SES has signed a capacity and uplink agreement with M7 Group, the Luxembourg-based satellite television provider, for distribution via Astra’s 19.2 degrees East orbital position. The newly contracted capacity on 19.2 degrees East will be used for the DTH distribution of French speaking channels for the Belgian market, including the RTBF channels La Une and […]
Chello Central Europe’s popular children’s channel, Minimax, has launched on Slovenia’s largest TV platform, Telekom Slovenije on 17 November. Minimax comes to Slovenia following a highly successful 11 year presence in Hungary. Fully dubbed, aimed at 2-14 years-old, Minimax is Central Europe’s very first children’s TV channel reaching over 10 million households across 11 territories, […]
Oregan Networks, the web TV software company, has announced that it now supplies its web services platform for Logik, one of Dixons Retail’s portfolio of exclusive brands. The Onyx media browser software provides customers with essential web and home network connectivity, including weather and news widgets, social networking and UK’s leading interactive Over the Top […]
Inmarsat had three catastrophic days last week if investor sentiment is any guide. Inmarsat, which supplies satellite-based services and communications mainly to the maritime and aircraft industries, was within the past year trading at a buoyant 724p per share. Last Monday (November 14) its price stood at 470p, already massively depressed. But from Wednesday to […]
A resolution passed by the European Parliament has called for the Internet to be kept “open and neutral”, and that attempts to infringe on net neutrality should be blocked. The resolution described net neutrality as “a significant prerequisite for enabling an innovative Internet ecosystem and for securing a level playing field at the service of […]
Logitech CEO Guerrino de Luca has admitted it blew $50 million on Google TV, which it dropped last week. He said they might back the platform again but this time “the product was not mature at the launch.” Google does not disclose how many users it has for Google TV but has admitted version 1 […]
Starz President Chris Albrecht has said his network would launch an HBO Go-like application to allow subscribers to watch its content on a variety of digital devices. Also, for the first time, he indicated a willingness to offer Starz directly to customers and not as part of a package of cable television channels. In September, […]
Spain’s electronic industry forecasts that connected TV will take off next year in the country with 25 per cent of the estimated 4.5 million TV sets to be sold ready for HbbTV, according to Ametic. In the current year, 15 per cent (675,000) of 4.5 million TV sets sold are HbbTV-ready, but worldwide events like […]
After Premium OnDemand and Premium NetTV, Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset on November 18 launched another flexible way of enjoying TV. Premium Play is a service available on all Mediaset Premium packages from €19 per month. Italian TV viewers can now choose when, how and where to enjoy selected programmes. The offer includes 2,000 content among […]
A preliminary report detailing the extent and type of digital piracy that is currently taking place in the United States suggests that while individual acts of digital piracy are common, large-scale digital piracy was found to be rare. Sponsored by Columbia University’s The American Assembly project, the results were excerpted from a larger forthcoming survey-based […]