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.
Broadcasters
MTGx chief: broadcasters must look to e-sports as ‘defining pillar’ of pop culture
Broadcasters must look to adapt to the specific tastes of millennials in order to survive,…
Charter’s US$78bn TWC takeover gets greenlight
One of US cable’s biggest-ever merger is set to go ahead after the antitrust regulators…
OSN claims antipiracy success
Middle East pay TV operator OSN has claimed a series of wins against pirates in…
‘Netflix effect’ forces shorter windows for drama
Release windows for drama programming are shortening dramatically in key territories, with a ‘pronounced change’…
Lifetime to debut in Turkey as a free-to-air network
A+E Networks-owned network Lifetime is due to launch this week in Turkey as a free-to-air…
A+E Networks UK extends BT deal
A+E Networks UK has signed a new carriage deal with BT TV, in a move…
Ex-MTV, Fox content studio execs join Vice
The head of Fox-owned producer ADHD Studios and a former MTV creative director have joined…
EBU withdraws services from Romanian pubcaster
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has withdrawn member services from Romanian public broadcaster Televiziunea Română…
Trace taps Arkena for SVoD platform
Youth-oriented programmer Trace has tapped media services provider Arkena to deliver an end-to-end OTT platform…
ProSieben restructures, sets €1.5b digital target
ProSiebenSat.1 is restructuring its digital operations and has said it will generate €1.5 billion from…
MTV rebooting Cribs for Snapchat
Viacom cable net MTV is bringing back its iconic reality series Cribs, rebooting it for…
Discovery hires Huffington Post video chief
Discovery Digital Networks has hired the senior VP and general manager of video at online…
BBC Worldwide rejigs Europe team, ups Percy
BBC Worldwide has rejigged its European operation, handing Tobi de Graaff a wider role and…
France 24 extends Dutch distribution
News channel France 24 has signed deals with cable operators Ziggo and Delta, extending the…
Africanews network goes live
Euronews’ sister TV channel, Africanews, has gone live in 33 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. The…
Amazon video service to be ‘fully open platform’ for partners
Amazon plans to develop its subscription video service as a fully open platform embracing third-party…
HBO and Discovery invest in ‘holographic content’ firm
HBO and Discovery have taken an equity stake in OTOY, a company focused on making…
Discovery Networks Norway to cut staff
Discovery Networks Norway is set to axe 35 jobs as part of a restructure aimed…
BBC plan to put factual at the heart of BBC Two
BBC programming chief Charlotte Moore plans to place factual programming at the centre of the…
TF1 and Netflix ink free TV deal for Marseille
TF1 will screen the opening episodes of Netflix’s first French original series Marseille two weeks…
MTG upbeat after ‘cost transformation initiatives’
Modern Times Group (MTG) reported record sales in Q1 and an increase in operating profits…
Disney: reach and innovation will ensure future of broadcast
Broadcast television remains in good health, with a strong future ahead if it focuses on…
Middle East launch for Comedy Central
Middle Eastern pay TV platform OSN has added the Comedy Central channel to its line-up. The…
BBC iPlayer gets first third-party content
UK on-demand service BBC iPlayer will launch a pop-up channel that represents the first time…
Government could force BBCWW to sell UKTV stake
The British government could force BBC Worldwide to sell its 50% in multichannel operator UKTV,…
‘Landmark’ pan-Euro Sony deal for Sky
Sky has struck its first-ever pan-European movie output agreement. A deal with Sony Pictures Television…
HbbTV 2.0 updated for UK and Italy
The HbbTV Association has updated the HbbTV 2.0 specification, paving the way for “the broad…
Ericsson announces raft of product launches at NAB
Ericsson announced a raft of products and services at NAB, including a proof of concept…
Top three dominate as US OTT churn edges upwards
About 20% of US broadband homes had cancelled at least one OTT service in the…
ProSiebenSat.1 introduces curation for Maxdome
ProSiebenSat.1-owned German video-on-demand provider Maxdome is launching a curated service as the third leg of…