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German Sky Sports iPad app passes 60,000 milestone
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschlands Sky Sports app for the Apple iPad has had…
MTG launches VOD service on connected TVs
Scandinavia-focused broadcaster MTG has inked a deal with LG Electronics and launched its video-on-demand service…
Telefónica sees pay TV growth in Spain, decline in Czech Republic
Telefónica España had 773,000 pay TV customers at the end of September, up 18.2% year-on-year….
Real Digital wins right to distribute Sky Sports channels
UK pay TV startup Real Digital has secured the right to be included as a…
PlayJam opens up to third-party games providers
Interactive TV games provider PlayJam has invited third-party games developers to publish their titles free…
Canal Plus wants lifting of restriction on DTT channels
French pay TV provider Canal Plus is lobbying for a lifting of the restriction on…
Spanish competition regulator OKs Digital Plus merger
Spains competition regulator the CNC has given a green light to the entry of Mediaset-owned…
Panasonic teams up with Widevine for connected TV
Panasonic has chosen content security supplier Widevine as its preferred provider of video optimisation and…
Romanian DTH subscribers fall for first time
The number of subscribers to pay TV and cable services in Romania fell by almost…
AonTV helps Telekom Austria stem fixed-line losses
Telekom Austrias AonTV IPTV service had 134,000 customers at the end of September, up 55.3%…
TF1 raises guidance on 3Q results
Management at Frances leading broadcaster TF1 have upped full-year guidance after posting quarterly results that…
Sony takes controlling interest in Romanian ad sales outfit
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has formed a joint venture with advertising sales specialist Cable Direct…
Parsifal and SearchLight looking to buy Orange channels
Private equity groups Parsifal and SearchLight have teamed up with Orange Cinéma Series management to…
YouView will support content industry, says Halton
Richard Halton, the CEO of BBC-led connected TV project YouView, has used a presentation at…
Playboy’s international TV revenues slide 12%
Playboy has recorded a 12%, or US$4 million (Â2.9 million), year-on-year decline in revenue across…
Lovefilm teams up with Pushbutton for PS3 launch
UK DVD rental service Lovefilm has teamed up with technology company Pushbutton for the launch…
BT adds 3D movies to IPTV service
British telco BT has inked a deal with NBC Universal that will allow it…
Pay TV boosts Mediaset revenues
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediasets pay TV arm, Mediaset Premium, grew its revenues by 61.4% year-on-year…
KidsCo launches on mobile in Spain with Orange
Kids channel KidsCo has launched on a mobile platform for the first time in Europe…
Amino partners with Bluestreak
UK-based IPTV and over-the-top set-top provider Amino has teamed up with software provider Bluestreak Technology…
Simultaneous Danish cinema and VOD release for Phoenix movie
Danish cable operator YouSee is to make the Joaquin Phoenix movie Im Still Here available…
KDG adds new HD channels
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has added six new HD channels to its programming…
Advertising rebound compensates subscription decline for Prisa
The audiovisual sector contributed 1.206 billion to Spanish media group PrisaÂs revenues for the first…
Numericable and Orange launching new 3D services
French cable operator Numericable has launched what it describes as Frances first 3D TV channel….
Ad rebound drives RTL revenues and profit growth
RTL has recorded a 48% increase in EBITA profit and 8% revenue uptick in its…
Nilesat takes additional Eutelsat capacity at 7° West
Egyptian satellite operator Nilesat has signed a 10-year contract for five transponders from Eutelsat at…
Swisscom sees near doubling of IPTV base
Swisscom had 358,000 IPTV subscribers at the end of September, up 92.5% year-on-year. The telco…
European DTT switch-off targets in doubt
All of the major territories in Western Europe will have launched a DTT service…
Blinkx expected to register profit from next year
Online TV technology company Blinkx has exceeded its own guidance and analysts expectations with first…
Intelsat sees improvement in revenue
Satellite operator Intelsat has posted revenues of US$644.3 million (461.6 million), up 4.3% and a…