"Europe" articles

Amidst the talk and challenges of a merger between France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom wireless operations in the U.K. comes the news of a possible tie up between Telecom Italia and Telefonica . Setting aside the political implications, this recent news seems to be another step in the courtship between the two behemoths. Telefonica recently completed the acquisition of HanseNet in Germany. Prior to the acquisition, HanseNet was a part of Telecom Italia's operations in Germany. It will...

We're really seeing some interesting activity in Central and Eastern Europe as it relates to online video. Onenet.pl has chosen ExtendMedia to power its online video service. Debuting today, OnetVOD is a public, online service offering free, ad supported and pay-to-view movies, TV series and programs to all Polish internet users. With a broad array of content and several payment choices for consumers, OnetVOD provides film and television entertainment directly to the consumer taking...

Yesterday, the news was that Warner Bros. was expanding catch-up TV services in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, Turner Broadcasting announced that it was working with Brightcove to roll an online video services in the U.K., Spain, France, Italy, Germany and other countries throughout Europe. Turner will use the Brightcove platform to expand its advertising-supported online video services and to introduce new programming on its web portals. The first sites to launch with the platform...

Warner Bros. has launched a branded online catch-up TV service in Poland. WarnerTV is available on the Onet.pl Internet platform. Shows such as The Big Bang Theory , Gossip Girl , Friends , ER , and Fringe will be available shortly after their U.S. airing. The Polish service follows on the heels of similar European offerings in the U.K., The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and France.

Parks Associates is supporting the Social Networking World Forum to be held March 15-16 at the Olympia Conference Centre in London. This two-day event features four dedicated conference streams: Social Networking World Forum, Enterprise Social Media, Social TV World Forum, and Mobile Social Networking Forum. Tekey speakers from global brands, organizations, social networking publishers and developers, pioneering social media leaders, top agencies, content producers plus many more....

Parks Associates announced the agenda for CONNECTIONS™ Europe : Monetizing Connectivity and User Experiences, which the international research firm will host on April 27, 2010, in Amsterdam. CONNECTIONS™ Europe is the leading executive summit featuring European and international consumer research, top executives, and innovative companies in the digital living markets. The summit will examine business models and challenges related to digital media, including the potential of...

In a press release that we issued last week, we stated that the European market for digital home technical support services was wide open, as consumers tend to look at a variety of potential providers - retailers, independent companies, PC OEMs, and broadband providers - to solve PC and other home technology problems. These results come from our Customer Support in the Digital Home: Europe study. Ziggo has now launched a tech support service in The Netherlands . Service Plus includes...

Parks Associates is a media partner at Cable Congress 2010 to be held March 3-5 in Brussels, Belgium. Cable Congress 2010 features high-level keynotes and panel discussions featuring top executives from Europe and the world's leading cable, technology and media companies. For more information about this event, click here.