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Sunrise grows TV subscriber base by 65.5%
Swiss operator Sunrise said that its TV subscriber base grew by 32,800 people, or 65.5%…
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Screen Hits launches TV pilot streaming service
Screen Hits is preparing to launch a new online service that will allow consumers to…
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Vivendi to sell half its stake in Activision Blizzard
Canal+ Group owner Vivendi has agreed to sell half its stake in games firm Activision…
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OTT competition heats up as HBO shows land on Amazon
The first wave of HBO programming has landed on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service in…
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Wuaki goes live on Chromecast in Spain
Streaming and download-to-own service Wuaki has launched on Chromecast devices in Spain. The firm said…
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Eutelsat Americas rebrands Satmex fleet
Eutelsat Amercias has renamed its fleet of Satmex satellites, reflecting its strategy of operating under…
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Millicom makes Lat Am DTH move in capacity deal with Eutelsat Americas
International telco and media company Millicom has signed a capacity deal with Eutelsat Americas –…
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AMC ups Mandelup to VP of corporate communications
AMC has promoted Sundance media relations executive Elana Mandelup to vice president of corporate communications,…
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Romtelecom selects Cisco to expand service to cable
Romanian telco Romtelecom has selected Cisco Videoscape to provide an end-to-end solution for the delivery…
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Nagra deploys S3 Group’s test automation platform
Kudelski Group-owned content protection specialist Nagra has selected S3 Group’s StormTest Development Center to automate…
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Telefunken partners with Aurora on fibre internet
Telefunken Communications has partnered with Pace-owned Aurora Networks to launch fibre-based fast internet services in…
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Virgin and IPKO among SCTE and ANGA’s bursary recipients
Virgin Media and IPKO were among the 20 international cable operators to receive bursaries and…
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ANGA and DTG demo silicon decoding of 4K using HEVC
ANGA COM in Cologne and the DTG UK UHD Forum in London each held corresponding…
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Netflix plans major European expansion for late 2014
Netflix is planning a “significant expansion” in Europe later this year, with launches lined up…
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Cloud-based DVR remains challenging in Europe, say operators
Cloud-based DVR services remain problematic for operators due to restrictions on the use of content…
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M7 may follow up KabelKiosk acquisition with German pay TV launch
Pay TV provider M7 Group may launch a new consumer pay TV business in Germany…
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MEA region pay TV market to be worth US$8 billion in 2014
New research says that digital TV penetration in the Middle East and Africa region will…
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UK’s FITT taskforce makes industry recommendations
The UK’s Future of Innovation in Television Technology (FITT) taskforce has made a number of…
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Facebook expands TV-style video ads to UK, France Germany
Facebook is expanding its premium video ads outside of the US to seven new international…
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MTG completes sale of Zitius to TeliaSonera
Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed the sale of its 80% stake in Swedish broadband…
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Half of TV viewing to be on-demand by 2020, predicts Ericsson
By 2020 consumer TV viewing habits will be made up of 50% live, linear viewing…
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Romania’s RCS & RDS deploys Appear TV in infrastructure upgrade
Romanian cable operator RCS & RDS has selected Appear TV’s head-ends for a major upgrade to…
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Samsung reportedly buys video discovery firm Shelby.tv
Samsung has reportedly bought New York-based social video discovery firm Shelby.tv. According to a GigaOM…
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LoveLive launches music app for LG TVs
London and New York-based music media company LoveLive is launching a live music app for…
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Sky Deutschland will invest in local content, says Sullivan
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland will invest in local content when the operator begins to…
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Conax to provide solution for live OTT
Conax is planning to target pay TV operators that want to launch live OTT services…
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TeliaSonera selects Cisco for bandwidth expansion
TeliaSonera has selected Cisco’s Remote-PHY solution to increase bandwidth and expand its service across its…
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Wananchi extends Verimatrix security deal
The Wananchi Group is extending its partnership with content security specialist Verimatrix, ahead of the…
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RGB Networks partners with Pi Telecom
Multiscreen video delivery specialist RGB Networks has partnered with interactive IP video solutions firm Pi…
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Liberty Global’s Fries: vertical integration with content makes sense
Vertical integration between cable operators and content providers “makes sense” in order to help ensure…