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
Jonathan Easton
Recent articles by this author
1 min read
Sony ups PlayStation Vue pricing
Sony has raised the price of PlayStation Vue by US$5 (€4.39) per month. Announcing the…
1 min read
England vs USA becomes most watched UK TV programme of 2019
England’s 2-1 defeat to the USA in the semi-final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019…
2 min read
Eutelsat invests €10 million in Broadpeak
Eutelsat has announced a €10 million investment in video content delivery solutions provider Broadpeak. Broadpeak…
1 min read
Globecast signs multi-year deal with Tour de France organisers
Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O) has signed a multi-year deal with Globecast…
1 min read
Amazon updates Fire TV with focus on live programming
Amazon has pushed out a new update for Fire TV with the headline feature being…
1 min read
Mediaset set to purchase Champions League rights, following rejected Rai appeal
Mediaset is set to taking back broadcast rights for the Champions League, per approval from…
1 min read
Under 20% of Italian homes are prepared for DVB-T2 changeover
As little as 18% (3.87 million) of Italian homes are ready for the switch to…
1 min read
Riot partners with Nielsen for esports monitoring
Games publisher Riot has announced a partnership with Nielsen to better value the exposure of…
1 min read
Amazon to broadcast ‘Twitch Sells Out’ on Prime Day 15-16 July
Amazon-owned Twitch is to broadcast an Amazon Prime Day TV channel for the event. The…
1 min read
Xite launches in UK and Ireland on Samsung TVs
Xite, the Dutch interactive music video service, has launched in the UK and Ireland. The…
1 min read
FCC launches investigation into Sinclair-Tribune deal
In the fallout of the failed Sinclair-Tribune deal, the FCC has launched an investigation into…
2 min read
NENT Group and Tele2 expand distribution agreement in Sweden
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) and Tele2 have announced the expansion of their distribution agreement. This expansion…
1 min read
Orange to sell BT stake
Orange Group is set to sell off its £495 million (€555 million) stake in BT….
1 min read
EU opens antitrust investigation into Broadcom
The European Union has opened an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices by Broadcom. The commission…
1 min read
EE adds Apple TV 4K, BT Sport to Home Broadband offering
EE has replaced its aging bespoke IPTV product with a new offering that includes Apple…
1 min read
Disney hires top Netflix exec to spearhead Disney+ international content expansion
Disney has poached Netflix’s director of original film Matt Brodlie to aid in the growth…
1 min read
Three Democrat presidential candidates rally against Sinclair RSN deal
A trifecta of Democrat presidential hopefuls have issued an open letter to the FCC and…
1 min read
SPI/Filmbox strikes Middle East deal with MGM
SPI affiliate Kino Polska S.A, has announced a licencing agreement with MGM in the Middle…
2 min read
Industry ‘optimistic’ about responding to OTT disruption
A majority of TV executives believe that OTT subscription services, such as Netflix and Amazon…
1 min read
Spain approves €150m DTT migration
The Spanish government has approved an allocation of €150 million to aid in the country’s…
1 min read
Tubi hits 20 million monthly users
US AVOD Tubi has reached the milestone of 20 million monthly active users. The company…
1 min read
FIFA 19 breaks viewership records
FIFA 19 has ‘broken viewership records’, claims publisher Electronic Arts (EA). According to the publisher,…
1 min read
Netflix doubles down on ‘no ads, no sport’ commitment
Netflix has reaffirmed that it is not planning on introducing advertising or live sports to…
1 min read
Orion seals deal to broadcast two UHD channels
Russian operator Orion has signed an agreement with Media-Content to broadcast two of its channels…
1 min read
Netflix experiments with pop-out feature
Netflix is testing a pop-out player feature on desktop. As reported by Engadget, some users…
1 min read
UK delays controversial ‘porn block’ law yet again after forgetting to inform EU
The UK’s proposed age verification system for viewing adult content is to be delayed yet…
1 min read
BeIn lays off 300 staff, blames beoutQ
Qatari BeIn Media has announced the layoff of 300 members of staff, specifically blaming the…
1 min read
ESPN takes EXP esports to the X Games
Esports are making a comeback to the X Games, ESPN has confirmed. Following a three…
1 min read
YouTube is testing hiding comments by default in effort to combat toxic community
YouTube is testing a feature that hides comments by default on its Android App, the…
1 min read
Amazon launches first Fire-branded TVs with Dolby Vision support
Amazon has revealed its first range of Fire TVs which support Dolby Vision. The sets…