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Tele Columbus hires Kabel Deutschland IR chief
German cable operator Tele Columbus has named Elmar Baur as its new head of investor…
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Mobile will pull ad revenues from TV to Facebook, says Sandberg
Facebook stands to benefit from a significant shift in consumer behaviour as people spend more…
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AMC buys German pay TV channel
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has bought the German pay TV channel Kinowelt. The basic-tier movie channel…
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European internet leaders see speed improvements
European countries in the top 10 average internet speed countries globally recorded significant improvements in…
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Amazon snags HBO shows with exclusive deal
Amazon has struck an exclusive licensing deal with HBO and will carry a raft of…
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Apple TV offering compares favourably with Amazon, says Cook
Content available through the Apple TV box compares “extremely favourably” to the Amazon Fire TV…
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Spain’s Movistar TV wins exclusive football rights
Spain’s Movistar TV has secured exclusive rights to Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup…
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Telenet names new strategy chief
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet has named Dieter Nieuwdorp as senior vice-president, strategy and…
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FremantleMedia taps BroadbandTV to manage fan-produced content
Production company FremantleMedia has tapped YouTube multichannel network (MCN) provider BroadbandTV to track and manage…
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Cyfrowy Polsat extends multi-room offering
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has extended its multi-room offering to enable subscribers to…
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Access names Foster as COO
Digital and online TV platform specialist Access has promoted Neale Foster to the post of…
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BrightRoll strikes deal with DoubleClick
Video advertising platform BrightRoll has struck a deal with Google’s DoubleClick to provide buyers on…
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Irdeto opens new NOC
Content security specialist Irdeto has opened a new networks operations centre that it says provides…
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Sky Store ‘Buy & Keep’ service launches
BSkyB has launched its planned Sky Store ‘Buy & Keep’ service, allowing users to buy…
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Tumblr claims top social TV spot over Twitter
Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr has staked its claim to the social TV crown after commissioning…
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TalkTalk strikes deal with FilmFlex
UK telecom operator TalkTalk has struck a deal with white label video-on-demand aggregator FilmFlex Movies…
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SVT launches OTT service
Swedish pubcaster SVT has launched its own over-the-top service, SVT Flow. The web TV service…
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Ukraine to create new unified public broadcaster
The Ukrainian parliament has voted to merge the countries national TV and radio companies within…
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AT&T and Peter Chernin launch US$500 million OTT offensive
US telco AT&T and Peter Chernin’s Chernin Group said yesterday they will invest US$500 million…
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Poland’s ipla on Toshiba smart TVs
Cyfrowy Polsat-owned OTT TV platform ipla is now available on smart TVs from Toshiba following…
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Shazam names former NBCUniversal exec to board
Content recognition app provider Shazam has named former NBCUniversal executive Lauren Zalaznick to its board….
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TeliaSonera sees TV progress
The number of TeliaSonera customers taking TV services grew to 1.446 million at the end…
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Orion Express launches satellite broadband
Russian DTH pay TV provider Orion Express has introduced a two-way satellite internet service as…
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Netia names new president
Polish service provider Netia has named Adam Sawicki as president, replacing Mirosław Godlewski. Sawicki will…
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UPC Netherlands unveils programming changes
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Netherlands is making a number of changes to its programming…
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RTS opens Young Technologist competition
The UK’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has opened entries for its Young Technologist Award 2014….
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Netflix to increase price for new members
Streaming service Netflix is to increase its base montly rate for new subscribers later this…
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Aereo faces Supreme Court today
Aereo faces its ultimate test today, as the US Supreme Court hears the case brought…
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MTS loses pay TV subscribers but Russian market expands
Russian service provider MTS lost 12% of its pay TV subscribers last year, potentially knocking…
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E! Entertainment launching this week in Russia and CIS
Universal Networks International will launch E! Entertainment in Russia and the CIS countries at the…