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Year2017
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Arqiva agrees capacity deal with Eutelsat
UK communications infrastructure firm Arqiva has agreed a multi-year, multi-transponder capacity deal with satellite operator…
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Advertising strength and cost-cutting helps nudge M6 upwards
French broadcaster M6 saw its revenues for the first half nudge upwards by 2.6% to…
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NOS renews sponsorship of Portuguese football
Portuguese cable and pay TV operator NOS has renewed is current exclusive sponsorship deal with…
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XITE replaces linear Ziggo channel with personalised offering
Dutch music service XITE has replaced the linear channel it currently offers via the Ziggo…
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Multiscreen17 pt4
The cloud holds out the prospect of transforming video distribution. In the final part of…
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Multiscreen17 pt3
Amazon launched its channels initiative in Europe two months ago, introducing a range of subscription…
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Viacom eyes all-cash Scripps takeover
Viacom is reportedly eyeing one of the biggest all-cash takeovers in recent US media history…
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Facebook debuts 4K VR, reportedly launching TV feature next month
Facebook has introduced 4K resolution support for its Live 360 platform as part of a…
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IHS Markit: linear TV viewing down in Europe last year
Linear TV viewing declined in the biggest European markets in 2016 as more TV watching moved…
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Mediaset names ex-AC Milan chief as Premium president
Mediaset has named former AC Milan chief Adriano Galliani as the new president of its…
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Netflix localises in Israel
Netflix has localised its service in Israel, introducing local language versioning and billing in local…
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AR/MR market to reach US$14.1bn by end of 2021
The augmented and mixed reality market is tipped to soar in value to US$14.1 billion…
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Telefónica names new COO in management shake-up
Telefónica executive chairman José María Álvarez-Pallete has instituted a major corporate management shake-up, centred on…
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TiVo introduces new content discovery platform
TiVo has introduced a new personalised content discovery platform that combines voice search with personalised…
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Smart TV uptake to reach 57% in Western Europe
Smart TV penetration will reach 57% in Western Europe this year, according to new figures…
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Studios investment brings 3% revenue drop to ITV
UK broadcaster ITV’s mid-year results show a 3% drop in revenue, which it partly attributes…
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Nielsen starts to count YouTube, Hulu live TV metrics
Nielsen has added viewing data from YouTube TV and Hulu’s new live TV service to…
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Arris taps TiVo for new advanced set-tops
Arris has launched three advanced set-tops that combine traditional QAM video with TiVo’s signature experience, alongside…
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Greece’s Antenna makes key appointments
Greece’s Antenna Group has restructured two roles in its management team, which it said would…
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Telekom Austria sees TV boost
Telekom Austria saw its overall revenue-generating unit numbers boosted by TV during the second quarter,…
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KPN adds to TV base
Dutch telco KPN added 25,000 IPTV customers in the second quarter, along with 8,000 broadband…
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ZoneTV taps Ooyala for channels launch
US best-of-the-web channel provider ZoneTV has hired Ooyala to provide technology to enable it to…
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Multiscreen17 pt2
Cloud technology holds out the promise of new revenue streams for content rights holders and…
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YouTube now at 1.5bn viewers as TV viewing surges
YouTube now has 1.5 billion monthly viewers thanks in part to a surge in big-screen…
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Vivendi ‘set to launch’ Italian version of Canal+ with TIM
Locked in an epic legal battle with its original preferred partner in the Italian market,…
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Tele Columbus appoints Sunrise exec as new CEO
Tele Columbus has appointed the chief commercial officer of Swiss telecoms provider Sunrise as its…
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Facebook acquires IP specialist Source3
Facebook has acquired intellectual property specialist Source3 in a bid to clamp down on copyrighted…
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More than half of US millennials tune into SVOD daily
More than half of US millennials now tune into an SVOD service like Netflix, Amazon…
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Pay TV revenues in German-speaking countries surpass €3bn
Europe’s German-speaking countries generated pay TV revenues of over €3 billion last year, up 11%, with…
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Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…