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Strong pay TV growth boosts poor T-Hrvatski Telekom results

A strong year-on-year increase in TV customers at the end of March failed to save…

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Strong Sky results increases pressure on News Corp

BSkyB has reported another set of strong results for the first quarter, with over a…

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Ziggo to replace 400,000 modems with DOCSIS 3.0 devices

Dutch cable operator Ziggo plans to replace 400,000 modems with DOCSIS 3.0 modem-routers. Ziggo will…

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YouTube planning movie rental service

YouTube is launching a pay TV service that will stream premium movies for as little…

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CME sees first-quarter rebound

Central and Eastern European broadcaster Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has seen its financial results…

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SES makes major investment in satellite control facilities

Satellite operator SES will invest €34 million in new satellite control facilities at its Betzdorf…

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TV4 Plus becomes Seven

Swedish channel TV4 Plus is to change its name to Seven to give it a…

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Picturebox launching on Multimedia Polska

Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska is launching video-on-demand service Picturebox after striking a deal with…

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FA Cup Final on Sky 3D

UK pay TV operator BSkyB will broadcast this year’s FA Cup Final in 3D…

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Viasat to broadcast tonight’s El Clásico in 3D

Scandinavian pay TV operator Viasat will broadcast tonight’s Champions League semi-final match between Real Madrid…

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INEA adds Canal Plus HD to line-up

Polish cable operator INEA has added Canal Plus HD to its line-up. The channel, which…

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German cable operators to maintain analogue

Germany’s leading cable operators have committed to retaining analogue tiers after analogue satellite broadcasts end…

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SuperSport retains Champions League

South Africa-based SuperSport has retained the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League football in sub-Saharan…

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Digital Plus launches 3D channel on Astra

Spanish pay TV operator Digital Plus has launched a demo 3D TV channel using capacity…

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Vevo launches in UK

Vevo, the music based online video service, has launched in the UK, marking its international…

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Netflix ramps up international plans

Netflix will launch in another international territory in early 2012 and will roll out its…

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NTV Plus adds science package

Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus is launching a new package of channels dedicated…

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Akado gets Wild with My Planet

Russian service provider Akado has added the My Planet and Nat Geo Wild channels to…

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German football league looks to free internet highlights

The German football league, the DFL, is reportedly considering introducing a free-to-view internet-only highlights window…

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OTT threat to pay TV overstated

The proliferation of over-the-top (OTT) video services does not present a threat to traditional pay…

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Voddler passes one million users

Sweden-based online on-demand service Voddler has passed the one million-user mark. The service, which has…

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GameTree TV launches on Free

Games provider TransGaming has launched its connected TV games on-demand platform GameTree TV on French…

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SFR acquisition will boost Vivendi, says Lévy

The acquisition of 100% control of telecom operator SFR will bring Vivendi some €2 billion…

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Connected TVs to grow by 30% a year, says report

Shipments of connected TV devices will grow to over 123 million in 2014, representing a…

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Intelsat’s New Dawn and Y1A in successful launch

Arianspace has successfully launched Intelsat’s New Dawn and Yahsat’s Y1A satellites. The launch took place…

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Yahoo acquires IntoNow TV app

Yahoo will boost its social media presence with the acquisition of online TV sharing company…

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Primacom launches new Duo packages

German cable operator Primacom has launched two new broadband and telephony packages. Kabel.duo 6 offers…

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James Cameron joins cinemas in opposing VOD release window

A group of leading Hollywood directors and producers have joined a campaign against plans to…

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MBC launches free HD bouquet for Middle East

Middle Eastern satellite TV operator MBC is to offer a bouquet of high definition channels…

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Orange Poland adds DTH subs but revenues down

France Telecom-owned telco Polish TP ended March with a total of 577,000 Orange TV customers,…