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Connected TV needs higher degree of regulation, says Ofcom chief
Connected TV services are “TV-like experiences” and should be subject to a higher degree of…
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IP Vision/Fetch TV enters administration
IP Vision, the company behind the Fetch TV OTT/DTT platform, has entered administration. In a…
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Canal Plus to close down TPS Star
Canal Plus is to close down its TPS Star channel on April 4, according to…
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Red Bee and Civolution develop companion app for FX UK
Media platform provider Red Bee Media is to produce the first companion device app for…
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EPG slots could be used to incentivise PSBs, says Vaizey
UK culture minister Ed Vaizey has told the Oxford Media Convention that a green paper…
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Sky Italia adds 13 HD channels
Sky Italia is to add 13 HD channels to its offering, taking the total HD…
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Discovery launches TLC in Baltic States
Discovery Group is to replace Discovery Travel & Living with female-focused lifestyle channel TLC in…
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Tricolor nears 10 million subscribers
Russia’s leading DTH operator Tricolor was present in 9.5 million households at the end of…
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Sundance to launch in Portugal
The Sundance Channel is to launch in Portugal after AMC/Sundance Channel Global, AMC Networks’ international…
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Volia adds Hockey as it ramps up sports output
Ukrainian pay TV operator Volia is adding the Hockey channel to its line-up. The channel…
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Cablecom adds HD public channels
Cablecom is adding HD versions of the six Swiss public channels to its platform. The…
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Blinkx gets patent for ‘moving thumbnail’ technology
Online video search engine provider Blinkx has been awarded a patent by the US Patent…
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Akamai appoints EMEA chief
Content delivery network specialist Akamai has appointed Mark Vargo as senior vice-president and general manager,…
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Euronews launches Moscow office
International news broadcaster Euronews is launching a Moscow office as it looks to expand its…
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Locatel teams up with Philips for HbbTV-based hospitality product
Locatel, a specialist in media technology for the hospitality sector, has teamed up with Philips…
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Bouygues set for launch of Sensation
French service provider Bouygues Telecom is to launch the next generation of its Bbox, the…
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A+E will roll out Lifetime this year
A+E networks will launch its female-skewing Lifetime channel in at least two major territories this…
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Al Jazeera in exclusive negotiations for French football
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera has enterted into exclusive negotiations with the French professional football league,…
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Red Bee launches social TV guide RedDiscover
Media services company Red Bee has launched RedDiscover, a set of technologies brought together to…
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Telcos near 100 million pay TV subscriber mark
Globally, telco operators had 94 million pay TV customers at the end of September 2011,…
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Strong year for Multimedia Polska
Multimedia Polska ended 2011 with 1.5 million RGUs, up 147,000 year-on-year. The cable operator said…
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French competition chief strikes out at criticism on Canal Plus case
French competition regulator chief Bruno Lasserre has attacked former competition chief Guillaume Cerutti’s criticisms of…
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DT planning HD channel expansion
Deutsche Telekom is planning to expand the HD offering on its Entertain TV platform with…
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BBC World News on SFR
BBC World News, the international news channel operated by the British public broadcaster, has extended…
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Ginx TV launches on Melita Cable
Video game broadcaster Ginx TV is launching in Malta after striking a deal with pay…
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Xstream Facebook apps stream content to social network
Danish streaming company Xstream has begun offering Facebook video-on-demand applications as part of its online…
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ProSiebenSat.1 HD channels on NetCologne
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has struck a deal with Cologne, Bonn and Aachen area service provider…
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NovelSat completes tests on new satellite broadcast technology
Satellite technology company NovelSat has completed testing of its NS3 proprietary satellite modulation technology with…
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Bouygues to launch cloud gaming service via IPTV box
French telco Bouygues Telecom is launching a console-quality cloud-based gaming service. The service, Bbox Games,…
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Ofcom to borrow additional spectrum for Olympics
UK media and telecoms regulator Ofcom plans to commandeer additional spectrum to cope with an…