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Ooyala delivers app for Hopster
Video streaming and analytics provider Ooyala is delivering a TV and learning tablet app for…
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BBC passes 300 million iPlayer requests in record month
The BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service celebrated its biggest ever month in January, surpassing 300 million…
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Malone makes share plans with Discovery’s Zaslav, Liberty’s Fries
Media mogul John Malone has given right of first refusal to his holdings in Discovery…
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Buffett takes stake in Liberty Global
US investor Warren Buffett investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway has acquired a stake in Liberty Global,…
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Hulu appoints former Sony exec to CTO role
Hulu has appointed Sony Network Entertainment International’s former senior vice president of product engineering, Tian…
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Ziggo replaces chief commercial officer
Ziggo’s chief commercial officer Marcel Nijhoff is due to step down on March 1, with…
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Media companies looking to HEVC, 4K, says Elemental
Media companies are moving forwards with plans to roll out both HEVC compression technology and…
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Demand 5 launches on Sony smart TVs
UK broadcaster Channel 5’s Demand 5 app is now available on 2012 and 2013 models…
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Pay TV boost for Portugal Telecom, Brazil’s Oi refocuses offering
Portugal Telecom’s pay TV base grew by 7.5% in the course of 2013 to 1.315…
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BBC unveils £8 million investment plan for World Service
The BBC World Service has pledged £8 million of new investment for digital and multiplatform…
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TF1 Group sees drop in pay TV and advertising revenues
French broadcaster TF1 Group suffered reversals in both the advertising market, pay TV and other…
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Vice, FremantleMedia cook up foodie web channel for hipsters
Vice and FremantleMedia have joined forces to make culinary content for a new food channel….
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History makes headway in Latvia
A+E Networks UK is to extend the reach of its History channel in Latvia following…
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Dom.ru to upgrade WiFi with Ruckus
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates the Dom.ru brand, has launched a programme of large-scale…
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Du reports profit drop but ‘solid growth’
UAE-based service provider du reported a drop in Q4 profits, but said that its business…
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Virgin Media in small cell backhaul trial with Sub10 Systems
Virgin Media Business has completed a live backhaul small cell trial with Sub10 Systems, a…
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Sky suffers reversal as Court of Appeal sends sports channel case back to CAT
BSkyB has suffered a reversal in its legal battle over the terms under which it…
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NTV+ teams up with Elemental, Broadcom for 4K test
Russian pay TV broadcaster NTV+ has used the Sochi Winter Olympics to test broadcast transmissions…
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Informa: Netflix facing rights competition as rivals step up
Netflix will find it harder to secure premium content this year with increasing competition from…
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Samsung retains smart TV dominance
Samsung retained its lead over the global smart TV market in the fourth quarter of…
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Belgacom rolls out TV Replay in Flanders and Brussels
Belgian telco Belgacom has launched its TV Replay service in Flanders and Brussels, allowing viewers…
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Paramount launching in Russia and Hungary
Viacom has struck new carriage deals for the Paramount Channel in Russia and Hungary. In…
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Mobile viewing to drive in-app ad revenues
Roughly 60% of smartphone and tablet users watch between one and five hours of TV…
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Motive Television plans Freeview tablet service by World Cup
TV technology firm Motive Television said that it expects to launch a UK tablet service that…
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Box Television secures new deals in Hungary, Tanzania
UK-based Box Television has expanded the presence of its channels in central and eastern Europe…
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Dogus Media taps Kaltura for multiscreen TV service
Turkey’s Dogus Media is using Kaltura’s online video platform for its tvyo ad-supported multiscreen TV…
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House of Cards binge viewing soars
Netflix saw a huge spike in subscribers watching its drama House of Cards as its…
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Sony beats PS4 sales target
Sony said it sold more than 5.3 million PlayStation 4 devices as of February 8,…
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Itsmy.TV launches HbbTV games in Germany
Munich-based TV games startup itsmy.TV has launched a platform of HbbTV-based games for smart TVs….
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Danish OTT services provider Xstream takes substantial investment
Copenhagen-based OTT and TV Everywhere services provider Xstream has received investment from Danish private equity…