France’s analogue TV switch-off could be postponed to 2013 or 2014, from its current deadline of 30th November 2011, according to Philippe Levrier, the head of France Tele Numerique, a public body tasked with helping the public adopt the new broadcasting system. French newspaper Les Echos reports that he has informed digital development minister Nathalie […]
French digital terrestrial channels will be available from June on the Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 3 satellite in a package to be marketed as Fransat. The satellite has always been used to broadcast the DTT channels to homes beyond DTT reception. The 18 channels will be available from June for free though viewers will need to […]
Channel 4 television’s online catch-up service, 4oD Catch-Up, is finally available to Mac and Linux users after the broadcaster introduced a new streaming service. The service offers a selection of shows from Channel 4 and E4 up to 30 days after their original broadcast.
Moves by European public sector broadcasters to expand their activities into new areas, such as mobile TV and video on demand, could be subject to more prior scrutiny under revisions to controversial proposals published by Brussels. The European Commission is in the process of revising its 2001 guidelines for applying EU state aid rules to […]
Spanish television channels can apply for licences to broadcast digital pay television programmes, starting immediately, the government has said. Broadcasters applications for licences to offer digital pay TV programmes will be subject to approval by the cabinet, the Industry Ministry said. The Ministry clarified in a subsequent press release that it has not authorised concessions […]
Canal Plus says there have been over 10 million video-on-demand views on its Canal Plus A La Demande service. Canal + issued usage data that revealed 32.6% of all VOD activity related to movies, 23.3% to TV series and 19.8% to magazine and general entertainment shows. Canal Plus launched its VOD service one year ago. […]
Nearly 70 per cent of consumers responding to the survey, sponsored by market research provider Pike & Fischer, said they plan to keep their current cable or satellite TV service this year. Only two of the 600 respondents to the survey, conducted in March with the help of Amplitude Research, said they plan to drop […]
Mobile phone firm Orange has emerged as a potential buyer for the technology behind Project Kangaroo, the defunct broadband TV joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC. Project Kangaroo’s partners are understood to have invested about £20 million (E22m) developing the technology behind the proposed video-on-demand service, which is now likely to be […]
Holland’s largest cable operator, Ziggo, has launched on-demand services across its entire network. Viewers will require a new set-top box to access the service, with Samsung and Cisco currently offering devices. Ziggo, currently connected to 3.2 million homes, has signed a number of on-demand deals, including ones with Disney and Warner Bros. Ziggo will offer […]
Almost half of digital television households in the UK are now choosing to pay for access to additional television channels, with satellite and cable services driving growth of digital TV according to research from Ofcom. Its Digital Progress Report for the fourth quarter of 2008 reveals that 49.5 per cent of households have a pay […]