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Year2017
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Roku unveils five new streaming players
Roku has unveiled five new streaming players that it says offer better performance, improved wireless…
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SES’s Urner succeeds Cohen as MX1 chief
SES has named Wilfried Urner as the new CEO of its media service unit MX1,…
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Sky Cinema launching pop-up animation channel
Sky Cinema is to launch new pop-up Animation channel. Sky Cinema Animation, which will debut…
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Divan.TV launches Chromecast support
Divan.TV, an interactive TV service for Ukrainian and Russian-speaking audiences, has launched support for Google’s…
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TiVo renews IP licence deal with Sony
TiVo and Sony Corporation have renewed their multi-year intellectual property licence agreement. The agreement grants…
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A+E Networks names Latin America and Canada chief
A+E Networks has named Francisco Guijon as SVP, Americas, responsible for managing the profitability and…
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Fox Sports launches on Cosmote TV
Fox Sports is the latest channel to announce it has joined the Cosmote TV platform…
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Global OTT revenues to double between 2016 and 2022
Global over-the-top TV (OTT) revenues will more than double between 2016 and 2022, driven by…
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TIM holds firm as government mulls implementing Golden Power
Telecom Italia (TIM) has reiterated its view that it was not obliged to notify the…
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IDC: VR has suffered from ‘unrealistic expectations’
Virtual reality has suffered from “unrealistic growth expectations” but the market is still expanding at…
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Grand Tour ‘beats rivals in Europe’ – again
Jeremy Clarkson petrol-head series The Grand Tour remains the most in-demand digitally produced original programme…
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Blend Media raises £1.5m for VR expansion
London-based 360˚ video specialist and Facebook partner, Blend Media, has raised £1.5 million (€1.7 million)…
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Canal Digital adopts Android TV for next-generation service
Telenor-owned Nordic pay TV provider Canal Digital is to develop a next-generation TV service based…
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NOS teams up with Vodafone in Portuguese fibre deal
Portuguese network operators NOS and Vodafone Portugal have signed a deal to co-develop and share…
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CI launches in Greece on Cosmote TV
A+E Networks UK is launching crime channel Crime +Investigation (CI) in Greece after striking a…
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Starz Play agrees deal with Orange Egypt
Middle East and North African subscription video-on-demand service, Starz Play, has partnered with Orange Egypt….
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Dish launches whole-home Netflix in 4K
Dish claims to be the first US pay TV provider to offer a “whole-home 4K…
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QYou passes 100 million milestone
Short-form curated web video channel The QYou now reaches over 100 million viewers globally, according…
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HBO tops pay list as US subscribers become more selective
HBO is the channel consumers in the US and Canada are willing to pay the…
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Telecom Italia names Genish as CEO and approves Canal+ JV
Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed the widely anticipated appointment of Amos Genish as its new…
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Netflix agrees C$500m originals deal with Canada
Netflix has committed a five-year, C$500 million (€340 million) spend on Canadian original programming, and…
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Italian government reportedly kicks off move to fine Telecom Italia
Italian authorities have kicked off the process that could end with Telecom Italia (TIM) incurring…
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Telenet protests plan to regulate cable broadband access
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet has filed an objection to a plan to impose…
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Men & Motors re-launches as lifestyle format
Men & Motors, the UK TV channel brand previously operated by ITV and Sky between…
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TF1 names news chief
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has named Thierry Thuillier as deputy CEO in charge of its…
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Com Hem launches cloud service
Swedish cable operator Com Hem is launching a new cloud service, enabling its broadband customers…
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Sky Deutschland extends deal with SES
Sky Deutschland has extended its multi-year satellite capacity deal with satellite operator SES. The German…
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Ofcom names intellectual property board member
UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom has appointed Tim Suter as independent member of its…
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AsiaSat 9 takes off
The AsiaSat 9 satellite has successfully been launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on…
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Ginx Esports TV launches on TVPlayer
eSports network Ginx has launched on the TVPlayer online TV service in the UK. The…