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Sony launches 4K download service
Sony has what it claims to be the first 4K video download service, offering feature…
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Twitter’s Wang heads back to US
Twitter has upped UK sales director Bruce Daisley to UK MD, taking over from Tony…
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Morgan Stanley says Netflix has much more room for growth
Netflix’s potential US market could extend well beyond the 40-50 million households that some investors…
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RTL channels back on Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain after three-year absence
RTL Group and Deutsche Telekom have settled a dispute over conditions for carriage of the…
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Global pay TV market grows by 23 million subscribers
The global pay TV market added 23 million new subscribers in the first two quarters…
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BBC iPlayer now available for download on Android
The BBC has made programmes on its iPlayer catch-up service available for download to Android…
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SFR launches multiscreen VOD
French service provider SFR has launched a video-on-demand service on mobile and tablet devices. Following…
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Eighty billion things to connect to internet by 2020
Eighty billion things will be connected to the internet by 2020, according to research by…
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Portugal’s beActive launches TV app
Portugal-based digital content company beActive has launched a TV app that allows consumers to access…
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Telegraaf Media Groep sells ProsiebenSat.1 stake
Dutch publisher Telegraaf Media Groep (TMG) has sold its 6% stake in German media giant…
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Eutelsat appoints director of strategy
Eutelsat Communications has appointed former McKinsey & Company and Bouygues Telecom executive Jean-Hubert Lenotte as…
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Seachange appoints CFO, reports strong results
TV technology provider SeaChange has named interim chief finance officer Anthony Dias as its permanent…
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Liberty Global invests in Metrological
Liberty Global is to invest in Rotterdam-based Metrological, one of the component suppliers to its…
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FTTH leads French highs-speed internet growth
France had close to 1.8 million very high-speed internet subscribers at the end of June,…
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Hindle restructures FremantleMedia’s digital operation
FremantleMedia has restructured its digital operations, putting several of its execs in senior positions. The…
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Vodafone looking to Italy for new investment opportunities
Vodafone could spend a substantial part of the money it will allocate to new investment…
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Liberty Global launches Horizon in Germany
Liberty Global’s Horizon set-top launched in Germany yesterday on the Unitymedia Kabel BW networks. Horizon…
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Paramount Channel launching in France
Viacom International Media Networks’ Paramount Channel is to launch in France this evening at 18:10…
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NTV+ refocuses on lower-spending subscribers
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ is refocusing its offering to appeal to a lower-spending segment…
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Global TV ad market growth expected to slow this year
Growth in the global TV advertising market will be significantly slower this year than last,…
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Ericsson to supply headend for Comux
Ericsson is to supply the compression platform to power the delivery of local TV services…
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UPC Cablecom expands unencrypted offering
Liberty Global-owned UPC Cablecom is to offer more channels from is basic package unencrypted. From…
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UK’s Cirkus strikes deal with Sweden’s Boxer
UK content-based VOD service Cirkus has inked a deal with Nordic pay TV service Boxer,…
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Lattelecom launching 1Gbps internet
Lattelecom is to launch a 1Gbps internet service in October that will be available to…
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Smart TV users engaging with ads, says survey
Smart TV users are actively engaging with interactive advertising, according to a study of UK…
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Fox takes NFL rights in Europe
Fox International Channels has acquired NFL TV rights for its branded sports channels in Europe….
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TDF names M&A and business development chief
French transmission services provider TDF has named Bastian Manintveld as head of M&A and business…
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Cinram acquires Saffron Digital
Najafi Companies-owned Cinram has acquired video delivery technology specialist Saffron Digital for US$47 million (€36…
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IPTV subscriber numbers to climb by 100 million
The number of homes paying for IPTV services is set to grow by almost 100…
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RAI loses appeal against encryption of channels
Italian public broadcaster RAI has lost its appeal against a court ruling that it should…