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Turner turns to Arqiva for satellite distribution and playout
Turner Broadcasting has turned to media services provider Arqiva to provide satellite distribution and playout…
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Canal+ Group begins advanced testing of Frog By Wyplay
Canal+ Group has begun advanced deployment testing of the new software it co-developed with technology…
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Volia launches Viasat Premium HD package
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has launched a Viasat Premium HD package incorporating Modern Times Group-owned…
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Motive Television partners with icube for Freeview tablet dongle
UK-based TV technology services firm Motive Television has partnered with South Korea’s icube Corporation to…
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thePlatform supplying back-end for Viaplay
Modern Times Group (MTG) has chosen white label internet video platform provider thePlatform to provide…
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UPC Poland CEO to leave in January
Long-serving UPC Poland chief executive Simon Boyd is to retire in January. Liberty Global central…
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BBC announces major management shake-up, appoints former Sony CEO
The BBC’s governing body the BBC Trust said the corporation is due to undergo a…
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Elemental demos live 4K60p HEVC, sets out ambition for wider encoding market
Video technology provider Elemental has demonstrated what it says is the first live, real-time HEVC-based…
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YouTube: 80% of views coming from outside US
YouTube said that 80% of all site views are now coming outside of the US,…
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Discovery Communications eyes Scripps
Discovery Communications is reportedly considering making a bid for Scripps Networks Interactive – the owner…
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Sky Deutschland debuts House of Cards in Germany
Sky Deutschland has secured the German rights to the second season of Netflix’s original drama…
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BBC and ITV confirm World Cup split
The BBC and ITV have confirmed the split of matches between them for the forthcoming…
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Germans tune in to smart TV
Over half of sales of TV sets in Germany this year will be of smart…
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A+E poaches Fox boss to run Italian channels biz
A senior Fox International Channels Italy boss will run A+E Networks’ new Italian networks business….
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Dailymotion acquires HTML5 video firm Jilion
France-based online video site Dailymotion has acquired Jilion, the development team behind the SublimeVideo HTML5…
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Two new channels for Arqiva’s Freeview OTT platform
Communications infrastructure and media services company, Arqiva, is adding two channels to Connect TV, its…
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Telekom Austria chooses Harmonic for DTH service
Telekom Austria has chosen Harmonic to provide video processing and management for its new DTH…
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Eutelsat to raise €930 million through bond issue
Satellite operator Eutelsat is due to raise €930 million by issuing six-year unsecured bonds, which…
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Vipnet/B.net debuts 120Mbps internet
Telecom Austria-owned Croatian cable operator Vipnet/B.net has launched 120Mbps internet services based on the EuroDOCSIS…
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DVB-T2 broadcasts begin in Yekaterinburg
Russian state broadcasting organisation RTRS has begun DVB-T2 based digital-terrestrial broadcasts in the Sverdlovsk region….
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OTT device shipments to hit 1.7 billion units
More than 1.7 billion devices capable of streaming over-the-top (OTT) video from services like Netflix…
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Canal+ launches personalised multiscreen service MyCanal
Canal+ has launched MyCanal, a personalised multiscreen service that allows its subscribers to access their…
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New OTT service from Telenor Hungary
Telenor Hungary has launched a new OTT TV service, MyTV, offering live TV, catch-up TV…
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Global ad spend growing, but TV will plateau
Global advertising revenues will enjoy their strongest growth in a decade between 2013 and 2016…
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Euro pubcasters slam ‘excessive’ cuts
Europe’s public broadcasting body has issued a statement slamming funding cuts across the continent as…
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Verizon to buy content delivery network provider Edgecast
US telco Verizon has agreed to buy content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast, in a…
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Tattelecom launches mobile TV service
Tatarstan-based telecom operator Tattelecom plans a full commercial launch of new mobile TV service Fly…
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Vodafone hires new execs for Kabel Deutschland acquisition
Vodafone Germany has named former Sky Deutschland Marcello Maggioni to its senior management team as…
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Com Hem appoints Barron as executive chairman
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has appointed Virgin Media’s former chief operating officer Andrew Barron…
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HTTV secures new investor
Hybrid TV technology provider HTTV has secured investment from technology entrepreneur Luc Burgun and has…