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SeeSaw launches pay service

SeeSaw, the Arqiva-owned UK online on-demand video service, has launched its paid-for service, offering 1,000…

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Digital Rapids, Brightcove support WebM project with Google

Video technology company Digital Rapids and online video platform Brightcove have become the latest companies…

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German authorities raid P7S1, RTL

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office searched the offices of German broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL yesterday morning….

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Project Canvas clears OFT hurdle

Project Canvas has welcomed the Office of Fair Trading’s long-awaited decision that the joint-venture VOD…

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YouSee offers TV over fibre

Danish cable operator YouSee is to offer its TV service via Dong Energy’s fibre-to-the-home network…

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EC Digital Agenda receives cautious welcome from cable, broadcasters

The European Commission has unveiled its plans to accelerate the development of a single EU…

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UKTV commissions first online TV series

UKTV, the UK multichannel joint venture between Virgin Media and BBC Worldwide, has commissioned its…

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PureScreens to launch on Orange

Broadcaster PureScreens will launch a new HD channel on Orange’s TV platform in France next…

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Blinkx records profit rise

Blinkx, the TV and video content search engine, has recorded a sharp increase in revenues…

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UPC Czech Republic passes channel milestone

UPC Czech Republic has added four new channels to its digital TV line-up, taking the…

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Kabel BW expands reach in Heidelberg

German cable operator Kabel BW has signed a deal with landlord Volkswohnung to supply…

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Prisa must sell Media Capital stake

Spanish media group Prisa has until July 30 to sell its minority stake in Portuguese…

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Tele Columbus lenders must approve restructuring by tomorrow

Lenders to German cable operator Tele Columbus’s have been given until May 20 to approve…

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Mixed quarter for Ono

Ono ended March with 1.9 million residential cable customers, the same amount as a year…

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Astra 3B set for Friday launch

Satellite launch company Arianespace has announced that it will launch Astra’s latest satellite Astra 3B…

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Gardam highlights Ofcom priorities for digital age

Tim Gardam, the Principal of St Anne’s College, Oxford and board member of Ofcom, and…

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LoveFilm inks Samsung deal

Lovefilm, the DVD rental and online TV and film subscription service, has signed a deal…

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Zon launches karaoke service

Portuguese pay-TV operator Zon Multimedia has launched a new karaoke service. Subscribers can pay €2.49…

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NDS to triple Chinese investment

NDS is to triple investment in China. The conditional access and middleware specialist said it…

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Bulgaria offers DTT tenders

Bulgaria has invited tenders for operators to build the country’s digital terrestrial television network. …

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Russian pay-TV growth remains positive but slows in 2009

Pay-TV subscribers in Russia numbered 14.5 million at the end of last year, up 21%…

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Comstar-UTS chooses SecureMedia

Russian service provider Comstar-UTS has announced that it has chosen content security provider SecureMedia’s Encryptonite…

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Google and Intel could unveil Smart TV this week

Google and Intel are set to enter the TV market this week with the launch…

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BSkyB introduces limited-edition World Cup set-tops

UK pay-TV provider BSkyB is planning to launch a limited edition Sky Plus HD set-top…

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Comcast partners with Nokia

Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has inked a deal with mobile handset operator Nokia to…

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Ziggo drops German channels

Dutch cable operator Ziggo has halted the transmission of German channels Pro 7 and Kabel…

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Quarter of world’s TV homes to have DVR by 2015

A quarter of the world’s TV households are expected to have a DVR by the…

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Express-AM1 satellite fails

Russian satellite operator RSCC has announced the failure of Express-AM1. The satellite, which was…

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Cosmos TV Belarus introduces Da Vinci Learning

Pay-TV provider Cosmos TV Belarus as begun test broadcasting educational channel Da Vinci Learning on…

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Poland watches football in 3D

Cyfra Plus completed Poland’s first live 3D TV broadcast at the weekend when it aired…