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Year2021
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AT&T completes Vrio Corp sale
AT&T has finalised the sale of its Vrio business unit to Argentinian investment company Grupo…
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Vodafone loses more TV customers in Germany and Spain
Vodafone lost significant numbers of TV customers in Germany and Spain in its fiscal first…
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Iliad Telecom appealing to EC on TF1-M6 merger
French and international service provider Iliad Telecom, parent of Free, is appealing for the European…
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Media Distillery teams up with Gracenote to improve EPG accuracy
AI for video technology specialist Media Distillery has teamed up with Nielsen-owned content identification specialist…
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IBC 2021 to go ahead, organisers confirm
The organisers of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) have restated their intentions to go ahead…
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Sky Deutschland makes Go available on Amazon Fire TV
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has added Amazon Fire tablets to the range of devices…
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Parrot Analytics: Sweden gets strange
The long-awaited announcement of Stranger Things 4 has seen the Netflix series return to the top…
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Explore the future of cloud-native television at AWS’s EMEA Media & Entertainment Symposium
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering Digital TV Europe readers an opportunity to learn about…
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Peacock ‘content destination’ soft launches in the UK and Ireland on Sky
NBCUniversal has begun the soft rollout of its streaming brand Peacock in the UK with…
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NHL goes free-to-air in Germany with ProSieben MAXX deal
The National Hockey League (NHL) has agreed a free-to-air broadcast partnership in Germany with ProSieben…
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DAZN to implement tighter account sharing measures in Italy
DAZN is facing a backlash in Italy over its attempts to curb account sharing. Account…
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Deutsche GigaNetz launches IPTV service
Hamburg-based telco Deutsche GigaNetz has announced the launch of a new TV service. Utilising the…
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Digi sees strong growth across Romania and Spain
Romania-based international pay TV, broadband and mobile service provider Digi counted close to 20 million…
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Eurosport taking action over Canal+ non-payment
Discovery-owned sports network Eurosport has reportedly taken legal action against Canal+ over alleged non-payment of…
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Finland’s DNA launches second-generation of Android-based Hubi
Finnish service provider DNA has launched the second generation of its DNA Hubi Android-based set-top…
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AMCNI secures comprehensive rights deal with UEFA in Slovakia
AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe (AMCNI – CNE) has agreed a deal…
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IPTV continues to fuel growth for Magyar Telekom
Deutsche Telekom’s Hungarian business Magyar Telekom (MT) has added just over 20,000 subscribers in the…
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EPL on verge of record overseas broadcast rights deal
The English Premier League is reportedly close to a US$2 billion broadcast rights deal in…
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IBC organisers sweat over Dutch lockdown
The organisers of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) are “assessing the impact” of new Covid-19-related…
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MultiChoice adds a million subs as revenues and costs rise
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice Group has posted what it describes as “satisfactory” fiscal…
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BT bundles Netflix into revamped TV packages
UK pay TV service BT TV today has revamped its TV packages, with Netflix now…
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Telekom’s German TV base edges upwards towards four million
Deutsche Telekom’s TV base in Germany edged ever closer to four million during the third…
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ProSiebenSat.1 results ‘overshadowed’ by poor dating numbers
ProSiebenSat.1’s solid results from its media and entertainment and production businesses risks being overshadowed by…
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Euskaltel adds support for Chromecast to TV app
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel, now owned by MásMóvil, has launched a new version of…
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Interra Systems joins Google Cloud partner programme
Quality assurance and monitoring specialist Interra Systems has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Programme….
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TV4 Group seals basketball deal with ESPN Sports Media
Baltic media company TV3 Group has struck a partnership agreement with ESPN Sports Media whereby…
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LaLiga renews Mexico and Central America deal
Spain’s LaLiga has renewed the audiovisual rights agreement for the LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank…
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Vodafone and Sky Deutschland test 5G Multiview App in stadium
Vodafone Deutschland and Sky Deutschland have successfully tested a new Sky 5G Multiview App during…
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Disney to up its investment in Disney+ content as subscriber growth falters
Disney plans to up its investment in streaming offering Disney+ beyond the previously announced total…
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Rakuten TV rolls out five channels on LG smart TVs in the UK
AVOD and FAST channel operator Rakuten TV has expanded its content offering in the UK…