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Year2017
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Denmark’s Stofa taps Irdeto for Android box security
Danish cable operator Stofa, owned by energy company SE, has tapped Irdeto to provide its…
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Paywizard and Genius Digital agree partnership
Paywizard and Genius Digital have partnered to deliver pay TV customer insights that drive loyalty…
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TF1 claims ‘mixed feelings’ about working with tech giants
TF1 is working with partners in new ways to bring content to digital platforms, but…
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Mixed reality entertainment still ‘future gazing’ but tech advancing rapidly
The application of ‘mixed reality’ to consumer-facing entertainment services is still some way off, but…
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EBU calls for cross-border access to content
EU decision makers should give citizens “the keys to enjoy more TV and radio programmes”…
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Report: Amazon agrees NFL streaming deal
Amazon has reportedly reached a deal to stream Thursday night American football during the forthcoming…
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Samsung partners with Wuaki to expand UHD offering
Samsung has partnered with Rakuten-owned VOD service, Wuaki, to expand its TV Plus service in…
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Nielsen: US adults’ news consumption up 18% in 2016
US adults spent 72.5 billion minutes consuming news in the average week in 2016, an…
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YouTube Go launches in India
YouTube has launched a beta version its offline service, YouTube Go, in India after months…
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Pluto TV appoints chief programming officer
US over-the-top TV service, Pluto TV, has appointed former NBCUniversal executive, Robert Magdlen, as chief…
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Ex-WME television chief joins TV4
Former William Morris Endeavor television co-chief Mark Itkin has joined emerging digital content business TV4 Entertainment as…
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DailyMailTV to launch in the US this autumn
UK newspaper the Daily Mail is due to launch DailyMailTV in the US this autumn,…
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Amazon: ‘multi-local’ originals key to driving subscriptions
Amazon Prime Video will increasingly focus on original international content with market-specific appeal to drive…
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MTG chief: ‘make your mind up time’ for broadcasters
Traditional broadcasters have to “make up their mind” about what they want to be, at…
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Delport: Vivendi aims to take Studio+ to US this year
Vivendi aims to take its mobile content platform Studio+ to the US this year and…
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Deutsche Telekom to launch UHD on Entertain TV this year
Deutsche Telekom is more or less ready to start delivering UHD TV as part of…
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VR startups face ‘survival challenge’ until mobile platforms reach critical mass
Virtual reality startups face a “challenge to survive” until mobile platforms that support virtual experiences…
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Insight launches UHD SVOD service
Insight UHD has launched a subscription video-on-demand service, initially on Apple TV and Android devices,…
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Former Sony CEO backs OTT drama initiative
Distributor DRG yesterday launched TV’s latest high-end drama house, Atrium TV, with former Sony chief…
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Molotov passes one million users
French live and catch-up TV steaming service, Molotov, has passed the one million user mark,…
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TiVo appoints Ericsson exec as metadata SVP
TiVo has appointed Ericsson TV executive Roz Ho as senior vice president and general manager,…
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NTV-Plus extends Russian coverage through Eutelsat deal
Russian pay TV operator NTV-Plus has expanded its coverage as far as the Pacific coast…
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Nordija launches customisable Android TV platform
Denmark-based middleware provider, Nordija, has launched an operator-focused, customisable platform for Android TV boxes. Nordija…
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Ownzones launches on Amazon Fire TV
Ownzones Media Network has signed a deal with Amazon to make its over-the-top Ownzones offering…
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Four-screen audience measurement highlights new viewing patterns
Eurodata TV Worldwide has used the MIPTV event in France to reveal some of the…
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Go90 revamps channel offering and launches ‘algorithmic programming’
US OTT TV service Go90 has revamped the way it organises its channels and has…
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Japan ‘on track’ to meet 4K/8K targets
Japan is on track to meet its target of take-up of UHD TV by 50%…
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Former Google, Instagram staffers launch Dreams mobile TV app
Former Google and Instagram staff members, Tom Bender and Greg Hochmuth, have launched a new “mobile-only…
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The QYou completes US$7.3m financing deal
Youth broadcaster The QYou has completed a US$7.3 million financing deal that will see it…
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Keshet buys German prodco Tresor
Keshet International has made its first company acquisition, buying German producer Tresor TV Produktions. The…