Telecom Italia Media and Italian multimedia group L’Espresso have signed a non-binding term sheet for the possible merger between Telecom Italia Media Broadcasting (TIMB) and the operations of the network operator Rete A (controlled by L’Espresso). This merger, which would integrate five multiplexes with national coverage (three from TIMB and two from Rete A) on […]
UK telco BT’s Openreach infrastructure business has decorated 400 of its vans with liveries designed to drive awareness of both the availability of fibre and the link between superfast broadband and the next generation of home entertainment. The maxi vans, which are being driven by hundreds of recently recruited Openreach apprentices and engineers, are adorned […]
Vodafone has unveiled New Zealand’s first – and only – full TV service using the new ultra-fast broadband network, giving Kiwis a real incentive to move to fibre. In partnership with New Zealand’s national television networks – SKY, TVNZ, MediaWorks and Maori TV– Vodafone TV gives customers a choice of Freeview|HD or SKY channels and […]
Millicom, the international telecommunications and media company, and Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), the largest public service company in Colombia, have signed a final agreement to combine their respective businesses in Colombia. This follows the announcement of an agreement in principle in July 2013. The regulatory process will now commence and comprise reviews undertaken by […]
Suggesting that the support and investment from parent company Comcast had enabled to re-evaluate its support to its content provider and pay-TV operator customers, white-label video publishing company thePlatform has unveiled a new Virtual TV Framework to enable cable, satellite and IPTV service providers to replicate their 24 hour, live, linear programming and video on […]
Val Telecomunicaciones, a Spanish investment holding company, is seeking a buyer for its stake in cable provider Ono SA, according to reports. Val Telecomunicaciones is said to have hired Jefferies Group to find an acquirer for its 5.4 per cent holding in Madrid-based Ono. The stake could be sold for about €120 million which would […]
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza financial police have arrested Andrea Ambrogetti, the director of institutional relations at Mediaset, along with 5 others, in connection with the collapse of Italian telco Interattiva, which went bankrupt last year. Ambogetti is also president of Italy’s National SAssociation for the Development of Digital TV (DGTVi). Italian news agency ANSA says […]
Telecom Italia and media group L’Espresso are in negotiations over creating a DTT alliance to manage five DTT multiplexes – the maximum allowed by current legislation. Despite denials by both parties, the negotiations are ongoing according to Italian daily La Stampa, with the goal of grouping the three multiplexes of Telecom Italia Media with the […]
Bouygues Telecom goes multiscreen by proposing a complete OTT service in its offer. The French telecom operator announced today that it has selected Cognacq-Jay Image, a TDF Media Services company, to launch a complete OTT service. Since 2005, Bouygues Telecom has been a pioneer in TV services by proposing its suscribers with a full TV […]
Investment in Cornwall’s data infrastructure appears to be reaping returns as global organisations move their software development work into the area. Headforwards, a software development outsourcing company, has announced it has signed a new deal with NTT Europe, a subsidiary of NTT Communications, the international and long-distance arm of NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation). […]