From Branislav Pekic in Rome Zon Multimédia and Telecinco submitted the only bids on the tender for the fifth terrestrial TV channel by the January 22 deadline to Portugal's Regulating Body for Social Communications (ERC). Zon's project calls for a low-cost venture, which will have a smaller budget than the existing private TV channels SIC […]
CMMB (China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting) mobile TV signals now cover 150 cities in China, CMMB mobile TV operator China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corp. has confirmed As of January 13th, CMMB network deployment had been completed in 113 cities, in addition to the initial 37 cities where CMMB was trialled. Network upgrade and optimisation for the […]
Digisoft.tv has been accepted as a member of the Open IPTV Forum, a pan industry organisation with the purpose of producing end to end specifications for IPTV that will take the next generation of IPTV to the mass market
China Telecom plans to co-operate with digital TV operator Tiansheng Media in an effort to avoid content shortages previously encountered by the operator during its promotion of IPTV. Song Zheng, CEO of Tiansheng Media, stated that in the future, the company plans to transition away from co-operating with Internet portal sites such as Sina, and […]
Vectra is to continue its collaboration with TechniSat Digital to support planned growth in subscriber numbers from 175,000 to 240,000 in 2009. Vectra is Poland's leading provider of digital cable TV with 175,000 subscribers and availabile in 137 cities across the country. The range of digital receivers offered to subscribers is subject to continual development […]
Dish TV, India’s number one direct-to-home (DTH) company, will invest an estimated Rs 1,600 crore (E25m) in 2009-10 to acquire new customers and improve back-end operations. The company which is close to achieving the 5 million subscriber-mark said it hopes to touch 8 million subscribers by the end of 2010. Salil Kapoor, chief operating officer, […]
Dilithium, global player in multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks, has confirmed the availability of live video and VOD streaming support for Blackberry handsets utilising the Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA). The DCA upports Live and VOD streaming for a wide range of mobile devices, including Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and the Apple […]
Fetch TV, the IPTV platform from IP Vision, has signed content deals with the National Geographic and Baby TV to create branded environments within its EPG listings. The deals, which are the first since Fetch TV launched last November, will see users directed through to fully branded pages that include VoD content when selecting either […]
SES Astra has confirmed that its new Astra 1M satellite has been successfully deployed at its final orbital position at 19.2 degrees East and is ready for commercial operations. The satellite, which was built by EADS Astrium and launched from Kazakhstan, on 5th November 2008, has successfully passed all necessary in-orbit tests of the hardware […]
Following an agreement with Transmedia Communications SA, Eagle Rock Entertainment has acquired a 20 per cent stake in i-concerts, Transmedia's cross platform live music channel. Since its launch in 2005, i-concerts HDTV and VOD platforms have consistently featured a selection of Eagle Vision programming, with performances from Santana, Snoop Dog, Deep Purple, Live from Montreux […]