TeamCast, a specialist in digital modulation technologies for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) and Mobile Television, Video Links and Satellite Applications, will be giving demonstrations on its booth n°86D at BES Expo INDIA 2011 in New Delhi, India, on the 24th, 25th and 26th February, 2011. In addition to these technical demonstrations, TeamCast is taking part […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, will launch its third free-TV channel in the Czech Republic on March 8th. The new channel – Prima LOVE – will focus on attracting a 15-44 year old female audience and will complement sister channels TV Prima and Prima COOL. MTG is the second largest ‘media […]
Elettronica Industriale, the network operator of Italy’s Mediaset Group, and satellite operator Eutelsat Communications have agreed a 12-year contract for capacity at the HOT BIRD video neighbourhood. The new contract for one transponder further consolidates a 20-year relationship between the two companies, increasing Mediaset’s HOT BIRD resources to five transponders. It will support Italy’s nationwide […]
The Spanish Government has approved a new piece of legislation to regulate HDTV content and the use of the multiplex capacity on DTT. The new rule obliges broadcasters to inform viewers about HDTV broadcasts that must meet at least 720 active lines under 16:9 format in the production process. The new rule aims to avoid […]
Serbia has launched the first phase of the project for the installation of a national DTT transmitter network worth €12 million. Of the total figure, (€10.5 million has been provided by the EU, from non-refundable pre-accession (IPA) funds, with the remaining 20 per cent covered by Serbia. Apart from funds for the procurement and construction […]
A new Humax TV Portal will be available on all Humax HDR-FOX T2 Freeview+ HD boxes, following an over-the-air download running from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th February. The TV Portal offers a gateway to a range of on-demand and Internet TV services, including Flickr, BBC iPlayer, Wiki@TV and Internet radio. Sky Player is expected […]
More than one million Freeview TVs and set-top boxes that can receive HD channels have been sold. In the nine months since the service launched, Freeview has estimated that 642,000 homes now watch Freeview HD and there are 1.2m devices sold. Freeview said that the surge in HDTV sales over the festive period helped ensure […]
The Netherland’s KPN revealed it had 1.197 million TV customers for its IPTV and DTT services at the end of 2010, up 22 per cent year-on-year. The numbers were unveiled with financial results posting fourth quarter revenues of €3.371 billion, up 0.5 per cent, and EBITDA of €1.359 billion, up 4 per cent. Revenue for […]
Football’s governing body FIFA has confirmed the extension of its broadcast rights agreement with Al Jazeera Sport for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The agreement is the first to be signed in FIFA’s media rights distribution process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, which it […]
Dahlia TV, the Italian DTT platform, is preparing for close down after going into liquidation earlier this month. The company is owned by Airplus TV of Sweden with a minority share for Telecom Italia Media The company has already ceased operations Spain and Portugal. Dahlia had acquired one of the two exclusive packages of the […]