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Tubefilter survey reveals MCN viewership rankings
YouTube games channels have become big business, with the hundred top sites attracting close to…
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SPI International moves forward with dual strategy
SPI International, which this week rebranded its premium FilmBox movie channel for central and eastern…
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Trace moves forward with Music Stars competition
Modern Times Group (MTG)-backed youth-focused channel provider Trace kicked off its first Trace Music Stars…
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1+1 International boosts Russian-language content
Ukrainian international channel 1+1 International has upped the amount of Russian-language content in its programming…
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Virgin Media adds four channels to TV Anywhere service
UK cable operator Virgin Media has added Channel 4+1, More4+1, 4Seven and UMP Movies to…
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Thinkbox appoints Channel 5 exec as research director
UK marketing body for commercial TV, Thinkbox, has appointed Channel 5’s head of planning and…
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Google confirms plan for second generation Chromecast
Google’s vice-president of product management Mario Queiroz has confirmed that the internet giant is to…
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Viacom’s Channel 5 to up news output following Ofcom settlement
UK broadcaster Channel 5 is to increase its news and original programming output, according to…
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Tricolor TV launches 4K channel
Russian pay TV leader Tricolor TV has begun regular 4K TV broadcasts, with a pilot…
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Roku raises US$25 million
Internet streaming set-top box maker Roku has raised US$25 million in funding, according to a…
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Telenet boosted by strong digital TV performance
Liberty Global-owned Belgian cable operator Telenet reported a 7% year-on-year increase in digital TV customers with…
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Amazon Fire TV goes on sale in the UK
Amazon has started shipping its Fire TV internet streaming box to customers in the UK…
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Consumer spend on SVOD services to climb 28% this year
Global consumer spend on subscription video-on-demand services is due to grow by 28.1% in 2014…
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Your Family Entertainment to launch Fix & Foxi
German broadcaster Your Family Entertainment (YFE) is to launch a new kids channel, Fix &…
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Unitymedia KabelBW extends Horizon to Baden-Württemberg
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia KabelBW is to extend the availability of the Horizon…
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Netflix orders comedy original
Netflix has ordered F is for Family, an animated series based on the comedy of…
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FremantleMedia hires branded content chief
FremantleMedia has hired Samantha Glynne as vice president, branded entertainment, to spearhead a push into…
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TV boost for Orange
TV growth helped Orange achieve a decent third quarter result, particularly in the French market….
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Mixed fortunes for Telekom Austria
Growth in TV numbers and fixed broadband subscribers failed to compensate lower fixed-voice revenues for…
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Kroes uses swansong speech to warn of European digital divide
In her last speech as EC vice-president responsible for the digital agenda, Neelie Kroes has…
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Canal Digital taps Xstream for Go
Nordic pay TV operator Canal Digital has tapped Xstream to power its TV everywhere app….
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Pace certified for Minerva
UK technology provider Pace has secured certification from middleware provider Minerva for its whole-home DVR…
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French broadcasters unlikely to team up for SVoD
France’s leading broadcasters are unlikely to group together to form a subscription video-on-demand alliance to…
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HbbTV 2.0 details revealed, release expected this year
The new HbbTV 2.0 standard should “hopefully” be released later this year and will include…
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SeaChange appoints new CEO
Video technology provider SeaChange International has appointed former president of social chat service ooVoo, Jay Samit,…
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Encoder market likely to double, but challenges loom
The global market for pay TV video encoders is expected to double to US$895.2 million…
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Key Russian Express-AM6 satellite successfully launched
Russia’s Express-AM6 satellite has successfully been launched on board a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur…
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TDC to provide services over energy company’s fibre net
Danish telco TDC has signed an agreement with Energy group TRE to provide its services…
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Scripps appoints Discovery veteran as European programming boss
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has appointed long-time Discovery Networks International executive, Katharina Feistauer, as…
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Dish drops Turner channels in carriage dispute
US pay TV operator Dish has shelved a swathe of Turner Broadcasting channels in a…