FRAPA is launching The Format Boot Camp at MIPTV 2012, a series of four live-learning sessions focussing on the practical skills and knowledge needed to protect, produce, promote and trade formats in today’s complex global marketplace. Held under the auspices of MIPTV’s MIPFormats showcase, The Boot Camp takes place on March 30 and March 31 […]
The European Commission has released a study showing that, if the internal market for electronic communications were completed, the EU gross domestic product (GDP) could grow by up to €110 billion a year, or more than 0.8 per cent of GDP. The EC sees e-Communications as a critical part of overall efforts to build a […]
Global satellite operator Intelsat reported its full year and Q4 numbers March 1st, saying that its government-based business had seen a 7 per cent growth during the year, and media-related broadcasting (largely DTH) generate revenue growth of 4 per cent during the year. However, revenues overall only grew 2 per cent, not helped by the […]
Dutch cable company Ziggo is not in talks with US group Liberty Global, Ziggo’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bernard Dijkhuizen has told a Dutch newspaper. His comments come a day after Ziggo said it was preparing for a listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange and follow months of speculation in the Dutch press that Liberty, […]
Canadian cable MSO Cogeco Cable has sold its struggling Portugal unit Cabovisão to European media and telecoms investment group Altice for €45 million Altice holds stakes in Numericable, Est Videocom, Coditel and Completel companies in France, Belgium and other parts of Europe. The sale was long expected after Cogeco Cable wrote off its entire investment […]
UK Broadband, holder of 4G spectrum, has switched on its first LTE system in London, using TD-LTE technology from Huawei. UK Broadband claims that this is the first TD-LTE 3.5GHz deployment in the world and the first commercial 4G deployment in the UK. It will operate a wholesale model, working with partners to offer commercial […]
James Murdoch has officially stepped down as executive chairman of News International newspapers in the UK and appears to be severing his links with publishing to concentrate on News Corp’s TV businesses. News Corp has confirmed that Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, will no longer chair the board at the group that includes companies […]
UK digital television industry association the Digital TV Group has unveiled the latest technical specification enhancements for Freeview and Freeview HD – as the digital television industry gathers for its annual Summit on 2 March in London. Enhancements to the ‘D-Book’ – which sets out the detailed technical standards for digital terrestrial television in the […]
ITV has reported a 14 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £327 million in 2011 as chief executive Adam Crozier hailed a turnaround in its TV production business. The UK commercial broadcaster, which reported adjusted pre-tax profits up 24 per cent to £398 million said that total revenues increased 4 per cent to £2.1 […]
Dutch cable television firm Ziggo plans to list on the Amsterdam stock exchange, but a date has not yet been set. Ziggo, currently owned by private equity firms, is the biggest cable television firm in Holland with some three million subscribers. It was formed between 2005 and 2007 through the merger of Casema, Multikabel and […]