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Hybrid TV & OTT
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S4C makes digital push
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C will make all of its content available on the BBC iPlayer from…
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Liberty promises further Horizon improvements
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has said that the company is working to introduce improvements…
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Sky invests in video delivery firm 1 Mainstream
BSkyB has acquired US$2 million (€1.5 million) of convertible debt security in US-based distribution platform…
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Dailymotion airs doc on London riots
Video portal Dailymotion will launch Riot from Wrong, a new documentary about the riots that…
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Amazon picks up Emmy for video discovery
Amazon Instant video has picked up a 2013 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for its…
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Rastamouse makes tracks for Lovefilm
Amazon-owned streaming service Lovefilm has acquired a children’s programming package including Rastamouse from NBCUniversal International…
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Five times more TV activity on Facebook than Twitter
The amount of TV-related social activity on Facebook is roughly times as much as all…
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TalkTalk adds 160,000 TV subscribers
UK telecom operator TalkTalk added 160,000 new TV subscribers to its YouView service in the three…
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Global tablet market continues to grow strongly
Global tablet sales grew 65% year-on-year in the second quarter to reach 51.9 million units,…
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Orange to invest in Dailymotion, will expand international user base
Orange’s CEO has confirmed the company will invest a further €30 million in developing video…
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Freesat adds 145,000 homes in the last year
UK free-to-air satellite TV provider Freesat has added 145,000 homes in the last 12 months…
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Apple reports strong iTunes growth as profits slip
Apple reported “strong growth” in revenue from its iTunes, software and services division and recorded…
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Česká Televize moves forward with HbbTV service
Czech public broadcaster Česká Televize has launched the second phase of an HbbTV pilot project…
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Blinkx launches beta version of video platform
Internet media platform Blinkx has launched a beta version of its video embedding platform Blinkx…
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TV channel apps used by 14% of smartphone, tablet users
Some 14% of smartphone and tablet users used TV channel apps from networks like MTV,…
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ATVOD calls for block on payments to foreign porn sites
UK video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has called for a block on credit and debit card payments…
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Netflix receives Emmy nominations
Netflix has received a string of Emmy nominations led by House of Cards, marking the…
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Deutsche Telekom launches Entertain to Go
Deutsche Telekom has launched its multi-screen TV service Entertain to Go service, offering access to…
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Sonar Entertainment launching paid-for YouTube channel
Sonar Entertainment launching paid-for YouTube channel, Minis + Movies. The TV movie and series producer…
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Sky Deutschland sees millionth view for Game of Thrones on Go
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has seen over one million views for HBO series Game…
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Envivio supplies Muse to Volia
Envivio is supplying its Envivio Muse transcoders for Ukrainian cable operator Volia’s Smart HD over-the-top…
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Ziggo takes delivery of VOD-enabled CI+ modules
Ziggo has begun taking delivery of video-on-demand-enabled CI+ 1.3 conditional access modules from CAM manufacturer…
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BBC makes iPlayer Android improvements
The BBC this week rolled out improved video stream quality on its Android iPlayer app…
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Shazam raises US$40m from America Movil
Shazam has raised US$40 million (€46 million) in funding from Latin American telco America Movil in…
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Microsoft to close web TV service
Microsoft is set to close MSN TV – a subscription set-top service dating back to…
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Wimbledon final beats Olympics’ Twitter stats
The climax of this year’s Wimbledon men’s tennis final sparked a twitter frenzy, with more…
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Digital TV Labs launches HbbTV logo conformance tests
UK-based Digital TV Labs has unveiled what is says is the first conformance testing service…
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Inea expands scope of HBO Go
Polish cable operator Inea has expanded the scope of the HBO Go service on its…
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Numericable introduces new mobile TV functionality
French cable operator Numericable has introduced new functionality to its mobile TV apps for the…
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Samsung acquires Boxee
Samsung has acquired US and Israel-based web TV service Boxee in a deal rumoured to…