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New investigation into Canal/TPS merger
The French competition authority Conseil de la concurrence is to investigate the merger between CanalSat and TPS following complaints, according to local newspaper reports. Read the story »
Poland’s television market is widely acknowledged as one of the most dynamic in Central and Eastern Europe. It includes the region’s second largest cable industry after Russia and no fewer than three DTH platforms. This report is part of the Broadband TV News Briefing Series and the second on Poland. Totally updated and completely rewritten, it offers a comprehensive and yet at the same time concise overview of developments in the country’s TV industry, and in particular its digital sector.
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Cablers feel heat from new competition
In both The Netherlands and Belgium, two traditional cable countries, newcomers are making life difficult for the incumbent cable operators. And it is the incumbent telecom operators’ services – the IPTV platform Belgacom TV in Belgium and KPN’s digital terrestrial platform Digitenne in The Netherlands – making the inroads. Read the story »
Digital dialogue in CEE
The Bulgarian capital, Sofia, hosted an unusual and at the same time important conference in the week before Christmas. Organised by the country’s Ministry of Culture and the Central European Initiative (CEI), it took as its theme the Role of Electronic Media in Ensuring Intercultural Dialogue in the Digital Age. Read the story »
France 24 asserts position
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. The globalisation of rolling news often makes it difficult to establish where your bulletin is coming from. CNN no longer has the Atlanta baseball scores and UK domestic news is way down the agenda on BBC World News Read the story »
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Reporters: Donald Koeleman and Branislav Pekic
The French competition authority Conseil de la concurrence is to investigate the merger between CanalSat and TPS following complaints, according to local newspaper reports. Read the story »
Poland’s television market is widely acknowledged as one of the most dynamic in Central and Eastern Europe. It includes the region’s second largest cable industry after Russia and no fewer than three DTH platforms. This report is part of the Broadband TV News Briefing Series and the second on Poland. Totally updated and completely rewritten, it offers a comprehensive and yet at the same time concise overview of developments in the country’s TV industry, and in particular its digital sector.£ 197 from the
Digital+ purchase talks continue
The sale of Spanish DTH platform Digital+ was put on hold today after owners Prisa failed to agree on a price for the Astra-distributed operation. Read the story »
Poland sets DTT start, ASO dates
Poland has taken a huge step on its long and often troubled road to digitalisation. Quoted in Wirtualne Media and Satkurier, Witold Kolodziejski, the president of the country’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), said that DTT services, employing MPEG-4 compression, would first be made available this September in Warsaw, Zielona Góra, Poznan and Zagan. Read the story »
Poland faces high DTT subsidy bill
Poland may have to pay out up to PLN400 million (€96.5 million) in subsidies for DTT set-top boxes for its most needy citizens. Read the story »
Orange secures M6 Replay service
Orange and M6 have announced the launch of M6 Replay on the various Orange TV services on TV, mobile and PC. From January 20, programmes will be available on the IPTV platform for a period up to seven days after the original broadcast. Read the story »
Global Digital Broadcast launches more web TV
The UK based online TV provider Global Digital Broadcast has launched two new channels: Love Comedy TV from comedy writers Warren Dudley and Roger O’Hara, and the Velugu Television Network (VTN), from the Indian Velugu Society for Spiritual Communications. Read the story »
Viasat makes Drama out of TV1000
Viasat Broadcasting is launching an eighth stream of premium channel TV1000. The new TV1000 Drama will launch tomorrow (February 16) and will be made available to Viasat’s premium satellite, IPTV and cable TV subscribers. Read the story »
Strong growth for Korean mobile TV
The number of mobile TV subscribers in Korea grew by almost 60% in 2008 following aggressive marketing campaigns and the Beijing Olympics, reports the Yonhap News Agency. Read the story »
C Music TV launches on Orbit
C Music TV, the “classical, cinematic and chillout music video channel”, has announced a new distribution deal with the satellite platform Orbit to reach the Middle East and North Africa. Read the story »
Dave brings +1 to Freeview
Dave, the self-styled home of witty banter, is adding its +1 hour channel to the UK’s DTT platform Freeview. The move follows improvements in compression technology by Arqiva and will be in addition to the two multiplexes already operated by the transmission company. Read the story »
Samra joins Freesat board
Bal Samra, director of BBC Vision operations and rights, is to join the board of Freesat. He replaces the BBC’s controller of distribution Richard Waghorn, who is leaving the corporation. Read the story »
The sale of Spanish DTH platform Digital+ was put on hold today after owners Prisa failed to agree on a price for the Astra-distributed operation. Read the story »
Poland sets DTT start, ASO dates
Poland has taken a huge step on its long and often troubled road to digitalisation. Quoted in Wirtualne Media and Satkurier, Witold Kolodziejski, the president of the country’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), said that DTT services, employing MPEG-4 compression, would first be made available this September in Warsaw, Zielona Góra, Poznan and Zagan. Read the story »
Poland faces high DTT subsidy bill
Poland may have to pay out up to PLN400 million (€96.5 million) in subsidies for DTT set-top boxes for its most needy citizens. Read the story »
Orange secures M6 Replay service
Orange and M6 have announced the launch of M6 Replay on the various Orange TV services on TV, mobile and PC. From January 20, programmes will be available on the IPTV platform for a period up to seven days after the original broadcast. Read the story »
Global Digital Broadcast launches more web TV
The UK based online TV provider Global Digital Broadcast has launched two new channels: Love Comedy TV from comedy writers Warren Dudley and Roger O’Hara, and the Velugu Television Network (VTN), from the Indian Velugu Society for Spiritual Communications. Read the story »
Viasat Broadcasting is launching an eighth stream of premium channel TV1000. The new TV1000 Drama will launch tomorrow (February 16) and will be made available to Viasat’s premium satellite, IPTV and cable TV subscribers. Read the story »
Strong growth for Korean mobile TV
The number of mobile TV subscribers in Korea grew by almost 60% in 2008 following aggressive marketing campaigns and the Beijing Olympics, reports the Yonhap News Agency. Read the story »
C Music TV launches on Orbit
C Music TV, the “classical, cinematic and chillout music video channel”, has announced a new distribution deal with the satellite platform Orbit to reach the Middle East and North Africa. Read the story »
Dave brings +1 to Freeview
Dave, the self-styled home of witty banter, is adding its +1 hour channel to the UK’s DTT platform Freeview. The move follows improvements in compression technology by Arqiva and will be in addition to the two multiplexes already operated by the transmission company. Read the story »
Samra joins Freesat board
Bal Samra, director of BBC Vision operations and rights, is to join the board of Freesat. He replaces the BBC’s controller of distribution Richard Waghorn, who is leaving the corporation. Read the story »
NEW TELEVISION INSIDER (Premium Subscribers)
Cablers feel heat from new competitionIn both The Netherlands and Belgium, two traditional cable countries, newcomers are making life difficult for the incumbent cable operators. And it is the incumbent telecom operators’ services – the IPTV platform Belgacom TV in Belgium and KPN’s digital terrestrial platform Digitenne in The Netherlands – making the inroads. Read the story »
Digital dialogue in CEE
The Bulgarian capital, Sofia, hosted an unusual and at the same time important conference in the week before Christmas. Organised by the country’s Ministry of Culture and the Central European Initiative (CEI), it took as its theme the Role of Electronic Media in Ensuring Intercultural Dialogue in the Digital Age. Read the story »
France 24 asserts position
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. The globalisation of rolling news often makes it difficult to establish where your bulletin is coming from. CNN no longer has the Atlanta baseball scores and UK domestic news is way down the agenda on BBC World News Read the story »
ADVERTISE IN BROADBAND TV NEWS
Over 25,000 people receive daily and weekly emails from Broadband TV News. Your message could be seen by senior executives from companies including ***, Pace, Telenor, BSkyB, Sky Italia, TVP, Multichoice, HBO, MTV, Sony, ONO, Com Hem, HOT, UPC, SES, Eutelsat, Digiturk, and Romtelecom. Call Brian Payne for details on +44 20 8977 4398.
Editors: Robert Briel, Julian Clover and Chris Dziadul
Reporters: Donald Koeleman and Branislav Pekic
