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Year2017
TV5 Monde channels launch on Arabsat in DVB-S2
French international broadcaster TV5 Monde has begun broadcasting TV5 Monde Maghreb Orient HD and TV5…
CMT president Philips exits after 16 years
Brian Philips is leaving Viacom cable channel CMT after 16 years with the network. Frank…
DMSL names new chairman
Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (DMSL), which provides information and help to UK viewers of terrestrial…
Fox’s Sky takeover set for UK watchdog probe
21st Century Fox’s £11.7 billion (€13.2 billion) takeover of European pay TV operator Sky is…
BT looking to integrate VR with TV experience
BT is looking into ways to integrate virtual reality sports with the main TV screen…
TDC launching Blockbuster VOD in other Nordic markets
Danish telco TDC is taking its Blockbuster transactional video-on-demand brand to Sweden, Norway and Finland….
eSports will benefit TV, says ESL
eSports have the potential to attract a young primarily male audience to TV and punch…
Molotov passes one million milestone
France-based OTT TV service Molotov has passed the milestone of one million, according to Jean-Marc…
Lagardère launches new kids channel for Arabic world
Lagardère Active has launched a new kids channel for the Arabic-speaking world. Gulli Bil Arabi…
Saragosse reappointed as France Médias Monde plans Spanish France 24
French media regulator the CSA has reappointed Marie-Christine Saragosse as president of France’s international media…
Netflix teams up with Dolby for HDR and Atmos
Netflix has teamed up with Dolby Laboratories to deliver the first combined Dolby Atmos and…
Premium video body launches in Europe
A premium video advocacy body is launching in Europe with the backing of numerous major…
AMC extends reach in Croatia
AMC Networks International – Central & Northern Europe has extended the reach of AMC in…
Hellas Sat 3 successfully launched
Hellas Sat 3 has been lofted into space on an Ariane 5 launcher from French…
Fox secures Irish green light for Sky deal as UK decision time approaches
21st Century Fox has secured approval for its acquisition of Sky from the Irish regulatory…
Telecom Italia unveils details of Eurosport offering
Telecom Italia (TIM) has fleshed out how it will enhance its sports TV offering following…
Turner EMEA names McDonough replacement
Turner EMEA has promoted Pierre Branco to succeed Ian McDonough as head of its Northern…
Cyfrowy Polsat wins Polish Champions League battle
Polish free and pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat has secured the rights to Champions League…
Bosnia’s MAXtv turns to Mobibase for Arabic and Turkish channels
Bosnian pay TV operator MAXtv has tapped video-on-demand specialist Mobibase to provide the distribution of…
The QYou extends reach in India with Tata Sky deal
Best-of-the-web short-form content channel The QYou has extended its reach in India through a partnership…
ProSiebenSat.1 sells majority stake in venture assets to Lexington Partners
German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1’s investment unit ProSiebenSat.1 Ventures has sold what it says is ‘a…
Access releases Netfront Browser BE SDK for Linux and Android
OTT video specialist Access has released its Netfront Browser BE software development kit version 2.4…
Witbe launches cloud-based monitoring service
Quality of Experience monitoring outfit Witbe has launched a cloud-based monitoring service for OTT TV….
Tricolor TV launches B2B premium sports offering
Russian pay TV leader Tricolor TV has launched a new premium sports package for commercial…
Virgin Media: future of pay TV means more open platforms
Only pay TV providers that aggregate multiple content providers together are likely to have a…
TalkTalk plans mobile TV extension
UK service provider TalkTalk has completed the rollout of its new YouView user interface to…
Fox debuts on-demand service in France
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has today launched its authenticated on-demand service in France….
BBC needs to focus on online, talent and finance, says commerce chief
The BBC needs to respond to the fragmentation of audiences and the emergence of global…
Virtualisation means ‘revolution’ for video, says Arqiva
Virtualisation will “revolutionise the world of video”, creating a very different way of distributing content…
Freeview can ‘connect digitally-excluded’
Freeview has a key role to play in bringing the UK’s “digitally-excluded” into the connected…