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Mediaset in move to create single broadcast infrastructure company
Italian broadcaster Mediaset, Elettronica Industriale and DMT have entered exclusive negotiations to create a unified…
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CNBC launches on DT’s Entertain
Business and financial news channel CNBC will launch on Deutsche TelekomÂs IPTV platform Entertain tomorrow. ⨅
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Hunt: Sky takeover would boost diversity
Jeremy Hunt, the UK culture secretary, has said News Corps takeover of pay TV operator…
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TV Maastricht latest Dutch local channel to go digital
TV Maastricht has become the latest local TV channel in the Netherlands to make the…
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Vaizey seeks to clarify on net neutrality
Communications minister Ed Vaizey has said his speech on network neutrality last week was misinterpreted…
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Bloomberg chooses Arqiva for SNG
Bloomberg Television has chosen media services provider Arqiva to provide dedicated European SNG services including…
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Murdoch says News Corp-Sky probe could jeopardise jobs
BSkyB and News Corp Europe and Asia chairman James Murdoch has said that any move…
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France Televisions to retain pre-primetime advertising
French public broadcaster France Televisions will be able to retain advertising during the daytime after…
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MTV to provide mobile app for Samsung
MTV Networks has teamed up with Samsung to deliver a content application for mobile devices,…
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Portuguese high-speed universe grows
The number of households passed by fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-building networks in Portugal stood at 1.4…
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Sistema moves forward with reorganisation of assets
The board of Moscow network operator MGTS has recommended the terms of a mandatory offer…
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Mediapro makes fresh assault of Sogecable over football
There has been a renewed outbreak of hostilities between Spanish broadcasters Mediapro and Sogecable over…
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ITV Studios hires new MD
ITV Studios UK, the production and distribution arm of the British commercial broadcaster, has hired…
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AETN hires international distribution chief
Former Target and Nat Geo executive Ian Jones has joined A&E Television Networks as international…
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Smart TV eyes Uganda for pay TV launch
Sweden-based Next Generation Broadcastings African pay TV service Smart TV is close to launching in…
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Ono loses TV subscribers, wins on high-speed internet
Spanish cable operator Ono continued to see the number of TV subscribers dwindle in its…
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LG chooses Diva as Smart TV VOD partner
Switzerland-based video-on-demand aggregator Divas Viewster service, including its catalogue of Hollywood and independent movies, is…
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Netris adds closed-circuit TV to OTT platform
Russian IPTV middleware provider Netris has added closed-circuit television capability to its over-the-top TV platform,…
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Towercom chooses Thomson for Bulgarian DTT
Bulgarian transmission services provider Towercom has chosen Thomson Broadcast to provide transmitters for its DVB-T-based…
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Competition regulator to rule on Canal Plus exclusive agreements
Frances competition regulator has launched an investigation into pay TV operator Canal PlusÂs exclusive agreements…
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Telenet secures new finance
Belgian cable operator Telenets finance arm has completed the placement of Â100 million of senior…
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Film1 On Demand for Ziggo
Liberty Global content arm Chellomedia has struck an agreement with cable operator Ziggo for the…
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Samsung Google TV announcement likely in January
Samsung will announce plans to make a TV incorporating the Google TV platform in January,…
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Belgacom strikes deal with Blinkx
Belgian cable operator Belgacom has struck a deal with global video search engine Blinkx. …
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TVBLOB with Fastweb ChiliTV now on sale
Italian over-the-top TV company TVBLOBs BLOBbox, offering ISP FastwebÂs ChiliTV OTT service, is now on…
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German operators announce HD deals
German cable operators Kabel BW and Unitymedia have separately announced new channel carriage deals. …
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RTR-Planeta returns to Viasat in the Baltics
The Baltic version of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Companys RTR-Planeta channel is to…
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Moves for MTV executives Singh, Dupont and Ticket
Bhavneet Singh, managing director of MTV Networks International’s Emerging Markets group, has joined the board…
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Comstar grows broadband base but loses TV subs
Russian service provider Comstar-UTS posted revenues of US$410.5 million (300.6 million) for the third quarter,…
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Diva chooses Widevine for mobile video
Switzerland-based video-on-demand aggregator Diva has chosen content security specialist Widevine to supply its DRM technology…