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KIT digital to shed 300 jobs

TV software and services provider KIT digital is making over a fifth of its employees…

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OSN makes senior appointments

Middle east and north African pay TV operator OSN has appointed new directors of digital…

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UPC Direct boosts offering

UPC has added three new channels to its DTH platform in Hungary. Muzsika TV, Sorozat…

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UEFA awards Swiss football rights

European football body UEFA has awarded media rights for the 2012-15 Champions League and Europa…

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SES-5 fully operational

Satellite operator SES has announced that the SES-5 satellite is now fully operational at the…

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Sky Deutschland to air bulk of Champions League games

German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has secured rights to air most of the matches…

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France 24 joins Cambodian DTT network

French news channel France 24 has launched on Cambodia’s DTT network. The French-langauge version of…

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Entertainment One to sell DreamWorks movies to UK/Benelux TV

Canada-based producer and distributor Entertainment One will sell DreamWorks’ feature films to broadcasters in the…

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Sportcast chooses Volicon

Italy’s Sportcast is using the Volicon Observer digital video logging and monitoring system to provide…

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Shazam exceeds quarter billion users, extends to all shows

Shazam, the app service that lets people use their mobile phones to receive additional content…

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Polish regulator approves merger of ‘n’ and Cyfra Plus

Polish competition regulator UOKiK has approved the merger between Canal Plus’ Polish subsidiary Cyfra Plus…

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BBC Worldwide names consumer digital technology chief

BBC Worldwide has appointed Michael Fleshman as senior vice-president, consumer digital technology. Fleshman, former chief…

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Hadopi responds to Filippetti criticism

France’s online piracy watchdog the Hadopi has defended its record in the wake of criticisim…

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High TV 3D makes Belgian debut on Telenet

3D channel High TV has launched in Belgium on Telenet’s cable platform. The channel, which…

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English Club TV heads to Cubovision

English-language educational channel English Club TV has launched on Telecom Italia’s Cubovision VOD service. The…

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Channel change for Swedish DTT

Pay TV broadcaster Canal Plus has renamed a number of its channels that are available…

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Deutsche Telekom selects Accedo to manage TV Apps

Deutsche Telekom has chosen Accedo’s cloud-based app management service to support the new TV App…

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Tele Columbus launches new HD package

German cable operator Tele Columbus has launched a new HD package, DigitalTV Plus HD, replacing…

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Russian Perviy launches new Smart TV apps for LG

Russian channel Perviy HD has launched three applications for LG’s Smart TV platform focused on…

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Skylink launches new package

M77 Group-owned Czech pay TV platform Skylink has launched a new package with nine channels…

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UTH rebrands and refocuses Muz as You

Russian channel provider UTH Russia is to rebrand its music channel Muz in the autumn…

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Sky welcomes 4oD and increases Sky Go offer

UK pay TV operator is adding Channel 4’s online catch-up platform 4oD to its on-demand…

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Spotify could launch video unit, redistribute HBO Nordic

Online music service Spotify could be about to create a new video entertainment unit with…

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BT selects Humax over Pace for YouView launch

When BT launches its YouView offering in the next few weeks it will use boxes…

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Virgin Media revamps on-demand platform

Virgin Media is relaunching its on-demand movies service as Virgin Movies. The service is available…

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Turner’s EMEA staff at risk of redundancy

Turner Broadcasting’s international boss Gerhard Zeiler has appointed a five-strong management team that will conduct…

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Nancy Dubuc to run all A+E Networks channels, programming


A+E Networks has promoted Nancy Dubuc to president of entertainment and media in a move…

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Dailymotion to pay TF1 but not responsible for postings

Online video site Dailymotion has been ordered by a Paris court to pay €270,000 in…

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MTS sees pay TV growth

Sistema-backed Russian service provider MTS had 2.9 million pay TV subscribers at the end of…

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Elion adds Russian channels to DVR service

Estonian service provider Elion has added five Russian-language channels to its network DVR service, joining…