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