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IFA acclaims 'positive' market situation
Iñaki Ferreras 03-09-2010
Developments in the consumer electronics market have been positive worldwide, according to a report for the IFA consumer electronics show which has started in Berlin.
Vodafone gears up for German IPTV launchJörn Krieger | 02-09-2010 Vodafone has revealed that it wants to launch a new hybrid TV platform in Germany in time for the Christmas sales period. |
Eutelsat and VideoWeb to offer HbbTV on cableJörn Krieger | 02-09-2010 Eutelsat's German direct-to-cable platform KabelKiosk wants to provide interactive multimedia services based on the increasingly popular HbbTV standard. |
France Télévisions plugs into connected TVPascale Paoli-Lebailly | 02-09-2010 In partnership with LG, French public group France Télévisions is to reveal the new digital services that will be available in the LG connected TV sets made by the Korean consumer electronics giant and which will be commercialised in 2011. |
Romania delays analogue switch-offIñaki Ferreras | 02-09-2010 The audiovisual regulator of Romania, ANCOM, has announced that the country’s analogue switch off will have be postponed until ... |
Canal+ Group records strong first halfPascale Paoli-Lebailly | 02-09-2010 French group Canal+ has posted a robust 2010 first-half performance with revenues up 3.1% to €2.3 billion and EBITA increasing 3 ... |
Arte marks 20th with enhanced TV and web propositionPascale Paoli-Lebailly | 02-09-2010 French-German cultural channel Arte GEIE is marking its twentieth birthday by strengthening its digital strategy, said to be already one ... |
Bundesliga shoots for 3D coverageJörn Krieger | 02-09-2010 Hot on the heels of Sky Deutschland revealing that it was planning a major push in 3D TV, now Germany’s domestic ... |
New German shopping channel key to QVC growthJörn Krieger | 02-09-2010 The new second channel in Germany for QVC has been identified as one of the mainstays of the home-shopping broadcaster’s ... |
Apple reinvigorates TV lineEditor | 02-09-2010 Following weeks of speculation that it was to make a second attempt to do for video what it has done ... |
Sky Germany to launch 3D offerJörn Krieger | 02-09-2010 German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland is to launch the first 3D TV service in Germany and Austria in ... |
Direct Star launched on French DTTPascale Paoli-Lebailly | 02-09-2010 The French Bolloré Group has launched a brand new DTT channel dedicated to music and targeting people in the key ... |
Singapore delays cross-carriage pay-TV rulesRose Major | 02-09-2010 Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) is delaying implementation of the country’s new cross-carriage pay-TV laws until next year.... |
NextRadioTV preps business channel for November launchPascale Paoli-Lebailly | 02-09-2010 French media group NextRadioTV, owner of news channel BFM TV and radio stations BFM and RMC, has announced the launch ... |
German channels launch HbbTV servicesJörn Krieger | 02-09-2010 Germany’s three largest commercial TV channels—RTL, Sat.1 and ProSieben—will enter the new interactive era at the upcoming IFA consumer electronics ... |
New sports channel in GermanyJörn Krieger | 02-09-2010 German sports broadcaster Sport1 (formerly DSF) will get a digital pay-TV sister service: ... |
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