From David Del Valle in Madrid Sogecable is launching Digital Plus Movil, the mobile version of its digital DTH platform, to all Orange’s 3G customers. The initial offer is composed of 27 TV channels from all TV genre, including, from May 8th, a specific channel dedicated to bullfighting, Canal + Eventos Movil. Amongst the channels […]
Indian telcos planning to offer IPTV services want telecom regulator TRAI to fix prices for channels. BSNL, MTNL, Reliance and Bharti, have all urged the telecom regulator to fix channel prices. TRAI chairman Nripendra Misra confirmed: “Several telecom operators providing IPTV services or planning to do so have approached us on this issue. They have […]
SES Astra has launched a new High Definition (HD) bouquet on Astra targeting the Dutch and Belgian markets. CanalDigitaal and Belgian sister company, TV Vlaanderen, will broadcast their new HDTV package via the Astra satellites at the 23.5 degrees East orbital position. With the addition of the CanalDigitaal/TV Vlaanderen High Definition offering, there are now […]
Polish incumbent telco TPSA has reported in its Q1 results that it added 9,000 subscribers to its IPTV service during the period to reach a total of 49,000. The company also reached 405,000 Livebox subscribers and a total of 2,079,000 retail broadband subscribers. Total revenues for the period increased 2 per cent year-on-year, while net […]
ITV has reportedly threatened to take legal action against departing executive Dawn Airey, who quit her job as managing director of global content to rejoin Channel Five. However, with wider business interests at stake – such as the relationship between ITV and Five’s owner, RTL Group, and the key programmes the latter produces for the […]
Sky is to launch a new online electronic programme guide to offer UK viewers what it calls the most comprehensive TV listings service available anywhere online. Sky Guide will enable viewers to browse and search thousands of TV programmes from more than 600 channels up to 7 days in advance; whether they are on a […]
Channel 4 has a new online catch-up service for the past seven days. The new service is separate to the existing 4oD service. In addition to the last week's content there is also an archive of clips from the past 25 years and a selection of current trailers.
Australia is set to receive its first live free-to-air mobile TV network with the launch of Bluetooth broadcaster YoMo. Starting this month, the service, which will feature a video news and entertainment feed updated throughout the day, will be broadcast, using Bluetooth technology, to a network of transmission points in the eastern states. Anyone with […]
CNN International has become the first international news organisation to launch a stand-alone video-enabled Google Gadget, with its launch on iGoogle. The development marks the next layer in the company's strategy to complement its existing linear distribution with an expansion of its digital presence across emerging platforms. The CNN International Google Gadget allows users to […]
Only 21.4 per cent of digital listening is to digital-only stations such as BBC7 and BBC 6Music. The rest is to stations also available on analogue, which goes some way to explain why commercial operators have struggled to make their investment in digital pay. The most popular commercial digital-only stations remain The Hits, with 1.57 […]