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Magyar Telekom sees IPTV success
Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom ended the second quarter with 822,201 TV subscribers, an 8.6% year-on-year…
Connected TV games spending to reach US$1.6 billion in 2016
Consumer spending on video games on connected TV sets is set to increase to US$1.6…
SmarDTV completes CI Plus v1.3 certification
SmarDTV, part of the Kudelski Group, has announced that its latest generation of conditional access…
South African news channel set for UK launch
South African news network eNews is to launch in the UK after striking a deal…
Google’s Kyncl to give keynote at MIPCOM
Robert Kyncl, global head of content at Google/YouTube is to give a keynote speech at…
Volia and Samsung offer discounted services
Ukrainian pay TV operator Volia has entered an agreement with TV manufacturer Samsung. Customers purchasing…
UEFA awards Kazakhstani rights
Football governing body UEFA has awarded the free-to-air media rights for the 2012-15 UEFA Champions…
Comux UK reveals Muxco bid details
Comux UK, the first company to announce a bid for the Muxco local TV licence,…
BSkyB wins battle on regulation of sports channels
BSkyB has claimed victory in its battle with regulator Ofcom after the latter’s imposition of…
Canal Digital taps NDS for hosted next-gen pay TV platform
Norway-based pay TV operator Canal Digital is to launch its next-generation TV platform as a…
Court blocks plans for ProSieben and RTL’s online TV service
A German court has blocked plans by ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL to launch a catch-up TV…
Tricolor sets goal of global number two in pay TV
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV believes it can reach 17 million subscribers by 2014,…
Sky Italia loses subscribers
News Corp’s Italian pay TV service Sky Italia recorded a loss of 42,000 subscribers in…
Swisscom sees strong TV growth
Swisscom had 694,000 IPTV customers at the end of June, up 35.5% year-on-year. Swisscom added…
Netflix launches kids package in US
US streaming service Netflix has launched its kids package Just For Kids on Microsoft’s XBox360…
Vivid launches TV division
Adult film producer Vivid Entertainment is launching a new TV division and has announced plans…
Viasat boosts 3D output with High TV deal
3D channel High TV will be available to viewers in the Nordic region after the…
Maxdome inks deal with NBC Universal
Video-on-demand service Maxdome has inked a content deal with NBC Universal International TV Distribution. The…
SeaChange names Noppe as EMEA VP
SeaChange International has appointed Andrei Noppe as senior vice-president and general manager for the EMEA/APAC…
Channel 4 appoints digital innovation head
Channel 4 has appointed Jonathan Lewis as head of digital and partnership innovation. Lewis joins…
B.net adds sports network
Croatian cable operator B.net has added sports channel Prime Sports Club to its network. The…
Sky Deutschland launches wrestling interaction
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has launched a Sky Wrestling Facebook page to complement its…
Will.i.am to headline IBC conference
Black Eyed Peas frontman – and Intel creative innovation director – will.i.am is to deliver…
Fox takes control of Endemol-backed Dutch sports firm
Fox International Channels has acquired a 51% stake in EMM, a Dutch company that manages…
Smartphones beating desktops in Olympic search battle
Google has produced data showing that smartphone and tablet usage has increased tenfold during the…
UPC Romania signs Voyo deal with CME
UPC Romania has added CME’s OTT video service Voyo to its network. The cable operator…
Church of England divests News Corp shares
The Church of England has sold its shares in media company News Corp because was…
Ofcom reviewing ASA’s VOD ad role
UK communications regulator Ofcom is reviewing the arrangements for regulating advertising in video-on-demand content. It…
Google could sell Motorola set-top unit this year, says report
Google could move quickly to sell the Home division of recently acquired Motorola Mobility, which…
PrimeTel chooses SmartLabs for hybrid TV platform
Cyprus service provider PrimeTel has chosen Russian technology company SmartLabs to provide a hybrid platform…