The Humax DTR-T1000, the first set-top box for the new YouView subscription-free digital TV and catch-up service, arrives in UK stores on July 26th. The DTR-T1000 seamlessly combines over 100 digital TV and radio channels, including HD content, with Internet catch up and VoD services, including BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5. The […]
A meeting of cable operators in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, organised by the local TV Operators & Consumers’ Welfare Assoc, complained that there are many illegal cable re-distributors operating in the region. Additionally, it was alleged that some illegal cable operators had bribed officials. The Association submitted a formal petition to government […]
A couple of days ago we reported that Egypt’s giant – but cash-strapped – Radio & Television Union (ERTU) was receiving about €27 million in emergency funding in order to pay salaries. Now the country’s government is working on a scheme to dramatically increase its TV licence fees. Today’s charge for watching TV is collected […]
ESPN and DFL, the commercial arm of the German Bundesliga, have agreed a three year agreement (seasons 2012/13 – 2014/15) for live coverage of the Bundesliga to remain on ESPN in the UK and Ireland. The agreement includes exclusive rights to live television coverage, plus rights to the German SuperCup, promotion and relegation matches, a […]
At least six companies are expected to submit their business plans to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to bid for the rights to be the common integrated infrastructure provider (CIIP) for the rolling out of digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB). The entire cost of the project, including the cost of subsidising set-top boxes, […]
Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse, in separate agreements with NBCUniversal, have announced multiplatform content offerings for NBCUniversal’s coverage of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Designed to provide AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS customers with access to more than 5,535 hours of NBCUniversal’s coverage of Olympic programming, this offering represents the largest number of total […]
KIT digital, a video management software and services company, has been selected by Turkish pay TV provider D-Smart to develop and launch a multiscreen OTT pay TV service. “D-Smart is the most innovative digital platform in Turkey and this OTT project will provide our customers with an unparalleled user experience across their preferred devices,” said […]
France’s Competition Authority, l’Autorité de la concurrence, has approved the acquisition of satellite broadcaster TPS by Vivendi Universal and Canal Satellite and Canal Plus subject to a number of conditions aimed at restoring sufficient competition in the pay-TV market. The authority had reversed its 2006 authorisation in September 2011, fining the parties €30 million and […]
Satellite operator Eutelsat has lost power from six full transponders on its Eutelsat-25A craft which mainly serves the Middle East. The loss has been confirmed by France’s National Frequency Agency and Eutelsat itself. The interference has been in effect since July 14. The French agency says it has made a formal complaint to the International […]
NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Panasonic Corporation of North America have revealed that the first-ever 3D coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games, will be available to subscribers of MVPDs (multichannel video programming distributors) representing nearly 80 per cent of US TV households. The daily 3D programming, which will be […]