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Google revamps YouTube comments with Google+

Google is revamping the comment feature on YouTube by integrating it with its Google+ social…

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Telenet renews deal with Videohouse

Belgian cable operator Telenet has extended its current agreement with production partners Videohouse to July…

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Rovio hits billion views, preps next Angry Birds

Finland’s Rovio Entertainment’s ToonsTV channel has passed one billion views just seven months after launch….

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Romtelecom restructures to provide unified management with mobile arm

Romtelecom has made a series of management appointments to integrate its operations with those of…

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Virgin Media Business to connect Vue cinemas

Virgin Media’s business  unit has been contracted to supply a Wide Area Network to connect…

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Kabel Deutschland abandons Tele Columbus appeal

Kabel Deutschland has abandoned its appeal against the German Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt’s blocking…

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Ofcom opens new round of local TV licence applications

UK communications and media regulator Ofcom has invited applications to operate 11 further local TV…

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Universal Music Group to provide content to Stingray

Universal Music Group has signed a deal with music platform operator Stingray Digital to provide…

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Roku launches new family of streaming players

Over-the-top box maker Roku has launched a new family of streaming players. The new Roku…

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BBC Worldwide unveils Western Europe restructure

BBC Worldwide has restructured its Western Europe division, announcing five new country chiefs. All of…

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Iceland’s Símmin to launch OTT with Broadpeak

Icelandic telecom operator Símmin has chosen access network CDN specialist Broadpeak to provide technology for…

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Digital switchover gives boost to Lithuanian IPTV

Digital swtichover has given a strong boost to IPTV take-up in Lithuania, according to figures…

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Silicon Labs introduces dual-channel DVB modulators

Silicon specialist Silicon Labs has launched a new set of DVB demodulators, including what it…

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YouView updates accessibility features

UK connected TV platform YouView has released the first in a series of updates to…

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Nangu.tv makes new appointments in Prague

Over-the-top and interactive TV software specialist Nangu.tv has named Petr Havel as product manager and…

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Free to offer Canal+ channels for free in promotion

French ISP Free is to offer Canal+’s channels free to its ADSL and fibre customers…

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Eurosport hails summer of sporting success

Sports channel Eurosport has said it attracted audiences of over 50 million for each of…

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Al Jazeera to launch HD service as UK DTT expands into 600MHz

Al Jazeera is to launch an HD service on the Freeview platform in the UK…

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CME launches dedicated Voyo Player with Alticast

Central European Media Enterprises’ (CME) subscription video-on-demand service Voyo is being made available on a…

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CBBC and Cbeebies performing well, but older kids under-catered for, says Trust

The BBC’s kids channels CBBC and Cbeebies are performing well, but the public broadcaster needs…

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Viacom strikes deal with RCS&RDS

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has struck a new distribution deal with pay TV operator…

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Telefónica stakes international ambition with new TV and film studio

Spanish telco Telefónica has put all of its production units into a single Studios division…

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RTR strikes deal to distribute content on VKontakte social network

Russian state broadcaster RTR has struck a deal with leading social network provider VKontakte to…

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Kabel BW launches 150Mbps internet

Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Kabel BW, which operates in Baden-Württemberg is to launch a…

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SMiT and Verimatrix collaborate on cardless CAMs

Conditional access module specialist SMiT and content security provider Verimatrix have struck an agreement to…

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Eurovision names host broadcaster for Alpine World Ski championships

Eurovision has been named as the host broadcaster for the 2015 Alpine World Ski championships…

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Telefónica reaches deal with partners on Telecom Italia

Telefónica and its Italian partners Mediobanca, Intesa, Sanpaolo and Generali have reached an agreement to…

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Canal+ Overseas to acquire Caribbean ISP group

Canal+ Overseas, Canal+ Group’s operation for Africa and France’s overseas territories, has notified the French…

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SFR names human resources and organisation chief

French service provider SFR has named François Rubichon as executive director for human resources, general…

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Global mobile broadband penetration now three times fixed-line, says ITU

There will be three times as many mobile broadband subscriptions globally as fixed-line broadband subscriptions…