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Canal+ Poland fined for misleading customers
CANAL+ Cyfrowy, the Polish version of the French Canal + pay TV service operator, has been fined €430,938 for insisting that customers wanting to terminate their contracts must phone the company to do so....
EBU appoints director for new media department
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Media department is being staffed up for its mission to help broadcasters deliver high quality content across all platforms....
SBS to kick off hybrid services in Netherlands
Dutch private broadcaster SBS has announced it will start the country’s first hybrid services using the European led HbbTV standard from Q2 2012....
Netflix and Hulu set sights on Russia
Russia could be the next port of call for Netflix in its European expansion with Hulu also in the game....
Virgin Media moves into black
The year 2011 was the first that the UK cable industry made a collective profit as the leading operator Virgin Media scored with its web connected service based on a TiVo DVR....
Satellite overtakes cable in Germany
As in many other markets, satellite has been gaining market share from cable in Germany, with IPTV also on the rise....
YouView launch put back to summer
The UK’s hybrid TV platform YouView is now expected to be launched mid 2012 following a string of technical delays....
Author: HDTV architects unleashed technological 'super horse'
Philip J. Cianci, author of the newly released "High Definition Television: The Creation, Development and Implementation of HDTV Technology," says it is remarkable that the contentious development of HDTV in the United States didn't result in a "camel designed by committee."...
Biscardi Creative Media finds HD editing success with AJA KONA
The Buford, GA, production and post house is using the AJA cards with Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5.5, Avid Media Composer 6 and Apple Final Cut Pro 7 editing stations at its new 6000sq-ft facility. ...
Is a marriage of DTV and Internet possible?
The backwards-compatible ATSC 2.0 standard will give broadcasters new tools to meet the expectations of viewers who increasingly are demonstrating their affinity for on-demand content....
Deutsche Welle joins broadcasting rush into Latin America
The fast-growing Latin American TV market is being targeted by international broadcasters such as Deutsche Welle....
UK companies reach deal on common file format
The European Broadcast Union’s core metadata standard provided the basis for the UK’s new file format. ...
Sky Deutschland passes three million subscribers
As the annual results season reaches full swing, Sky Deutschland has announced passing 3 million subscribers before the end of 2011....
EBU gets even more serious about HbbTV
The European Broadcast Union (EBU) will provide a free platform for its members to deploy HbbTV services during the 2012 London Olympics and Eurovision Song Contest....
European OTT rush lacks direction
OTT is set to reach 83 million devices in Europe by 2015, according to a new report from Rethink TV....
