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Eutelsat adds three to Romanian line-up at 16° East

Satellite operator Eutelsat has signed long-term capacity deals with three leading Romanian channels – Kanal…

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DNA to air new Yle HD services on cable

Finnish service provider DNA is to air HD versions of all four of the country’s…

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CTC Media launches Peretz in central Asia

Russian broadcaster CTC Media has launched its Peretz channel in Kyrgyzstan following a deal with…

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RTR taps Megafon for CDN ahead of Sochi

Russian state broadcaster RTR has tapped telecom operator Megafon to provide CDN services for internet…

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Akado highlights new products

Russian service provider Akado is using the CSTB trade show in Moscow to highlight new…

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Liberty agrees Ziggo takeover

Liberty Global has agreed to buy Ziggo, in a deal that values the Dutch cable…

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Netflix must support French content creation, says minister

Netflix will have to sign up to France’s content creation support regime if it launches…

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Euronews to launch pan-African news network

Euronews has unveiled plans to launch what it claims will be the first pan-African rolling…

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Sky to air full shows on new YouTube channel

UK pay TV operator Sky is set to launch a new YouTube channel that will…

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Orange names new innovation chief

Orange has named Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière as head of its innovation, marketing and technologies division.  Jégo-Laveissière,…

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Com Hem in IPO talks

Swedish cable operator Com Hem has reportedly held preliminary talks with London-based private-equity firm BC…

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Nauka Telecom chooses RGB Networks for new OTT service

Russian network operator Nauka Telecom has chosen RGB Networks’ transcoding and packaging technology for its…

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Multimedia Polska adds new channels

Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has added three new channels to its programming line-up. The…

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GetGlue set for tvtag rebrand

Second screen TV app GetGlue is due to be rebranded as tvtag this week, with…

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Tricolor makes new management appointments

Russian pay TV leader Tricolor TV has made a series of new management appointments.  Former…

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History launches in Ukraine, grows in Russia

A+E Networks-owned pay TV channel History has launched in the Ukraine on a DTH platform…

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Poland’s TVN makes online gains

Polish broadcaster TVN Group said that a record 4.3 million people in November watched 44.4…

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Lovefilm acquires fresh kids content

Amazon-owned subscription video-on-demand provider Lovefilm has signed new content deals with kids entertainment producers HIT…

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Dailymotion launches new version of Android app

French video site Dailymotion has launched a new version of its Android app that it…

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Amino operating profit up but revenues slide

Set-top box provider Amino Technologies has posted an increased year-end operating profit of £4.1 million…

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Stofa hires new agencies following takeover of Waoo! subs

Danish cable operator Stofa has hired marketing agencies OMD and Gekko to help with a…

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Unitymedia upgrades Borken networks

Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia has upgraded its network in the Borken district in…

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Primacom acquires Sy-Fra

German cable operator Primacom has acquired network builder and operator Sy-Fra, acdding a further 22,000…

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Ziggo says Liberty talks “progressing,” announces solid Q4 results

Dutch cable operator Ziggo said discussions about a takeover by Liberty Global were “on-going and…

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Pay TV subscribers expected to exceed 1.1 billion by 2019

The global base of pay TV subscribers will exceed 1.1 billion by 2019, with IPTV…

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Canal+ creates new OTT unit under Manuel Alduy

Canal+ has named Manuel Alduy as director of Canal OTT, a new position that places…

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Green light for Altice’s Numericable acquisition

The French competition authority has given the green light for the acquisition of cable operator…

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Amedia hails online subscriber growth

Russian broadcaster Amedia’s online subscription video-on-demand service Amediatek has attracted a subscriber base of 110,000…

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Scripps taps Sony exec for Fine Living Italy

Scripps Networks International has hired an AXN senior programming manager to become channel director of…

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Fox to air Super Bowl live in Europe for first time

Fox International Channels is to broadcast live coverage of the US Super Bowl live in…