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Three combine to create new business news channel for South Africa

Three South African business and financial news brands are combining to create a new business…

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Fashion One launches on Orange Romania

Fashion One HD has secured carriage on the new Orange TV platform in Romania. The…

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Free Femtocells for Révolution subs

French ISP Free has introduced a Femtocell product available to Freebox Révolution subscribers that will…

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Netflix announces Netherlands launch

Netflix is set to launch in the Netherlands later this year in the latest stage…

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Global DTH revenues set to overtake cable this year

Global DTH revenues are set to overtake cable TV revenues this year, according to an…

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Arris looks to eastern European growth

Following its US$2.2 billion (€1.7 billion) acquisition of Motorola Home earlier this year, Arris is…

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Tablet and mobiles increase share on online viewing

The share of tablet and mobile video views in online viewing grew by 19% in…

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Vectra plans to boost online offering, launch VOD

Polish cable operator Vectra plans to increase the number of live channels it offers on…

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BT names new CEO

BT has announced that Gavin Patterson is to succeed Ian Livingston as CEO of BT…

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Ofcom to investigate BSkyB wholesale of sports channels

Ofcom is to launch an investigation into BSkyB practices in wholesaling its sports channels after…

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Cyfrowy Polsat introduces live TV Ipla package

Polish pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat has introduced a new online live TV package for…

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Sky Italia names new chief commercial officer

Sky Italia has appointed Delia Bushell chief commercial officer. Bushell has been at the News…

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Canal+ Spain launches new iPhone app for Yomvi

Canal+ Spain is launching a new version of the iPhone app for its Yomvi over-the-top…

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Middle East Yahoo! chief joins social TV start-up

Ahmed Nassef has left his role as Yahoo!’s VP and managing director for Middle East…

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No advertising recovery in sight this year

The expected recovery in advertising revenues across the eurozone will not materialise this year and…

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Fullscreen raises Series A funding

Fullscreen, a global YouTube network for creators and brands, has raised a first round of…

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Food Networks and Travel Channel on Virgin Media

Scripps Networks Interactive has secured carriage for its Food Networks and Travel Channel services on…

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Alcatel-Lucent prepares for The Shift

Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled The Shift Plan, a strategic project to reposition it from a general…

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ArirangTV extends reach in Russia and Tanzania

Korean international channel ArirangTV is extending its reach in Russia and launching in Tanzania.  In…

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KIT Digital names new OVP general manager

Over-the-top TV technology specialist KIT Digital has named former asset management business TradeWings president Mark…

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EBU keeping ERT on air for now

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has said it will continue to maintain Greek public broadcaster…

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MultiChoice adds True Movies 1 to DStv

South African pay TV broadcaster MultiChoice has added a new movie channel, True Movies 1,…

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RTRS awards contracts for second Russian DTT multiplex

Russian broadcasting infrastructure provider RTRS has selected the system integrators that will be responsible for…

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Liberty Global in counter-bid for Kabel Deutschland

Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has confirmed that it has received a counter-offer from Liberty Global following…

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Netflix signs biggest deal to date with DreamWorks

Netflix says that its new deal for original programming from DreamWorks is its largest yet…

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BBC iPlayer usage flattens out in May

BBC iPlayer usage for May was flat month-on-month, with the breakdown of usage across PCs,…

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Set-top box is not dead, says Arris

The set-top box “isn’t dead” but will continue to evolve into a home networking environment,…

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ERT back on air after court ruling

Greece’s public broadcaster ERT is to cointinue broadcasting during a restructure process after a Greek…

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FIC launching Fox Sports Channel in Italy

Fox International Channels (FIC) has secured a slew of rights for a new Fox Sports…

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Rostelecom launches TV service for Android devices

Russian service provider Rostelecom has launched a new Zabava TV app for Android  devices, giving…