Apr
27

Al Jazeera news breaks Ofcom rules

Website: Rapid TV News International viewers to news programmes must not be shown images that are disturbing or too graphic, says UK television regulator Ofcom. Ofcom has ruled that a news.. more
Apr
27

Japan gives STBs to low income families in Ecuador

Website: Rapid TV News Poorer viewers in Ecuador will be the main beneficiaries of a 40,000 set-top box donation being made by Japanese manufacturers ahead of the nation’s adoption of the.. more
Apr
27

i-Cable strikes free-to-air World Cup deal

Website: Rapid TV News Hong Kong cable operator i-Cable has agreed to let free-to-air networks ATV and TVB broadcast a selection of matches from the forthcoming soccer World Cup – but.. more
Apr
27

Galaxy-15 satellite damaged by solar flare

Website: Rapid TV News It now seems that a powerful solar flare on about April 5 hit the Galaxy-15 satellite that normally beams Fox Sports, ESPN, Starz/Encore, AMC and the Sundance Channel and others to US viewers. Two weeks ago Intelsat, which operates Galaxy-15 from.. more
Apr
27

Australia’s Channel Nine announces 3D plans

Website: Rapid TV News With Samsung already advertising its 3D-capable TV sets on Australian television, all that is needed is some programming to watch on the set. That will arrive next month, courtesy of Channel 9, which unveiled its surprise 3D plans today. Channel 9.. more
Apr
27

BT’s cable goes missing

As the price of scrap metal increases, the temptation to steal all sorts of metal left out in the open appears to have become irresistible to metal thieves. One of the major sources of metal is the copper cable used by BT for its phone.. more
Apr
27

T Mobile offers fastest mobile broadband

Mobile broadband is occasionally something of a contradictory term, especially when it comes down to using a mobile broadband service while actually moving. In a test carried out by broadbandgenie.co.uk it was found that T Mobile performed the best out of the six largest providers.. more
Apr
27

Film service launched by Virgin Media

The cable broadband and phone service provider, Virgin Media, has launched its online film service, offering on demand movies. Film fans do not have to be Virgin Media subscribers as this service is open to all. The service is expected to directly compete with other.. more
Apr
27

Thanks a million at Virgin Media

The growth of Virgin Media’s mobile phone services has been astonishing and the last year has seen the number of contract customers signing up to the service increase by forty per cent to one million. The build up of the Virgin Media mobile phone service.. more
Apr
27

Virgin launches mobile TV in France

Following a period of some indecision over the awarding of mobile TV licences, it seems that the French media regulator, the CSA, has made the decision to award Virgin Mobile, and the transmitter installation firm TDF, the licence to launch a mobile TV service in.. more