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German internet users turning away from TV

One third of German users of video streaming services have replaced classic TV entirely or…

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BSkyB set to scrap ‘British’

Pay TV operator BSkyB is set to scrap the ‘British’ from its trading name in…

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OTE chooses Eutelsat for broadband, targets TV bundling

Greek telco OTE has chosen Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat Ka-band satellite to extend broadband availability across the…

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Freeview begins Left Behinds campaign

UK free-to-air digital-terrestrial TV service Freeview has launched a new marketing campaign called Left Behinds….

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Intel could enter HDMI dongle market

Intel could be the next company to enter the HDMI dongle market in competition with…

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ITU hails new TV standards

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has said that it is working on a set of…

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Volia promotes movie channels

Ukrainian cable operator Volia is to make three premium movie channels – Volia Cine+, Volia…

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Sky Deutschland replaces Murdoch with Darroch as head of board

Sky Deutschland has appointed Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch as the new chairman of its supervisory…

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Amazon starts shipping in-demand Fire TV Stick

Amazon has started to ship its HDMI TV streaming device, the Fire TV Stick, to…

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Nielsen to track Netflix and Amazon viewing

US information and measurement firm Nielsen is reportedly due to start recording TV viewership on…

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GS Group plans 4K set-top launch next year

Russia-based GS Group expects to commercially launch 4K set-top boxes in the country from next…

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Berenberg negative on Sky as Ofcom investigates Premier League

Investment bank Berenberg has maintained its ‘sell’ recommendation on Sky following Ofcom’s announcement that it…

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Pay TV uptake in UK and Germany outstrips Spain

Pay TV adoption in Germany and the UK now stand at 86% and 78% of…

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Netflix revives A+E drama Longmire

Streaming service Netflix has revived Longmire, commissioning a fourth season after US cable net A&E…

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Sky forced to withdraw ‘best ever’ ad

Sky in the UK has withdrawn an advert in which it claimed that its current…

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Liberty moves to delist Ziggo after gaining 95% of shares

Liberty Global has secured control of 95.6% of Dutch operator Ziggo’s shares and is initiating…

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English Club TV on Du

Educational channel English Club TV has struck an agreement for distribution with UAE-based service provider…

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ProSiebenSat.1 taps Level 3 for additional services

German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has chosen CDN provider Level 3 to provide additional content delivery services…

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Zenterio integrates Ekioh HTML5 browser

TV software platform provider Zenterio has added Ekioh’s HTML5 TV browser to the range of…

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Edgeware teams up with Mirada

Video technology provider Edgeware has teamed up with Spanish technology company Mirada to provide a…

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Ofcom to make 700MHz available for mobile

Ofcom has said it will make the 700MHz frequency band that currently forms the bedrock…

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Orange digital chief outlines 2020 vision

Whole-wall TV screens, more hours spent viewing video, increased consumer expenditure on content and the…

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Tricolor TV outlines Russian pay TV principles

Large basic TV packages and the ability to upsell customers will help sustain the pay…

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Netflix to launch in Australia and New Zealand

Netflix has confirmed its long-expected move into the Australasian market, and will launch a streaming…

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Times of India eyes European TV opportunities

Times Television Network, the TV arm of newspaper publisher The Times of India Group, is…

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Eutelsat and Spacecom team up for Africa at 16-17° East

Satellite operators Eutelsat and Spacecom are to create a unified neighbourhood for Africa at the…

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SFR launches first converged product with Numericable

Ahead of its formal acquisition by Numericable, French telco SFR has launched the latter’s La…

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Viacom launches new French channel

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is launching a new channel for the French market targeted…

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New chief for CTC

Russian broadcaster CTC Media has named Elmira Makhmutova as the new head of the CTC…

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TVN expects strong growth on back of economic progress

Polish broadcaster TVN has said it expects strong revenue and earnings growth for the next…