that the Italian contributions for the purchase of digital terrestrial decoders, granted in 2004 and 2005 and totalling €220 million, constitute state aid incompatible with the common market. After the 2004 budget, which had introduced the incentive, rival broadcasters Europe […]

July 28, 2011From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Spain: 5m+ pay-TV subs

Spain’s pay-TV market has surpassed the 5 million-subscription mark mainly as a result of the significant growth of mobile TV. As of the end of March, the number of mobile TV subscribers grew by 28 per cent to 638,340 an amount that is added to 4,394,441 clients to the traditional pay-TV platforms, reaching a total […]

July 27, 2011From David Del Valle in Madrid

OTT more likely to appeal as complementary, not primary

Research firm Analysys Mason has completed its pay-TV forecasts for Europe, in which it predicts that the number of pay-TV households will increase by 12 per cent to 185.2 million between 2011 and 2016. Since 2009, connected TVs have become increasingly available and affordable as all the major consumer electronics manufacturers move to capitalise on […]

July 25, 2011