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Deutsche Telekom could take Sky’s football offering
Deutsche Telekom and Sky Deutschland are reportedly close to a deal that could see the…
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BSkyB mulls mobile move
News Corp-backed pay TV operator BSkyB has considered buying mobile spectrum and launching a mobile…
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Tricolor TV investor seeking further 50% stake
An unnamed Tricolor TV shareholder has applied to acquire an additional 50% stake in the…
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Numericable offers iPhone service to LaBox subscribers
French cable operator Numericable will extend its new LaBox offering from June 11 to include…
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Virgin Media nets 3D tennis
UK cabler Virgin Media will transmit Eurosport’s 3D coverage of the French Open tennis tournament….
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Zon Multimédia extends Iris to iPhones
Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia has launched its Iris advanced TV offering on the…
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Analysts positive on Ono after cabler refinances
Credit analysts have upgraded their rating on Ono after the Spanish MSO completed a refinancing…
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UPC Austria launches CI Plus
Cable operator UPC Austria has begun offering its digital TV service via CI Plus modules….
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NetCologne expands digital offering
Germany city carrier NetCologne has expanded its digital offering to include WDR HD, Phoenix HD,…
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UPC acquires Regiokabel’s Huissen network
UPC Netherlands is extending its network to the town of Huissen. The cable operator has…
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Primacom offers new Humax box
German cable operator Primacom has begun offering a new set-top box from Humax. The CX-5100…
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Endemol appoints French managing director
Production and distribution group Endemol has hired Nicholas Coppermann as the managing director of Endemol…
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ITU unveils “dawn of a new age for television” UHDTV standard
The ITU has released a new recommendation that it says will serve as the basis…
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UK Culture Secretary under pressure
UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has come under renewed pressure following new revelations about his…
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Al Jazeera to launch at 13° East and 5° West, expects to profitable in “four to five years”
Al Jazeera Networks has chosen Eutelsat’s Hot Bird platform at 13° East and Eutelsat 5…
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Almost half of sets sold in Germany are connected TVs
Research from German industry association Bitkom shows that 46% of TVs sold in Germany are…
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Film1 inks pay TV and SVOD deal
Chellomedia has agreed an output deal with MGM that gives its Dutch movie channel Film1…
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ProSiebenSat.1 buys into price comparison site
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s SevenVentures subsidiary has acquired a majority stake in Sixt e-ventures-backed price…
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Mobile operators should pay LTE inteference costs, says Freeview
Mobile operators should bear cost of protecting viewers’ TV services from interference from LTE signals,…
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Viasat adds new dimension to the Olympics
MTG-backed commercial broadcaster Viasat plans to show 100 hours of 3D TV coverage of the…
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Broussard named as programming chief for TMC-NT1
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has named Vincent Broussard as vice-president, broadcasting and programming at its…
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Rostelecom takes further stake in Moscow cable operator
Rostelecom-backed Russian cable provider NTC has acquired a 26% stake in Mosteleset, the holding company…
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Ukraine’s Volia reportedly looking to make acquisition
Ukrainian cable operator Volia is in talks to acquire PPF Investments-backed western Ukrainian operator Odek…
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Fox’s Jiménez extends responsibilities to Portugal
Fox Inernational Channels (FIC) has extended the responsibilities of its general manager for Spain, Pilar…
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Lescure to look again at Hadopi law
Former Canal Plus chief Pierre Lescure has been given the task of looking again at…
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Virgin Media reacts to U-turn in Sky Movies probe
UK MSO Virgin Media has railed against the Competition Commission’s provisional findings, issued yesterday, that…
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Channel 4’s 4oD views up 15%
Channel 4’s online VOD platform 4oD recorded 41 million views in April, taking the total…
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Verizon magics up Viewdini app
US telco and IPTV operator Verizon has launched a 4G video aggregating application that allows…
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Ofcom wants international channels to meet subtitling requirements
Ofcom wants channels that it licenses that are transmitted beyond the UK to be made…
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Roku teams with DISH for international channels service
Over-the-top TV streaming device provider Roku has teamed up with US pay TV operator DISH…