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Eurovision names host broadcaster for Alpine World Ski championships
Eurovision has been named as the host broadcaster for the 2015 Alpine World Ski championships…
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Telefónica reaches deal with partners on Telecom Italia
Telefónica and its Italian partners Mediobanca, Intesa, Sanpaolo and Generali have reached an agreement to…
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Canal+ Overseas to acquire Caribbean ISP group
Canal+ Overseas, Canal+ Group’s operation for Africa and France’s overseas territories, has notified the French…
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SFR names human resources and organisation chief
French service provider SFR has named François Rubichon as executive director for human resources, general…
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Global mobile broadband penetration now three times fixed-line, says ITU
There will be three times as many mobile broadband subscriptions globally as fixed-line broadband subscriptions…
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Vodafone secures EC approval for Kabel Deutschland acquisition
Vodafone has secured European Commission approval for its takeover of Kabel Deutschland. The EC competition…
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Canal+ Séries launches, faces competition from OCS City
Canal+ has launched Canal+ Séries, the sixth channel in its premium offering, Chaines Canal+. The…
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ATVOD rules against porn sites, calls for changes to payment rules
UK video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has taken measures against 10 adult content services that it says…
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MTG buys Nice Entertainment Group for €84.4 million
MTG Studios, the content arm of broadcast group MTG, has acquired Nice Entertainment for €84.4…
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SFR adds D8 and D17 to catch-up offering
French service provider SFR has added catch-up TV from Canal+’s free-to-air channels D8 and D17…
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Sky Deutschland and Samsung to promote ultra-HD
Sky Deutschland has teamed up with Samsung to market ultra-HD TV. Sky Deutschland CEO Brian…
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Two in five Americans now use Netflix, says Nielsen
US research and ratings firm Nielsen says that 38% of Americans now “use or subscribe…
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Inea creates social network for customer interaction
Polish cable operator Inea is creating a dedicated social networking site to interact with its…
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MTS adds LifeNews to TV offering
Russian service provider MTS has begun test broadcasting news channel LifeNews HD on its pay…
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Fox Turkey taps Grass Valley for playout upgrade
Fox Turkey has upgraded its Grass Valley-supplied production and playout system, doubling the capacity and…
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Video Interview IBC 2013 – Steve Christian, Verimatrix
Verimatrix’s Steve Christian talks about multiscreen content security in the “post-smartcard era”.
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Video Interview IBC 2013 – Matthew Huntington, Freesat
Freesat’s Matthew Huntington unveils lessons and future plans for Freetime, the connected TV platform for…
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Video Interview IBC 2013 – Shannon Oborne, TMS
TMS’s Shannon Oborne talks about content search and discovery and the role service providers can…
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Video Interview IBC 2013 – Peter Simpson, Pace
Pace’s Peter Simpson talks about the digital home and the role of service providers in…
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Video Interview IBC 2013 – Steve McCaffery, Arris
Arris’s Steve McCaffery discusses the prospects for multiscreen TV, ultra-HD, new video compression technology and…
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Video Interview IBC 2013 – Daniel Thunberg, Piksel
Piksel’s Daniel Thunberg talks about the relaunch of the company and the challenges and opportunities…
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Video Interview IBC 2013 – Ofer Weintraub, Viaccess-Orca
Viaccess-Orca’s Ofer Weintraub talks about second screen engagment and the company’s DEEP platform.
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Video Interview IBC 2013 – Peter Ostapiuk, Intelsat
Intelsat’s Peter Ostapiuk talks about prospects for the ultra-HD market and what the new generation…
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James Murdoch and Mike Fries debate future of pay TV at EuroSummit ’13
Liberty Global president and CEO Mike Fries and 21st Century Fox deputy COO and News…
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OTT is not a “rational” alternative to pay TV, says Sky Deutschland’s Sullivan
OTT does not offer a realistic rational alternative to established pay TV offerings and is…
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Vodafone cable move “only makes sense where it has existing presence”
Vodafone’s march into European cable will only make sense in countries where they already have…
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ONO to launch 500Mbps service next month
ONO is to launch 500Mbps internet services in October, CEO Rosalia Portela told attendees at…
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Telecom industry ill-equipped for “biggest change”, says Verwaayen
The European telecom industry is about to witness the biggest change that it has ever…
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Cable needs to offer full suite of mobile services, says Virgin Media
Mobile telephony for cable is a “big scale game” that cable operators should enter wholeheartedly…
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Numericable launches IPO process
French cable operator Numericable has launched the process of seeking a public listing by publishing…