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Zone Romantica switches to Chello DMC for playout
Liberty Global-owned playout provider Chello DMC has been selected to provide playout and distribution services…
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All3Media announces Farah Ramzan Golant as CEO
All3Media has hired Farah Ramzan Golant as its new CEO. She joins from advertising agency…
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BT confirms YouView launch this autumn
BT has confirmed that it will begin offering the YouView TV service in the autumn….
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Netflix claims it is beating LoveFilm in the UK
Netflix will launch in another European market in the fourth quarter of this year, management…
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EC approves Cisco acquisition of NDS
The European Commission has approved Cisco’s acquisition of NDS after concluding that the combined entity…
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Humax’s YouView box goes on sale tomorrow
Set-top provider Humax’s new YouView box, the DTR-T1000, will go in sale in UK stores…
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Global DTH homes will top 220 million in five years
New research says that the number of global DTH homes will rise to 220 million…
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Orange Poland adds DTH and IPTV subs
Orange Poland ended June with 677,000 TV subscribers, a 14.2% year-on-year increase. Of that figure,…
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D-Smart to launch OTT service with KIT digital
Turkish pay TV operator D-Smart is to launch a multiscreen OTT service targeting users in…
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M6 chief says no option ruled out on Canal Plus channels acquisition
Nicolas de Tavernost, president of French commercial broadcaster M6, has said he will remain vigilant…
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Prisa adds Canal Plus subs as overall group revenues decline
Spanish media group Prisa added 40,968 subscribers to its pay TV platform Canal Plus in…
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ESPN secures French Ligue 1 in UK
ESPN has secured rights to French Ligue 1 football in the UK and has renewed…
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Al Jazeera signs satellite deal with Es’hailSat
Middle Eastern broadcaster Al Jazeera is partnering with Qatari satellite company Es’hailSat that will see…
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SES claims HD leadership
Over a quarter of TV channels broadcast via SES satellites are HD channels, the operator…
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France 24 strikes deal with Tricolor
French international news channel France 24 has struck a distribution deal with Russian pay TV…
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Harmonic makes management changes
Technology provider Harmonic has named Peter Alexander as senior vice-president, and chief marketing officer and…
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UK users still unable to get 2Mbps-plus internet access
Some 13% of UK premises are still unable to get access to internet speeds of…
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Virgin’s TiVo base will reach 1 million this week
Virgin Media is poised to sign its one millionth TiVo customer this week. The operator…
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Discovery rolling out second-screen app across Europe
Discovery’s international division is launching a second-screen application that it has been trialling in Latin…
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Telenor slows pay TV subscriber losses, increases EBITDA
Telenor-owned Nordic pay TV operator Canal Digital recorded a slowing down of its subscriber losses…
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News Corp names new Fox chief
News Corp has promoted Peter Rice to chairman and chief executive of Fox Networks Group,…
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KPN increases TV market share with IPTV growth
Dutch telco KPN has increased its TV market share to 19% after adding 89,000 IPTV…
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Vivendi makes new management appointments
Vivendi has named former Maroc Telecom chief financial officer Arnaud Castille as senior vice-president, development…
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TDC and YouSee choose Agama for IPTV monitoring
Danish service providers TDC and YouSee have deployed a headend and distribution monitoring solution for…
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Moody’s ups Cyfrowy Polsat
Moody’s Investors Service has upped its credit rating for Polish pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat…
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Media Capital hit by falling advertising revenues
Portuguese media company Media Capital has reported a 23% fall in operating revenues as a…
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ESPN renews German football deal
Sports channel ESPN has renewed its broadcast deal with the DFL, the commercial arm of…
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UPC Czech adds CT2 HD
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added CT2 HD from the Czech public broadcaster to…
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Kabel Deutschland taps fresh cash
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has successfully placed an additional €200 million tap on its…
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Stream TV Networks moves forwards with glasses-free 3D
Technology company Stream TV Networks has struck a deal with manufacturer Pegatron to creat a…