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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…
BSkyB set to scrap ‘British’
Pay TV operator BSkyB is set to scrap the ‘British’ from its trading name in…
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…
Freeview begins Left Behinds campaign
UK free-to-air digital-terrestrial TV service Freeview has launched a new marketing campaign called Left Behinds….
Intel could enter HDMI dongle market
Intel could be the next company to enter the HDMI dongle market in competition with…
ITU hails new TV standards
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has said that it is working on a set of…
Volia promotes movie channels
Ukrainian cable operator Volia is to make three premium movie channels – Volia Cine+, Volia…
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…
Amazon starts shipping in-demand Fire TV Stick
Amazon has started to ship its HDMI TV streaming device, the Fire TV Stick, to…
Nielsen to track Netflix and Amazon viewing
US information and measurement firm Nielsen is reportedly due to start recording TV viewership on…
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…
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…
Pay TV uptake in UK and Germany outstrips Spain
Pay TV adoption in Germany and the UK now stand at 86% and 78% of…
Netflix revives A+E drama Longmire
Streaming service Netflix has revived Longmire, commissioning a fourth season after US cable net A&E…
Sky forced to withdraw ‘best ever’ ad
Sky in the UK has withdrawn an advert in which it claimed that its current…
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…
English Club TV on Du
Educational channel English Club TV has struck an agreement for distribution with UAE-based service provider…
ProSiebenSat.1 taps Level 3 for additional services
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has chosen CDN provider Level 3 to provide additional content delivery services…
Zenterio integrates Ekioh HTML5 browser
TV software platform provider Zenterio has added Ekioh’s HTML5 TV browser to the range of…
Edgeware teams up with Mirada
Video technology provider Edgeware has teamed up with Spanish technology company Mirada to provide a…
Ofcom to make 700MHz available for mobile
Ofcom has said it will make the 700MHz frequency band that currently forms the bedrock…
Orange digital chief outlines 2020 vision
Whole-wall TV screens, more hours spent viewing video, increased consumer expenditure on content and the…
Tricolor TV outlines Russian pay TV principles
Large basic TV packages and the ability to upsell customers will help sustain the pay…
Netflix to launch in Australia and New Zealand
Netflix has confirmed its long-expected move into the Australasian market, and will launch a streaming…
Times of India eyes European TV opportunities
Times Television Network, the TV arm of newspaper publisher The Times of India Group, is…
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…
SFR launches first converged product with Numericable
Ahead of its formal acquisition by Numericable, French telco SFR has launched the latter’s La…
Viacom launches new French channel
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is launching a new channel for the French market targeted…
New chief for CTC
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has named Elmira Makhmutova as the new head of the CTC…
TVN expects strong growth on back of economic progress
Polish broadcaster TVN has said it expects strong revenue and earnings growth for the next…