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Russia’s GS Group develops hybrid games console-TV receiver
Russia’s GS Group has developed a device that is designed to combine the functionality of…
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Russia’s Akado taps Arris for high-speed broadband delivery
Russian cable operator Akado has signed a deal to deploy Arris’ E6000 Converged Edge Router…
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Netflix looks to IBM for cloud storage revamp
Netflix has deployed IBM storage systems in a bid to consolidate and manage growing data…
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Orange planning to launch its own HDMI dongle
Orange plans to launch an internet-connected HDMI dongle in France, following trials of the product…
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Fries outlines Virgin Media’s Lightning ambitions
Virgin Media’s £3 billion (€4 billion) Project Lightning broadband investment programme will extend the company’s…
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Global pay TV market tops 924.4m subscribers
The global pay TV market is estimated to have passed 924.4 million subscribers in 2014,…
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MTG sells Swedish cable operation
The Modern Times Group has sold its stake in Swedish cable TV business Sappa to…
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CSA mulls future of French catch-up services
Over seven in 10 French internet users now use catch-up TV services – 72% in…
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Liberty Global to put LiLAC spin-off to vote this month
Liberty Global’s spin-off of its Latin American and Caribbean assets with the creation of a…
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Discovery reports highest-ever international reach
Discovery Networks International said that its portfolio of channels reached 654 million viewers in Q4,…
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Mediaset stock drops as Fininvest sells tranche of shares
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset’s shares dropped sharply in value at the end of last week…
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A+E to open South Africa office, hires former DStv exec
A+E Networks is to open a Johannesburg office as part of its expansion strategy across…
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UK government calls for TV licence fee review evidence
The UK government has called for evidence to be submitted to its independent review into…
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UPC Czech Republic adds Asian channels
Liberty Global-owned UPC Czech Republic has added a string of Asian channels to its line-up,…
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SES orders three new satellites
SES has ordered three new satellites – SES-14 to cover the Americas and North Atlantic,…
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Zenterio teams up with Xroadmedia for discovery
TV technology company Zenterio has teamed up with content discovery specialist XroadMedia to integrate the…
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Teleste unit secures Kabel Deutschland contract
Finnish technology provider Teleste’s Cableway AG subsidiary has secured a contract with Vodafone-owned Kabel Deutschland…
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ANGA COM preview event highlights importance of IP
The growing importance of IP as a complement to cable distribution was the key highlight…
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Sky assessing IP delivery of 4K content
Sky said that it is “not ruling out” the possibility of delivering 4K content over…
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Horizon passes one million mark as Liberty Global sees strong growth
Liberty Global’s Horizon advanced TV platform has passed the one million subscribers mark this week…
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Sky looking to 4K service for Germany this year or early next
Sky could launch a 4K TV service in Germany at the end of this year…
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Virgin Media plans £3 billion ultrafast broadband expansion
Liberty Global-owned cable operator Virgin Media has unveiled plans to invest a further £3 billion…
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Ofcom approves TV white space wireless technology
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has approved new wireless technology that will give access to TV…
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HDR and UHD developments should be separated out, says SES
High dynamic range (HDR) is “too big a topic” to be simply linked to the…
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Sky defends Premier League spend, European backlash gathers pace
Sky’s group director, corporate affairs, Graham McWilliam, has taken to Twitter to defend Sky’s record…
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Discovery to drop SBS brand in Nordics
Discovery is to drop the SBS brand from its Nordic unit SBS Discovery and rebrand…
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Telefónica SVoD service buys CBS, Showtime dramas
The new subscription on-demand service of Spanish telco Telefónica has close a multi-year rights agreement…
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Moonves says CBS doesn’t need merger
Les Moonves has appeared to pour cold water on speculation US broadcast network CBS may…
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T-Hrvatski satellite growth keeps TV numbers even
Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom saw its overall TV remain flat last year, growing…
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British Pathé signs up with Rightster
Newsreel archive rights holder British Pathé has chosen cloud-based multichannel network Rightster , as its…