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Viasat extends Hockey deal

Modern Times Group’s pay TV arm Viasat Broadcasting has extended the exclusive pay TV broadcast…

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TVcheck now available on Android

Orange’s TVcheck social TV app is now available on Android devices in the UK and…

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Media Broadcast deploys Signiant software

German media services provider Media Broadcast has deployed Signiant’s Managers+Agents software to power its high-speed…

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Ukrainian regulator says yes to Hope

The Ukrainian National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting has granted a satellite broadcasting licence…

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French senator seeks to strengthen protection for TV subscribers

French senator Catherine Procaccia has lodged a proposal for a new law to offer stronger…

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Kazakh Channel 31 strikes exclusive deal with Warner Bros

CTC Media-owned Kazakh free-to-air channel Channel 31 has signed a multi-year output deal with Warner…

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Digital games smash BBC records

The BBC had 106 million requests for Olympic video content across all online platforms, more…

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Sky Deutschland turns in strong quarter, confirms targets

Sky Deutschland has turned in a strong second-quarter operating performance and confirmed its financial targets…

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Premium TV boost helps KDG increase revenues

A growing premium TV subscriber base helped German cable operator Kabel Deutschland to increase first…

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Tricolor’s president Mordachev steps down

Vyacheslav Mordachev, the president of Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV, has left the company….

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Flat-panel sales rebound after first-quarter nosedive

Global flat-panel TV shipments rebounded to grow by 3.6% in the second quarter to 48.9…

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Google to slash Motorola workforce

Google is planning to cut recently acquired Motorola Mobility’s workforce by 20%, or 4,000 posts,…

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Huffington Post launches live internet channel

Online newspaper the Huffington Post has launched a new live-streaming channel, HuffPost Live. The Huffington…

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MStar joins MoCA

MStar Semiconductor has joined the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) as an associate member. MStar…

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Canal Plus launches football app

Canal Plus has launched a new app for tablets that allows users to follow Ligue…

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Snell names CIS and Baltics sales chief

Broadcast equipment manufacturer Snell has named Andrey Velichko as head of sales for the CIS…

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Now TV goes live on YouView

BSkyB’s Now TV service has launched on UK connected TV service YouView. An app for…

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Blinkbox snags HBO content


Blinkbox has inked a deal with HBO that gives it UK electronic sell-through rights to…

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Russia’s Kosmos TV to shut down service after 20 years

Russia’s oldest pay TV service Kosmos TV, which broadcasts in the Moscow region is to…

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Sky Atlantic to launch on KDG

The German version of entertainment channel Sky Atlantic will be made available on Kabel Deutschland’s…

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BBC Trust and S4C Authority launch consultation on deal

The BBC Trust and the S4C Authority, the governing bodies of the BBC and Welsh-language…

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Canal Plus España to share Champions League with Telefónica

Canal Plus España is to make UEFA Champions League football, to which it holds the…

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RCS & RDS makes History in Romania

A+E Networks’ History channel has launched on the RCS & RDS, the largest pay TV…

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Canal Plus Polska secures French football

Canal Plus Polska has secured rights to top-tier French football for the next three seasons….

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Capablue teams up with Intrasonics for second-screen solution

Connected TV specialist Capablue has teamed up with watermarking specialist Intrasonics to integrate the latter’s…

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Telenet to change financial structure

Belgian cable operator Telenet is taking on an additional €700 million of debt and has…

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CME raising €70 million

A Czech subsidiary of Time Warner-backed broadcast group CME is raising €70 million that it…

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Eurosport secures German under-21 football rights

Eurosport has acquired rights to show home qualifier and friendly matches of the German under-21…

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TV rights issues could delay La Liga start

Thirteen clubs from Spain’s top football league La Liga are threatening to strike over a…

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DT sees significant TV growth
 


Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain TV service continued to grow during the first half of the year,…