March
Successful year for Cyfrowy Polsat (18 - 03 - 2010)
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat ended 2009 with 3,202,000 subscribers, having added 475,000 to its total during the year.
As a result, it claimed a 59% market share among the country?s three leading DTH platforms, which also include... » read more... »
UPC Nederland: 47.5m video requests (18 - 03 - 2010)
UPC subscribers with direct access to Uitzending Gemist watch the catch-up TV service more through their cable connection than the public broadcasters? own portal, according to new data from the Dutch cabler.
The ten-day catch-up service is a... » read more... »
Google putting Android into set-tops (18 - 03 - 2010)
Google is reportedly working with Intel and Sony on the extension of its Android smartphone operating system into the set-top box environment.
According to the New York Times, the connected TV play is planning to deliver a toolkit to external... » read more... »
Duna moves to one degree West (18 - 03 - 2010)
The Hungarian public service broadcaster Duna TV has secured carriage on Thor 5 at one degree West.
This follows an initial six-month agreement with Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) for the satellite delivery of its programmes, which... » read more... »
Sky backs DTG for Canvas role (18 - 03 - 2010)
12.30 Update: BSkyB has said the Digital TV Group is the appropriate forum to develop the technical standards for Project Canvas. In its final submission to the BBC Trust consultation Sky maintains the connected TV venture to be an unnecessary... » read more... »
Moscow prepares for full DVB-H (18 - 03 - 2010)
A DVB-H trial being currently undertaken in Moscow will become more accessible from the beginning of April and shortly be launched commercially.
The news was given by Andrei Chernikov, the director of the VimpelCom subsidiary Dominanta, in an... » read more... »
3D demo channel for Astra (18 - 03 - 2010)
EXCLUSIVE: SES Astra will launch a 3D demo channel during the ANGA Cable 2010 show, which will be held from May 3 in Cologne, Germany.
Wolfgang Elsaesser, MD of Astra Deutschland, told Broadband TV News that the new demo channel will be... » read more... »
Satellite DTH surpasses cable in Europe (18 - 03 - 2010)
More people are watching DTH than cable for the first time, according to the latest SES Astra Satellite Monitor. There are now 77 million satellite and 71 million cable homes.
Total reach of SES Astra is now 125 million homes across Europe, up... » read more... »
Successful year for Cyfrowy Polsat (18 - 03 - 2010)
The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat ended 2009 with 3,202,000 subscribers, having added 475,000 to its total during the year.
As a result, it claimed a 59% market share among the country?s three leading DTH platforms, which also include... » read more... »
UPC Nederland: 47.5m video requests (18 - 03 - 2010)
UPC subscribers with direct access to Uitzending Gemist watch the catch-up TV service more through their cable connection than the public broadcasters? own portal, according to new data from the Dutch cabler.
The ten-day catch-up service is a... » read more... »
Google putting Android into set-tops (18 - 03 - 2010)
Google is reportedly working with Intel and Sony on the extension of its Android smartphone operating system into the set-top box environment.
According to the New York Times, the connected TV play is planning to deliver a toolkit to external... » read more... »
Duna moves to one degree West (18 - 03 - 2010)
The Hungarian public service broadcaster Duna TV has secured carriage on Thor 5 at one degree West.
This follows an initial six-month agreement with Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) for the satellite delivery of its programmes, which... » read more... »
Sky backs DTG for Canvas role (18 - 03 - 2010)
12.30 Update: BSkyB has said the Digital TV Group is the appropriate forum to develop the technical standards for Project Canvas. In its final submission to the BBC Trust consultation Sky maintains the connected TV venture to be an unnecessary... » read more... »
Moscow prepares for full DVB-H (18 - 03 - 2010)
A DVB-H trial being currently undertaken in Moscow will become more accessible from the beginning of April and shortly be launched commercially.
The news was given by Andrei Chernikov, the director of the VimpelCom subsidiary Dominanta, in an... » read more... »
3D demo channel for Astra (18 - 03 - 2010)
EXCLUSIVE: SES Astra will launch a 3D demo channel during the ANGA Cable 2010 show, which will be held from May 3 in Cologne, Germany.
Wolfgang Elsaesser, MD of Astra Deutschland, told Broadband TV News that the new demo channel will be... » read more... »
Satellite DTH surpasses cable in Europe (18 - 03 - 2010)
More people are watching DTH than cable for the first time, according to the latest SES Astra Satellite Monitor. There are now 77 million satellite and 71 million cable homes.
Total reach of SES Astra is now 125 million homes across Europe, up... » read more... »
