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SeaChange cuts 10% of staff
Video technology provider SeaChange is cutting 10% of its global staff in a “streamlining” effort…
Harmonic takes transitional step to virtual world with new Electra family
Video technology provider Harmonic has launched the latest generation of its Electra product line, the…
UPC Poland launches Stopklatka as first Horizon app
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Poland has launched a service from movie channel Stopklatka as…
Sky Sports snatches golf Open from BBC
Pay TV operator Sky’s Sky Sports arm has confirmed that it has secured exclusive live…
Xstream names new CEO as Thorup steps down
TV technology company Xstream has named Simon Høgsbro as its new CEO, replacing Frank Thorup,…
Former CME chief Sârbu arrested over tax case
Romanian media tycoon Adrian Sârbu, the main shareholder in Mediafax Group and former president of…
KPN names Sickinghe as chairman
Dutch telco KPN has named former Telenet CEO Duco Sickinghe as its new chairman. Sickinghe…
MENA pay TV numbers to top 21 million by 2020
The number of pay TV homes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will…
Netflix raises US$1.5 billion in debt with acquisitions in mind
Netflix is raising US$1.5 billion in new debt and will use the cash to buy…
TalkTalk reports ‘strongest quarter’ for TV, mobile and fibre
UK service provider TalkTalk reported its “strongest ever quarter” for combined uptake of its TV,…
Numericable-SFR moves swiftly to placate regulator over Outremer charges
Numericable-SFR has moved swiftly to head off a possible reversal of the French competition regulator’s…
Netia teams up with P4 for quad-play
Polish triple-play service provider Netia has teamed up with local mobile provider P4 to deliver…
MTG launches Gossip in Norway
The Modern Times Group has launched its online entertainment channel Gossip in Norway. The video-based…
Creuheras likely interim successor to Lara Bosch at Atresmedia
Spanish publishing group Planeta’s vice-president José Creuheras Margenat is to take on the chairmanship of…
Super Bowl sets social records
Sunday’s Super Bowl drove the highest level of conversation on Facebook and more Tweets than…
Vision247 adds MyPortuguese TV to Vision TV
Hybrid broadcast platform provider and aggregator Vision247 has added Portuguese service MyPortuguese TV to its…
Eutelsat’s Rawlins takes over at Space Data Association
Satellite operator Eutelsat’s director of communication system operations Mark Rawlins has been named the new…
Volia extends network to Fastiv
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has started to offer TV and telecom services in the city…
IneoQuest launches behavioural data platform
Quality assurance technology provider IneoQuest has launched a new platform to deliver behavioural and operational…
Verimatrix appoints new CFO
Content security specialist Verimatrix has named Cascadia Technology Group founder and CEO Charles Padgett as its…
Accedo updates VIA multiscreen solution
Accedo has launched version 2.0 of its VIA multiscreen solution, in a bid to deliver…
Netia appoints head of international sales
Netia, the Globecast-owned software solutions firm specialising in audio-visual content delivery, has appointed Jérémie Mekaelian as…
Freesat now in 1.9 million UK homes
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat has added 24,000 new homes in the final quarter of 2014,…
Sky plans 4K set-top box
UK service provider Sky is reportedly planning to launch a next-generation set-top box in the…
Germany outlines plans for 700MHz auction
The German government has announced that it will auction two blocks of spectrum in the…
Prisa executives withdraw from Mediaset board
Juan Luis Cebrián and Manuel Polanco, the president and vice-president respectively of Spanish media group…
ProSiebenSat.1 gives MacKenzie Maxdome job
German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 has instigated a high-level restructure of its digital division, handing former BSkyB…
Netflix strikes Disney deal ahead of Australia launch
Netflix has struck a deal with Disney ahead of its Australia and New Zealand launch…
Zenterio acquires US bridgehead with VTilt Digital
Interactive TV technology provider Zenterio has agreed to acquire US-based VTilt Digital, an Atlanta-based software…
AMC Networks acquires Film+ from IKO Media Group
AMC Networks International – Central Europe has acquired Czech and Slovak film channel Film+ from…