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Espial expands Canadian and UK operations
On-demand TV software and solutions firm Espial is expanding its Ottawa, Canada, headquarters and Cambridge,…
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Arris makes board appointment
Arris has appointed former Bell Labs president and Alcatel-Lucent chief strategy officer, Jeong Kim, to…
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‘Programmatic buying’ to account for 20% of US TV ad spend
‘Programmatic buying’, also known as automated media buying, will account for 20% of US TV…
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Ultra HD TV panel shipments reach 1 million
Shipments of Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV panels exceeded one million for the first time…
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Belgacom adds seven channels to TV Replay
Belgian telco Belgacom is adding seven more channels to its catch-up service TV Replay. The…
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TalkTalk passes one million YouView TV customers
TalkTalk has cemented its position as the fastest growing UK TV distribution business by passing…
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Netflix now second biggest driver of UK web traffic
Netflix has become the second largest driver of traffic on fixed access networks in the…
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Cyfrowy Polsat’s Ipla passes four million customers
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat said that its internet TV service Ipla attracted an…
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TV remains ‘most effective’ way to advertise
TV advertising creates the most pound-for-pound profit and remains the “most effective form of advertising”…
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Hulu hires former Netflix marketing boss
US streaming and catch-up service Hulu has recruited Jenny Wall, Netflix’s former marketing executive who…
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TV to succeed PC as top online video platform
TV is on track to succeed the PC as the top platform for watching online…
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Telenor Broadcast chief Hofbauer moves to Swedish CEO role
Telenor Broadcast and Canal Digital CEO Patrik Hofbauer has been named as the new CEO…
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BT says it is level-pegging with Sky in pubs market
BT has said it is making significant inroads to the UK pubs and clubs market…
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Wuaki adds HBO content in the UK
Streaming and download-to-own service Wuaki has snagged a raft of HBO content after striking a…
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Canal+ sees subscriber growth
Canal+ Group grew its global subscription base by 250,000 in the year to March, leaving…
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Shazam adds ‘new TV experience’ with app update
Content recognition app Shazam has rolled out a “streamlined second screen experience for TV in…
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South Africa’s Discovery Digital chooses PlayReady
South African digital media group Discover Digital has tapped Microsoft’s digital rights management system for…
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Portugal Telecom sees TV growth in tough market
Portugal Telecom’s Meo service saw residential and commercial pay TV subscribers rise 6.9% year-on-year and…
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Sevilla FC taps TDF’s Arkena for online video platform
Football club Sevilla FC, the winner of yesterday’s Europa League championship final in Turin, has…
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Tata Sky to roll out Technicolor 4K boxes next year
Technicolor is to provide volume supplies of 4K-enabled set-top boxes to Indian DTH pay TV…
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Viral Spiral signs social video deal with Getty Images
Viral Spiral, a management company for viral content, has signed a partnership with Getty Images…
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CME sale talks “completely untrue” say co-CEOs
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has dismissed recent reports that investment group PPF is in…
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Digital TV to reach 97.9% of homes by 2020
Global digital TV penetration will reach 97.9% of TV households by the end of 2020,…
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Microsoft to open Xbox entertainment apps to non-Gold subscribers
Microsoft is opening up its Xbox console to allow all Xbox 360 and Xbox One…
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Mediaset hit by slow Italian ad market
Mediaset turned in a net loss for the first quarter on lower revenues in both…
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Sweden’s Boxer TV to launch multiscreen service
Swedish pay-TV operator Boxer TV is gearing up to launch a multiscreen, TV everywhere service…
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Silberwasser named Telemundo president
Former Discovery Network International content boss Luis Silberwasser has re-emerged as the new president of…
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TVN benefits from ad market improvement
Polish broadcaster TVN said a recovering TV ad market and improvement in brokerage fees from…
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VoD service Planet Knowledge comes to five more European countries
Multiscreen VoD service Planet Knowledge has launched in Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on…
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Reed Hastings to keynote at CTAM Europe EuroSummit
This year’s CTAM Europe EuroSummit in Copenhagen will feature Netflix CEO Reed Hastings as its…