Latest articles by Philip Hunter
The UK’s hybrid TV platform YouView is now expected to be launched mid 2012 following a string of technical delays.
The second digital dividend agreed at the recent WRC-12 world radio spectrum conference will be a big problem for in-car TV, according to BMW.
European broadcasters are taking more satellite capacity to cope with high demand for sports in Olympic year and to expand remote news gathering operations.
The BBC has unveiled a paid for download service, enabling viewers to purchase programmes for permanent use after broadcast.
Europe has been hit by a wave of OTT-related deployments and announcements as Siemens of Germany declares that IPTV is history.
Cisco’s $5 billion takeover of UK-based set top box software and content security vendor NDS gives it new customers and opportunities across Europe and Asia.
Liberty Global CEO Michael Fries has urged his European cable operators to make the multi-screen experience compelling before trying to make money from it.
The European Union’s digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes has admitted more help is needed for broadcast cloud computing and connected TV.
The Union played the lead role in founding FOBTV.
European commercial broadcasters spent €15.1 billion on content in 2010, the last year of measurement on program spending.
French broadcast infrastructure and services company GlobeCast announced at NAB the July 1 launch for the Americas of its OTT service MyGlobeTV.
OTT needs standards like never before to deliver the promised service diversity and flexibility.
BSkyB could end up totally independent from News Corporation, which currently holds 39 percent of its shares.
Isareli company Novelsat is lobbying the DVB to create DVB-S3 by incorporating its satellite transmission technology.
Sky apologized to boxing fans after technical problems prevented some people from watching the recent world title fight between David Haye from the UK and Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko.
Leading broadcasting consultant urges regulators to revise DTT spectrum planning to provide better in-home coverage in urban areas.
France, like Germany and most other European countries except the UK, is basing its connected TV platform strategy on the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) standard.
The Broadcasting Audience Research Board (BARB), which measures TV consumption in the UK, is introducing a viewing meter for Web-based services.
European operators are taking contrasting routes to OTT, with some using it for boosting footprint while others position it as a service extension just for existing customers.
