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Mobistar chooses Viaccess-Orca for new Belgian cable TV service
Belgian telco Mobistar has chosen Viaccess-Orca to provide content security for its new pay TV…
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Fibre networks help Portuguese pay TV achieve modest growth
Portugal had about 3.17 million pay TV subscribers at the end of last year, up…
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Web apps on TV to grow
Two in five pay TV households are expected to have access to web apps on…
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Unitymedia KabelBW extends VoD with Prokino
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia KabelBW has added content from Germany VoD aggregator Prokino…
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Profmedia names Khanumyan as new chief
Russian broadcaster and media company Profmedia has named former Sistema Mass Media president Vladimir Khanumyan…
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Teo merges TV and internet under unified brand
Lithuanian service provider Teo is mering its Gala TV and and Zebra internet brands into…
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TNS Baltic to improve TV audience measurement
Kantar Media-owned market research firm TNS Baltic has announced plans to improve its TV audience…
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MTIS adds new channels
Belarusian service provider MTIS has added a raft of new channels to its line-up. The…
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BBC Trust approves online store plan
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has approved plans by the corporation to launch…
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UK culture secretary calls for clearer web video standards
The online and media industries should work with regulators to make the “age appropriateness” of…
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European consumers experiencing problems with internet video
Two in five European internet users say they are being prevented by their service providers…
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Belgacom sees TV growth accelerate in fourth quarter
Growth in Belgacom’s TV subscriber base accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2013, with an…
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Hulu sells international business to Nippon
Nippon TV has acquired the international business of streaming and catch-up service Hulu. The Japanese…
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ARD and ZDF return to Belgacom
Belgian operator Belgacom has re-added German channels ARD (Das Erste) and ZDF to its TV…
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Tablet TV proves popular with Finns
Over a third of Finnish internet users have a tablet device and two in five…
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Telekom Slovenije integrates UEFA’s LiveEx with TViN
Slovenian telco Telekom Slovenije has integrated UEFA’s LiveEx technology into its TViN white label interactive…
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Eurochannel makes African push
TV network Eurochannel has expanded into Africa, as part of a wider expansion effort that…
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TiVo subscription numbers hit 4.2 million
DVR maker TiVo said that total subscriptions to its service have climbed 34% year-on-year to…
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BBC Worldwide’s Brit orders motoring series
The BBC’s new international channel brand Brit has commissioned its first series Mud, Sweat &…
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Etisalat strikes consumer equipment deal with Huawei
UAE-based telco Etisalat Group has signed a new agreement with Huawei to bring new smart…
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Inview names former Man Utd chief to board
TV technology provider Inview Technology has appointed former Manchester United chairman and CEO Martin Edwards…
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MTS confirms Ericsson will build new hybrid TV platform
MTS has confirmed that it has contracted Ericsson to supply its hybrid TV platform combining…
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Trace and MTG look to Africa for growth
Trace’s strength in Africa was a key factor in Modern Times Group’s decision to acquire…
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Fashion One becomes F.O. in EU markets
Lifestyle channel Fashion One is to change its name to F.O. in the European Union…
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Virgin Media to add My Nick Jr app to TiVo
Virgin Media is to make Nickelodeon’s My Nick Jr app available in the UK for…
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Zuku TV breaks into original drama
Wananchi-owned East African pay TV operator Zuku TV has commissioned an original, locally produced political…
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BBC’s Hall defends licence fee, calls for extension to iPlayer
BBC director-general Tony Hall has delivered a robust defence of the UK licence fee that…
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Bouygues kicks off triple-play price war in France
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has kicked off a triple-play price war in France with…
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Viacom mines second screen opportunities
The second screen provides an “extraordinary opportunity” for broadcasters as viewer consumptions habits continue to…
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Competition Commission approves Ericsson’s Red Bee acquisition
The UK Competition Commission has provisionally approved the acquisition of Red Bee Media by Ericsson….