From Branislav Pekic in Rome La7 has become the first national broadcaster in Italy to launch an on-demand platform in High Definition, available online and free of charge. The platform allows viewers to watch shows broadcast by the channel on-the-air over the past week. Meanwhile, according to the CEO of Telecom Italia Media, Mauro Nanni, […]
SES Astra has revealed that the Austrian public broadcaster ORF will start broadcasting its second HD channel on Astra. The launch of ORF2 HD on SES Astra's 19.2 degrees East orbital position is scheduled for December 5th, and follows the successful roll-out of ORF1 HD in June 2008. ORF will continue to broadcast both ORF1 […]
Toshiba has confirmed that it will be producing a set top box with integrated and recordable Blu-ray and Freeview HD with the service due to arrive in the UK this month. The lack of equipment for Freeview HD – which needs new DVB-T2 tuners – is a concern, although there is expected to be a […]
Sony expects that 3D televisions will make up between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of all sets it sells in the financial year that begins in April 2012. The goal further indicates Sony’s confidence in 3D entertainment ahead of a roll-out of the technology next year. Sony first announced its 3D ambitions in […]
Sky Deutschland is making HDTV the centrepiece of its latest campaign with a new HD start package for E199. The pack is an HD STB and a subscription to all seven HD channels through to July next year. This means, in addition to the Bundesliga, new subs will be able to watch all matches of […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spanish operators are relying on HDTV services to give a boost to the deadlocked pay-TV market. Telefonica is launching its new VDSL services for over 2 million homes with a higher broadband speed (30 and 25 Megabites), including triple play and, from December, HDTV services such as AXN HD […]
Michael Barry, Head of Programming at UK telco BT, has confirmed that the next set-top box to be issued for its hybrid DTT/IPTV service BT Vision will be capable of receiving Freeview HD terrestrial channels. Freeview HD broadcasts will start to become available in the UK from next month, starting in the Granada region and […]
Sony has launched its high-definition video store on the PlayStation Network across Europe. Sony has made distribution deals with studios including Disney, Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount, Sony and Twentieth Century Fox, with approximately 50 new titles expected to be made available each week. The European launch comes in the same week Microsoft launched Zune, its HD-streaming […]
The BBC has confirmed the timetable that will make HD services on Freeview available to 50 per cent of the UK population in time for next June's World Cup, and to 98.5 per cent of the population by the end of digital switchover in three years' time. The Freeview HD rollout has been accelerated so […]
The 3D Festival will be offered to subscribers as part of its on demand service from November 17, the same time as Channel 4's own HD season gets underway. Subscribers can pick up the amber and blue glasses from Sainsbury's or Virgin Media stores. "Virgin Media is always looking at new technology to see if […]