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Year2017
Amazon reveals originals trends in UK
Amazon Prime Video has revealed that Bryan Cranston-created drama Sneaky Pete is its most popular…
Digi to acquire Hungary’s Invitel
Cable and pay TV group Digi is to acquire the retail and small business units…
Amedia becomes ‘home of HBO’ in new deal
Russian free and pay TV broadcaster Amedia has signed a new deal with HBO giving…
Sony names trio of TV chiefs
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has set a new management team following the departures of Jamie…
Kids on-demand service joints Freesat
Free UK kids programming on-demand service Ketchup TV has joined free-to-view digital satellite operator Freesat’s…
Multimedia Polska sells energy unit
Orange Poland has agreed to acquire Multimedia Energia, the energy utility arm of Gdynia-based cable…
Korean networks launch US on-demand service
South Korean three largest networks – KBS, MBC and SBS – have jointly launched a…
Multiscreen17 pt 1
Millennials and Generation Z are turning to their mobile devices to watch video, and content…
BBC VR study highlights ‘virtual cinema’ potential and headset woes
The ability of virtual reality to remove distractions and enable viewers to enjoy an immersive…
Reduced costs and digital channels boost TF1
Reduced costs thanks to be absence of the Euro 2016 football championship helped boost TF1’s…
MTG closes Kongregate acquisition
Modern Times Group (MTG) has closed its US$55 million acquisition of US games publisher and…
Russian pay TV growth slowing down
Growth in the Russian pay TV market is slowing down, with additions of 270,000 households…
Amazon touts local originals as Inside Edge scores
Amazon’s first original Indian drama, Inside Edge, has quickly become the most watched title on…
Hulu launches live TV service on Amazon Fire TV
Hulu has rolled out its recently-launched live TV streaming service on Amazon’s Fire TV and…
Sky Deutschland taps Yospace for dynamic ad insertion on Sky Go
Sky Deutschland has chosen Yospace’s dynamic ad insertion platform to make money from live channels…
Turkish channels added to Ziggo Go
Liberty Global and Vodafone-backed Dutch operator VodafoneZiggo has added nine Turkish channels to the Ziggo…
x-Mobility adds TVPlayer to MVNA offering
Mobile virtual network aggregator x-Mobility has signed a deal with UK TV streaming platform TVPlayer…
More US service providers sign up for SES’s Ultra HD service
Nine new US cable and telecom operators have signed up to take satellite operator SES’s…
Scripps expands HGTV to South Korea
Scripps Networks Interactive is further expanding its global home and lifestyle channel HGTV with a…
Vodafone sees TV subscribers dip but convergent base grows
Vodafone saw its TV base hit by losses in Spain in the quarter to June,…
Vimeo names new CEO
Vimeo, the ad-free open video platform and operating business of IAC, has appointed Anjali Sud…
NOS grows TV and multi-play base
Portuguese cable and pay TV operator NOS grew its base across all its services in…
YouTube TV rolls out in 10 more US markets
YouTube has rolled out its recently launched US subscription TV service in 10 new metro…
UK creative sector benefits from £700m in tax relief
The UK’s creative industries have benefitted from more than £700 million in tax relief over…
A+ Sport channel goes live in Africa
Canal+ International has launched a new sports channel for the African market branded A+ Sport….
Microsoft: gaming business now more than US$9bn
Gaming is now more than a US$9 billion (€7.8 billion) business for Microsoft and is…
Eleven gets into eSports with Gfinity deal
Sports channel Eleven Sports has struck a wide-ranging deal with eSports outfit Gfinity to bring…
Proximus launches new Scarlet sports offering
Belgian telco Proximus is boosting the TV offering of its low-cost Scarlet brand with a…
Ex-MTV exec joins A+E
Former MTV development chief Eli Lehrer has joined A+E Networks, as A&E channel chief Rob…
Eurosport extends grip on Tour de France
Discovery-owned Eurosport has extended its deal to cover the Tour de France cycling competition until…