After more than 40 years of operation, DTVE is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Author
DTVE Reporter
Recent articles by this author
1 min read
Telenor chairman Norvik quits over TV2 sale controversy
Telenor chairman Harald Norvik has resigned over a disagreement with the Norwegian ministry of trade…
1 min read
Telenet boosts triple-play base but sees customer total decline
Belgian cable operator Telenet added 27,700 triple-play customers in the first quarter, taking its triple-play…
1 min read
Orange to launch TV Check in UK
Orange is to launch its TV Check iPhone application in the UK this month, and…
1 min read
Major games will drive connected TV, says Electronic Arts
Major games rather than casual games will give a boost to gaming on connected TVs,…
1 min read
SeaChange licenses Aprico IPR
TV technology provider SeaChange International has agreed to license Aprico’s content recommendation source code and…
1 min read
New chief for SFR
Vivendi has named Michel Combes as the new chairman and CEO of telco and IPTV…
1 min read
Bouygues acquires DartyBox
Bouygues Telecom has acquired consumer electronics retail group Darty’s telecom activities. Bouygues will offer Darty’s…
1 min read
TV4 launches Fakta XL
Sweden’s TV4 will launch a new channel, TV4 Fakta XL, in August. The channel, which…
1 min read
Michael Eisner raising US$800m for production company
Former Disney boss Michael Eisner has reportedly recruited JP Morgan to help him raise US$800…
1 min read
Amazon to produce kids, comedy series
Amazon Studios, the nascent production arm of the online retail giant, is moving into kids…
1 min read
BSkyB eclipses Virgin Media as UK’s top triple-play provider
UK pay TV group BSkyB reported strong results this morning, adding 15,000 TV subs and…
2 min read
Canal Plus condemns reported CSA proposals as threat to European content creation
Canal Plus has reacted angrily to a report in Le Point magazine that revealed regulator…
1 min read
A quarter of TVs shipped now internet-connected
Approximately 25% of TV sets shipped last year were internet-connected, with the proportion set to…
1 min read
Global IPTV subs pass 60 million
Global IPTV subscribers numbered close to 60 million by the end of last year, according…
1 min read
Dailymotion moves into crowd-sourced content creation
France-based online video site Dailymotion has teamed up with online payment specialist Flattr to allow…
1 min read
Sony Movie Channel launches in the UK
Sony will launch its Sony Movie Channel in the UK this week on the Sky…
1 min read
Maxdome teams with Accedo for TV apps
German video-on-demand provider Maxdome has partnered with Accedo Broadband to deliver connected TV apps for…
1 min read
Swisscom sees solid TV growth
Swisscom had 655,000 IPTV customers at the end of the first quarter, up 39.7% year-on-year….
1 min read
Harris to divest broadcast communications business
Harris is to divest its broadcast communications business. According to the broadcast communications division’s president,…
1 min read
Netherlands sees digital growth, KPN gains ground
The number of TV subscribers across all networks in the Dutch market was 7.7 million,…
1 min read
Middle East pay TV channels stand at 143
The number of pay TV channels in the Middle East region stood at 143 at…
1 min read
Time Warner increases stake in CME
US media company Time Warner has increased its stake in pan regional European broadcaster Central…
1 min read
EpicTV teams up with Tvinci
EpicTV, operated by Finnish service provider Elisa, has chosen over-the-top TV technology company Tvinci to…
1 min read
Zee TV launches two channels in UAE
Indian broadcaster Zee TV is launching two channels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The…
1 min read
Discovery acquires digital production company
International factual channel operator Discovery Communications is close to acquiring digital production company Revision3. Discovery…
1 min read
Hulu reportedly moving to allow only pay TV users to view
US online TV service Hulu is taking the first steps towards making content on its…
3 min read
Telenor expects DTH growth from CEE telcos
There is still room for DTH growth in central and eastern Europe as telcos seek…
1 min read
UK court orders ISPs to block Pirate Bay
The UK high court has ordered the UK’s leading ISPs to block access to the…
1 min read
UK viewers moving to on-demand viewing
About one in four UK viewers now spend the majority of their TV viewing time…
1 min read
Zeebox launches synchronised screen ad campaign in UK
Zeebox, the interactive TV technology company founded by former YouView and iPlayer technology chief Anthony…