News

Pay TV Operators Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Magyar Telekom sees IPTV success


Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom ended the second quarter with 822,201 TV subscribers, an 8.6% year-on-year…

News Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

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…

Vendors Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

SmarDTV completes CI Plus v1.3 certification

SmarDTV, part of the Kudelski Group, has announced that its latest generation of conditional access…

Channels Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

South African news channel set for UK launch



South African news network eNews is to launch in the UK after striking a deal…

News Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Google’s Kyncl to give keynote at MIPCOM



Robert Kyncl, global head of content at Google/YouTube is to give a keynote speech at…

Pay TV Operators Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Volia and Samsung offer discounted services

Ukrainian pay TV operator Volia has entered an agreement with TV manufacturer Samsung. Customers purchasing…

News Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

UEFA awards Kazakhstani rights

Football governing body UEFA has awarded the free-to-air media rights for the 2012-15 UEFA Champions…

News Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Comux UK reveals Muxco bid details

Comux UK, the first company to announce a bid for the Muxco local TV licence,…

Pay TV Operators Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

BSkyB wins battle on regulation of sports channels

BSkyB has claimed victory in its battle with regulator Ofcom after the latter’s imposition of…

Pay TV Operators Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

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…

Broadcasters Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

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…

News Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

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,…

Broadcasters Stay Updated Icon 2 min read

Sky Italia loses subscribers

News Corp’s Italian pay TV service Sky Italia recorded a loss of 42,000 subscribers in…

Pay TV Operators Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Swisscom sees strong TV growth

Swisscom had 694,000 IPTV customers at the end of June, up 35.5% year-on-year. Swisscom added…

SVOD Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Netflix launches kids package in US

US streaming service Netflix has launched its kids package Just For Kids on Microsoft’s XBox360…

Channels Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Vivid launches TV division


Adult film producer Vivid Entertainment is launching a new TV division and has announced plans…

Broadcasters Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Viasat boosts 3D output with High TV deal

3D channel High TV will be available to viewers in the Nordic region after the…

Broadcasters Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Maxdome inks deal with NBC Universal

Video-on-demand service Maxdome has inked a content deal with NBC Universal International TV Distribution.
 The…

People Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

SeaChange names Noppe as EMEA VP

SeaChange International has appointed Andrei Noppe as senior vice-president and general manager for the EMEA/APAC…

Broadcasters Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Channel 4 appoints digital innovation head

Channel 4 has appointed Jonathan Lewis as head of digital and partnership innovation. Lewis joins…

News Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

B.net adds sports network

Croatian cable operator B.net has added sports channel Prime Sports Club to its network. The…

Channels Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Sky Deutschland launches wrestling interaction

Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has launched a Sky Wrestling Facebook page to complement its…

People Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Will.i.am to headline IBC conference

Black Eyed Peas frontman – and Intel creative innovation director – will.i.am is to deliver…

Broadcasters Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Fox takes control of Endemol-backed Dutch sports firm


Fox International Channels has acquired a 51% stake in EMM, a Dutch company that manages…

News Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Smartphones beating desktops in Olympic search battle

Google has produced data showing that smartphone and tablet usage has increased tenfold during the…

Broadcasters Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

UPC Romania signs Voyo deal with CME

UPC Romania has added CME’s OTT video service Voyo to its network. The cable operator…

Broadcasters Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Church of England divests News Corp shares


The Church of England has sold its shares in media company News Corp because was…

News Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Ofcom reviewing ASA’s VOD ad role



UK communications regulator Ofcom is reviewing the arrangements for regulating advertising in video-on-demand content. It…

Vendors Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

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…

Vendors Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

PrimeTel chooses SmartLabs for hybrid TV platform

Cyprus service provider PrimeTel has chosen Russian technology company SmartLabs to provide a hybrid platform…