After more than 40 years of operation, DTVE is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Year2021
2 min read
France’s rugby league issues call to tender for media rights
France’s professional rugby football body, the LNR, last week launched an invitation to tender for…
1 min read
Vodafone Group restructures IT and Network business
Vodafone Group has announced a restructure of its IT and Network business. The announcement will…
1 min read
March auction for 5G spectrum sale in UK
Ofcom will start an auction for 5G spectrum in March. The UK regulator had initially…
1 min read
DAZN to broadcast Club World Cup in Germany
DAZN has picked up the exclusive broadcast rights of the FIFA Club World Cup in…
1 min read
Virgin Media announces broadband deal with Barratt Developments
Liberty Global’s Virgin Media has announced a partnership with Barratt Developments. Barratt Developments is the…
1 min read
Smart TV sales up 20% in Germany
Smart TV sales in Germany increased by 20% in 2020. According to figures from GdfK,…
2 min read
NBCUniversal to integrate WWE Network with Peacock in deal worth a reported US$1 billion
NBCUniversal has tied up a lucrative deal with professional wrestling outlet WWE to make Peacock…
1 min read
UK watchdog outlines concerns about Virgin Media/O2 merger
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has outlined its concerns about the proposed merger of…
1 min read
Mediaset secures victory against Dailymotion in copyright case
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has secured a victory in its legal battle with Vivendi-owned video sharing…
2 min read
Orange to sell 50% stake in rural areas FTTH networks
Orange has agreed to sell a 50% stake in its rural fibre infrastructure arm, creating…
1 min read
Vizio adds three sports channels including beIN Sport Xtra
TV Maker Vizio has announced the launch of three new sports channels and a new…
1 min read
NBCUniversal to increase Peacock sports focus as broadcaster confirms NBC Sports Network shutdown
NBCUniversal will cease operating its dedicated sports network at the end of the year. NBC…
1 min read
Report: Salto edges up to 200k subs after three months
Salto, the French subscription video-on-demand service launched last year as a JV between the country’s…
1 min read
Streaming spending up 24% in US since pandemic start
US consumer spend on streaming services rose to US$47 at the end of December, up…
1 min read
YouTube adds HDR for Xbox consoles
YouTube has added HDR support for Xbox consoles. A notable omission for years, parent company…
2 min read
Japanese government brands Olympic cancellation claims ‘categorically untrue’
The Japanese government has batted away suggestions that the Tokyo Olympics are unlikely to go…
1 min read
HD Super Bowl as CBS Sports Digital confirms no 4K or HDR
The NFL Super Bowl – one of global sport’s most-watched events – will not be…
2 min read
Ex-Verimatrix chief Steve Oetegenn to join Amino and ThinkAnalytics
Steve Oetegenn, the former president of content security technology specialist Verimatrix, has joined the boards…
2 min read
Discovery+ to go live on VodafoneZiggo in Netherlands
Following its multi-country deal with Vodafone, Discovery has signed a new distribution agreement for its…
1 min read
YouSee customers can stream without eating into data allowance
Danish service provider TDC’s YouSee arm is making its streaming apps available to its mobile…
1 min read
Peacock captures 9.2% of US streaming share with The Office alone
NBCUniversal’s decision to bring The Office to its Peacock streaming service seems to have been…
2 min read
UK government drops plan to decriminalise non-payment of BBC licence fee
The UK government has shelved plans to decriminalise non-payment of the licence fee that funds…
1 min read
Netflix licences xHE-AAC audio codec
Netflix is now using the xHE-AAC audio codec. The move was confirmed by Fraunhofer, which…
1 min read
Business rethink on the cards for Mediapro, Roures confirms
The boss of Mediapro has admitted that the company needs to rethink its business strategy…
1 min read
Vivendi buys 7.6% stake in Prisa to extend Spanish interest
Vivendi has agreed to buy a 7.6% stake in Spanish media conglomerate Prisa. Vivendi said…
1 min read
TVbeat appointed ‘System of Note’ for Sky Media to verify reporting metrics
Sky’s ad sales business Sky Media has expanded its partnership with TV inventory and yield…
1 min read
WarnerMedia taps Alpha Networks for Toonami Max development
WarnerMedia has selected Alpha Networks to manage the publication and editorialisation of content for its…
2 min read
HBO Max EMEA chief Christina Sulebakk names key execs, with HBO Nordic and HBO España to be phased out
HBO Max’s chief in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Christina Sulebakk has revealed details…
2 min read
Amazon wins Q4, but Disney+ dominates 2020 SVOD signups
Amazon accounted for almost half of the UK’s new streaming customers across the festive period,…
1 min read
Vodafone Spain integrates Atresmedia premium SVOD offering
Vodafone España is to integrate commercial broadcaster Atresmedia’s premium streaming service, ATRESplayer Premium, into its…