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UPC Czech adds four new channels
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added four new HD channels to its line-up. The…
Inea adds TV Republika
Polish cable operator Inea is adding news, culture and documentary channel TV Republika to its…
Liberty Global reportedly putting Chellomedia up for sale
Liberty Global has declined to comment on a report in the Wall Street Journal that…
TiVo records biggest user sign up in seven years
US DVR specialist TiVo reported improved revenues and a lower than expected loss as it…
EBU points to trade talks threat to TV and film businesses
The European Broadcasting Union says that including TV and film services in upcoming trade negotiations…
Slovak Telekom to buy out Digi Slovakia
Slovak Telekom has agreed to buy 100% of Romania-based RCS & RDS’s local TV business…
Rostelecom TV base grows 13%
Russian telco Rostelecom’s pay TV subscriber base increased by 13% year-on-year to 6.8 million in…
Q&A: Simone Sassoli, vice-president, marketing & business development, RGB Networks
Ahead of next month’s ANGA COM in Cologne, Simone Sassoli, vice-president, marketing and business development,…
US multi-channel video industry suffers first subscriber loss
US multi-channel video operators suffered their first industry-wide subscriber loss over a full-year period in…
Canal+ launches Music Moments Spotify app
Pay TV operator Canal+ has launched a Spotify app to provide music recommendations. The app,…
Encryption would boost HD in MENA, say industry players
The Middle East and North Africa region is still lagging behind advanced markets in the…
SES signs capacity deal with Telekom Srbija
Satellite operator SES’s has extended its partnership with Telekom Srbija by signing a new multi-year…
Akado adds Historya
Russian service provider Akado has added The Historya channel to its programming line-up. The channel…
Pathé Thuis chooses Xstream Widevine implementation
Dutch online video-on-demand service Pathé Thuis has chosen Widevine implementation partner Xstream to provide Widevine…
Com Hem names new business services unit chief
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has named Ante Baric as head of its new business…
Denmark’s Saxo Bank launches Saxo TV
Danish investment bank Saxo Bank has launched an on-demand news and financial analysis service called…
BBC to make web upgrades, merge Online and Red Button
The BBC Trust has recommended that the BBC make a number of improvements to its…
MPEG-DASH deployments due before second half of 2014
More than 75% of MPEG-DASH deployments are due to take place either the second half…
DirecTV the latest company linked to Hulu
US pay TV platform DirecTV is the latest company to be linked with a move…
Netflix reportedly eyeing Netherlands, France, Belgium
Netflix is reportedly looking at the Netherlands, France and Belgium as new European launch markets,…
YouTube: 100 hours of video uploaded per-minute
YouTube said that the video site now receives more than 100 hours of video uploads…
WRN appoints former Arqiva MD as non-exec director
Broadcast services provider WRN Broadcast has appointed Nick Thompson, the former managing director of Arqiva’s…
Sky revamps sports app
BSkyB has revamped its Sky Sports app for the iPad with a new multi-camera highlights…
Beltelecom adds Belarus-3
Belarusian IPTV provider Beltelecom has added cultural and education channel Belarus-3 to its Zala TV…
Du makes board appointment
United Arab Emirates-based IPTV and telecoms provider Du has appointed Hana Al Rostamani, an executive…
Yahoo! to pay US$1.1 billion for Tumblr
US web portal Yahoo! has agreed to buy blog platform Tumblr for US$1.1 billion (€855…
Time Warner Cable eyes Hulu stake
US cable giant Time Warner Cable is reportedly considering taking an equity stake in video-on-demand…
Discovery buying another Scandinavian channel
SBS Discovery Media had inked a deal for Swedish channel TV11 from the TV4 Group….
Mobile TV and video viewers to hit 2 billion
Globally, some 2 billion mobile and tablet users will watch TV and video on these…
HBO Go goes live in Bulgaria
HBO’s on-demand service HBO Go has launched on Bulgarian cable operator Blizoo. The operator’s subscriber…