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YouTube in movie rental move
Fresh from inking its first ever sports rights deal, online video-sharing platform YouTube has unveiled…
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Canal Plus pulls advertising following channel dispute
Frances Canal Plus has reportedly withdrawn advertising from thematic channels and radio services owned by…
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OmniBus names sales chief
Playout and automation provider OmniBus Systems has named Greg Hoskin as executive vice-president of broadcast…
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CEE carriage deals for Boomerang
Classic toons channel Boomerang has launched on the RCS & RDS cable and DTH pay-TV…
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Portugal leaps ahead in FTTH race
Portugal has entered the FTTH Councils global ranking of leading fibre-to-the-home economies following a 186%…
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Carphone Warehouse banks on Canvas for TV
Carphone Warehouse, the UK ISP and mobile phone retailer that acquired IPTV service provider Tiscali…
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YouTube strikes live cricket deal
YouTube has signed a two-year deal with the Indian Premier League (IPL) to broadcast live…
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Bennett criticises overnight ratings figures
Traditional overnight ratings figures are becoming obsolete as on-demand and time-shifted viewing become more popular,…
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Cosmos TV Belarus adds Kino Plus
Belarusian service provider Cosmos TV Belarus has added Russian pay-TV operator NTV-Pluss Kino Plus premium…
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French digital-terrestrial pay services to merge
French digital-terrestrial pay-TV services TV Numeric and TNTop TV are to merge. TV Numeric has…
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Italy ends football rights investigation
Italys antitrust authority has closed a probe into the sale of TV rights to football…
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Latvia digital-terrestrial makes progress
Latvian telco Lattelecoms digital-terrestrial TV service has attracted 30,000 homes to date, the company has…
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Orange eyes pay-DTT channel
France Telecom/Orange is considering a bid for at least one DTT pay-TV channel in France,…
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Rio Media to launch VOD service
Czech cable provider Rio Media is launching a video-on-demand service. Rio Media will offer VOD,…
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UPC Czech adds Nat Geo channels
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Music to…
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UPC Business appoints wholesale chief
Liberty Global-owned pan-European cable operator UPC Broadbands business arm UPC Business has named David Jan…
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Discovery hires international M&A exec
Discovery Networks International has recruited Mark Smith as its vice-president, strategy and mergers and acquisitions….
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Kabel BW launches 100Mbps in Pforzheim
German cable operator Kabel BW has launched 100Mbps internet access in the region around the…
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ITU creates new loudness standard
The ITU has created a new standard on audio levels for broadcast TV aimed at…
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Hungarian cable win for TechniSat Digital
Romania-based RCS & RDSs Digi Hungary subsidiary has chosen TechniSat Digital to supply digital cable…
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Regulator OKs new ITV channels, fails to endorse ad changes
British commercial broadcaster ITV has been given the green light to launch two new channels…
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International channels face possible Russian ban
The threat of a ban on international channels in Russia has been raised once again…
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News Corp raises stake in Sky Deutschland
News Corp has confirmed that is to increase its stake in German pay-TV provider Sky…
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Connected TV market to grow
The global connected TV market could produce revenues of US$29.3bn (20.4bn) by 2011, accounting for…
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Digital-terrestrial pay-TV numbers close to 3.5 million
Digital-terrestrial pay-TV subscribers in Europe reached 3.426 million at the end of the third quarter…
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Volia offers HD VOD
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has launched a high-definition video-on-demand service as part of its offer….
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Root named as possible Channel 4 chief
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is expected to name its new chief executive in the coming…
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Canal Plus analogue switch-off dates named
The analogue signal of French pay-TV service Canal Plus will be switched off in the…
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Netia names eastern Europe sales chief
GlobeCast-owned broadcast software specialist Netia has appointed Elena Peredelskaya as sales and business development manager…
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Sony cuts first-ever Scandi VOD deal
Sony Pictures Television, the content sales arm of the Hollywood studio, has inked its first-ever…