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Simplestream names EMEA sales chief
OTT technology provider Simplestream has appointed Fabio Gallo as sales director EMEA. Based in the…
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Netflix to create European production hub in Spain
Netflix is establishing its first European production hub in Spain, after the streamer revealed that…
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Ofcom: UK broadcasters failing to deliver for older children
Older children are being let down by UK broadcasters, according to Ofcom research showing that…
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Activist investor takes aim at Telenet
Activist investor Lucerne Investment Partners has threatened legal action against Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator…
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Discovery to launch new QuestOD on-demand service
Discovery is set to launch QuestOD, a catch-up and live streaming service for its free-to-air…
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QYou names ex-Sony networks chief Kaplan as India chairman
Best-of-the-web channel provider QYou Media has named former president of Sony Pictures Worldwide Networks Andy…
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Swisscom names new network and infrastructure chief
Swisscom has named Christoph Aeschlimann as head of IT, network and infrastructure, replacing Heinz Herren….
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BT TV taps Telestream for quality assurance
BT is using Telestream’s Vantage Media Processing Platform to provide automated quality assurance for BT…
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Sony planning to sell stake in Crackle
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is looking to sell a piece of its streaming service, Crackle,…
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eMarketer: cord-cutting in US accelerating despite pay TV-OTT partnerships
Cord-cutting in the US will grow by a third this year compared with the figure…
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TV4 Entertainment launching raft of health and wellness networks
Los Angeles-based OTT channels provider TV4 Entertainment has created a new subsidiary to operate a…
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German startup GiaX joins MoCA
German network access startup, GiaX, has joined the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) as an…
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Univision’s chief revenue officer leaves
Univision Communications, the entertainment company serving Hispanic America, has revealed that Tonia O’Connor has decided…
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Tricolor TV launches Eurosport 4K
Russian pay TV service provider Tricolor TV has teamed up with Russian channel distributor Media…
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Seachange appoints CTO
TV technology provider Seachange has upped Marek Kielczewski to chief technology officer. Kielczewski joined the…
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Filmstruck names Mubi exec as international content chief
Turner International and Warner Bros.’ streamer Filmstruck, has appointed Mubi’s Quentin Carbonell as the UK-based…
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TV launches boost Lattelecom in first half
Latvian telecom operator Lattelecom has attributed a 9% uplift in turnover and a 6% increase…
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Médiamétrie includes MyCanal in four-screen audience measurement
French audience research outfit Médiamétrie has broadened the scope of its ‘four-screen TV’ audience measurement…
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Comcast drops out of Fox race to focus on Sky
Comcast has dropped the bidding war with Disney to acquire assets from 21st Century Fox…
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Paramount fires president Powell for alleged offensive comments
President of Paramount TV Amy Powell has been dismissed after allegedly making an offensive remark…
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Parks: 30% of Netflix subscribers in premium tier
Some 30% of Netflix subscribers pay for its US$11.99 per-month premium tier – up from…
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Parrot: Emmy nominations ‘overvalue’ HBO and Netflix
Parrot Analytics analysis of 2018’s Emmy nominations reveals that this year’s awards are potentially over-valuing…
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Sky Deutschland strikes deal with DAZN for sports bars
Sky Deutschland has struck a deal with sports streaming network DAZN to provide its service…
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World Boxing Series taps Friend MTS for security
The World Boxing Super Series has chosen content protection technology specialist Friend MTS to provide…
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World Cup ‘most streamed event’ for Akamai
The FIFA World Cup in Russia was the most-streamed sporting event on CDN provider Akamai’s…
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Online advertising views in Europe outpacing US growth
Online advertising views in Europe increased 37% in the first three months of the year…
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BASE: digital ownership up 27% year-on-year
Ownership of TV and film titles across physical and download-to-keep digital formats remain an important…
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Netflix to adapt Midnight’s Children
Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children will be the next high profile literary series adapted by…
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Handmaid’s Tale tops Parrot list for Western Europe
The Handmaid’s Tale was the most in-demand digital original in western Europe for the week…
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Agama debuts remote PHY monitoring for cable
Quality assurance technology outfit Agama Technologies, has introduced remote PHY monitoring for next generation cable…