Indian broadcasters slam restrictions on TV ads

Rebecca Hawkes | 16-05-2012

The Indian communications regulator has been accused of exceeding its brief by irate broadcasters, following its decision to cap the duration of television advertisements to 12 minutes each hour. Read more...

Interference expected for DStv Cape Town service

Rebecca Hawkes | 16-05-2012

The switching on of digital terrestrial TV signals in Cape Town this week may cause interference with the pay-TV service provided by DStv locally, its operator MultiChoice has warned. Read more...

Pakistan Broadcasters Association refutes regulator’s claim

Rebecca Hawkes | 16-05-2012

The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has hit back at the country's media watchdog after the latter accused Pakistan's TV industry of airing 'derogatory, humiliating programmes purposely meant for character assassination of individuals and orga... Read more...

Eutelsat deal strengthens Arqiva in Europe, Middle East

Rebecca Hawkes | 16-05-2012

Media services company Arqiva has taken an extra transponder's worth of capacity on Eutelsat 7A to better serve its broadcast customers across Europe ... Read more...

Eurosport nets Euro 2012 football rights

Jörn Krieger | 16-05-2012

Sports broadcaster Eurosport will show all 31 games of the upcoming European Football Championship in Poland and the Ukraine from 8 June to 1 July 201... Read more...

BBC World News reaches more than 330M households

Editor | 16-05-2012

An increase of more than 40 million new households over the last twelve months has allowed BBC World News to pass through the 300 million mark. Read more...

More video, more platforms, but TV sales based on screen size, picture quality, innovation

Joseph O'Halloran | 16-05-2012

Despite the fact that video consumption is increasing and viewing devices vary, consumers are still using televisions most often to watch video, with ... Read more...

Vietnam launches second satellite

Louise Duffy | 16-05-2012

Vietnam has successfully launched its second satellite into orbit. Read more...

UK TV production industry weathers the storm of downturn to rack up £3BN

Joseph O'Halloran | 16-05-2012

New research by Apex Insight has revealed that UK TV production has continued to grow despite pressure on television industry revenues, leading to a m... Read more...

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