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UPC DTH adds Sport1 HD to Hungarian offering
Liberty Global-owned pay TV operator UPC DTH has added Sport1 HD to its offering for…
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Fashion One strikes Swiss deal
Lifestyle and fashion channel Fashion One has signed a multi-year carriage deal with Swiss cable…
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Tricolor TV sees revenue boost from new services
Russian low-cost pay TV operator Tricolor TV grew its ARPU by 15% last year from…
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Lithuanian switchover boosts Teo TV base
Lithuanian telecom operator Teo grew its Teo TV base to 169,300 at the end of…
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RSCC chooses Irdeto
Russian satellite operator RSCC has chosen conditional access provider Irdeto to secure the content of…
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BSkyB brings installation expertise in-house
BSkyB is to expand its workforce by bringing installation functions that were previously outsourced to…
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RGB wins Czech regional DTT contract
Czech digital-terrestrial multiplex operator Digital Broadcasting has chosen RGB Networks to provide its ideo Multiprocessing…
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Sky Vision strikes US kids content deal
Sky Vision, UK pay TV operator BSkyB’s distribution arm, has sold a package of preschool…
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Philips to exit audiovisual business with sale to Funai
Philips is to exit the audiovisual equipment business. The Dutch consumer electronics giant has agreed…
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Disney deal for Lovefilm
Subscription DVD and video-on-demand service Lovefilm has struck a content deal with Disney for the…
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New multiscreen SVOD offering from Canal Plus
Canal Plus has launched a new multiscreen subscription video-on-demand offering as part of its CanalPlay…
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New look at French programming finance needed, says minister
The way French TV channels finance programming should be looked at again, according to culture…
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MegaFon using RGB Networks for OTT service
Russian service provider MegaFon is using RGB Networks’ multiscreen IP video products to power its…
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ETV to pilot HD over DVB-T2 with Levira
Estonian public broadcaster ETV has teamed up with the country’s leading transmission services provider Levira…
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Sky Deutschland names customer service chief
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has named Erik Schneider as vice-president, customer service. Schneider, who…
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Telemundo teams with Samsung for connected TV app
Telemundo Internacional and Samsung Latin America have joined forces to launch a new app for…
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Ofcom awards Comux local TV infrastructure licence
UK regulator Ofcom has awarded Comux UK the licence to operate the UK’s local digital-terrestrial…
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Telenet extends Premier League deal
Belgian cable operator Telenet has extended its contract for English Premier League rights for another…
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DVR most popular function for Izzi subs
DVR functionality is the most popular interactive TV application amongst Latvian service provider Izzi’s customer…
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Nagra inventor and Kudelski founder Stefan Kudelski dies at 84
Kudelski Group founder and honorary chairman Stefan Kudelski has died at the age of 84….
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VimpelCom names customer experience chief
Russian service provider VimpelCom has named Artyom Vartanian as head of customer experience, charged with…
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Amino focus on profitability bears fruit
Set-top provider Amino Technologies has posted improved full-year EBITDA and operating profits despite a downturn…
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Miranda acquires Softel
Belden-owned broadcasting technology provider Miranda Technologies has acquired UK-based captioning and subtitling specialist Softel. In…
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thePlatform launches new HTML5-centric player
TV technology provider thePlatform has launched an enhanced video player centred on HTML5. The company’s…
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ITU agrees new HEVC standard for video
The ITU has agreed on the creation of a new standard for High-Efficiency Video Coding…
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MTG hires Google exec as chief digital officer
Modern Times Group (MTG) has named Google executive Rikard Steiber in the new role of…
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CSA outlines vision of future media regulation
French media regulator the CSA has outlined its initial thoughts on the creation of a…
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Rostelecom launches wireless multiroom service
Russian service provider Rostelecom is launching a multiroom TV service using equipment provided by Motorola….
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Orange to take full control of Dailymotion ahead of finding new investor
Orange plans to go ahead with a plan to exercise its option to increase its…
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Africa 24 extends MEA coverage with Arabsat
African news channel Africa 24 has chosen Arabsat to extend its coverage and launch in…