Channel 4 has unveiled proposals to contract out to Red Bee Media a range of broadcast and production services currently being carried out in-house by its Channel Operations and 124 Facilities divisions. The proposal would give Channel 4 access to flexible purpose built facilities. It affects more than 100 staff and encompasses the channel's broadcast […]
The European Union is set to launch new reform proposals for the telecoms sector in a bid to increase competition and create a single market. Draft proposals are expected to include plans to create a regional watchdog and give Brussels greater power to change the decisions of national regulators. The plans, set to be announced […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome In expectation of the launch of the tender that will award DTT licences, Portugal Telecom is also considering the launch of a satellite TV service with 120 channels. The new DTH offer, which could be launched in March 2008, would compete with TV Cabo, a company that has just separated […]
Private Media Group is set to launch its content with additional European IPTV operators in Poland, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece and Portugal before the end of the year. The platform operators in these countries include leading telecoms which all offer Triple-Play featuring IPTV based Video-On-Demand. Berth Milton, CEO of Private Media Group commented: “With launches […]
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the company sees growth opportunities in emerging countries and the shift to digital advertising. Ballmer said Microsoft’s sales in 'BRIC' countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — will grow to almost $3 billion in fiscal 2008 ending in June from about $1 billion three years ago. It is […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Telefónica is launching a trial on its FTTH (fibre to the home) network in Madrid and Barcelona to test Internet broadband access at 30 Megabytes in a combined triple play offer that also includes its IPTV service, Imagenio. The triple play service, at a price of E9 until next […]
Arqiva has confirm that the second stage of the UK Digital Switch Over in Whitehaven, Cumbria, has been a technical success. Following removal of the BBC Two analogue signal on 17th October, analogue signals for the remaining channels, BBC One, ITV1 and Channel 4, have now been switched off. All three Public Service Broadcast multiplexes […]
UDcast, provider of Mobile TV infrastructure solutions and satellite based enterprise equipment, has been selected by Harris to supply DVB-H headends for Harris’ range of Atlas DVB-H Mobile TV transmitters. UDcast will provide its DVB-H IP Encapsulators, Network Managers and monitoring equipment. Harris transmitters will also be fully interoperable with UDcast’s iSpicer to enable regionalisation […]
AT&T's U-verse TV service is to deliver international programming via SES Americom’s IP-Prime platform. SES Americom will also provide international programming for AT&T broadband and wireless platforms. “Providing AT&T U-verse TV with international programming reflects the extensive relationships and agreements we have with leading programmers throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and the rest of the […]
Thomson is to provide DVB-H broadcast technology to Sistema Mass Media (SMM), a branch of Russia's AFK Sistema which is set to launch a mobile multimedia service. For this service, initially available in Moscow and in 16 other Russian cities with populations over one million, Thomson has provided the technology to distribute the content by […]