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Pay TV Operators
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Orange taps Norigin Media for Côte d’Ivoire TV launch
Orange TV has tapped middleware provider Norigin Media to launch its new service in Côte…
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Virgin Media adds Bollywood channels
Virgin Media has added two Bollywood to its programming line-up – Rishtey Cineplex and MTV…
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Vimeo buys Livestream, launches Vimeo Live
Vimeo has agreed to buy live video platform Livestream and has launched its own Vimeo…
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Sky to ‘completely change’ the way it reports ratings
Sky is set to “completely change” the way it measures and reports on the performance…
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TV plays the millennial game
The meteoric rise of eSports has caught the attention of TV operators and broadcasters, both…
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Tele München Group buys Load Studios stake
Tele München Group has acquired a stake in recently-established, German-based digital content company, Load Studios….
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High speed internet ‘available in 75% of EU homes’
High-speed broadband services of at least 30 Mbps were available to 75.9% of EU households…
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Talk show – the rise of voice-based discovery
With the advent of Amazon Echo and the launch of next-generation boxes such as Sky…
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Amazon Web Services to open Middle East data centres by 2019
Amazon Web Services is due to build new infrastructure and open data centres in the…
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Proximus becomes shareholder in Belgian start-up community
Belgian service provider Proximus has come onboard as a new shareholder in Belgian startup community…
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YouSee rewarding multi-play customers with flexible benefits
TDC-owned multi-play service YouSee has unveiled a new packaging structure designed to provide more flexibility…
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BuzzFeed News partners with Grabyo on Twitter Live show
BuzzFeed News has partnered with cloud-based video platform Grabyo to broadcast daily news show AM…
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Modern Times Group secures ATP tennis rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has struck a deal to secure the ATP tennis rights for…
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CSA boss opposes reintroduction of advertising on pubcaster
Olivier Schrameck, the chief executive of French media regulator the CSA, has expressed his opposition…
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T-Hrvatski Telekom names new CFO
Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom has named Daniel Daub as its new chief financial…
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Amazon serves up new ATP tennis tournament
ATP and ATP Media have confirmed that Amazon will be an official worldwide streaming partner…
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Deutsche Telekom orders first original series
German pay TV provider Deutsche Telekom (DT) has commissioned its first original series, a French-coproduced…
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France’s NRJ looking to sell Towercast transmission outfit
French radio and TV group NRJ is planning to sell its transmission arm, Towercast, and…
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BBC Brit goes high-definition on DStv
BBC Worldwide’s flagship entertainment channel, BBC Brit, will become available in HD on DStv channel…
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Arianespace sets new date for Intelsat and BSAT craft
Arianespace’s delayed launch of the Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a satellites has been rescheduled for September…
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Russian OTT services see subscription revenue outpace advertising
Subscription and transactional income for Russia’s streaming services surpassed advertising revenues in the first half…
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Liberty Global: ‘GigaWorld’ to create €250bn European market by 2025
Gigaspeed technologies could generate a market worth at least €250 billion per year in Europe…
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Telefónica launching 4K UHD TV service in beta
Telefónica is planning to launch its Movistar+ UHD service in beta, making its new UHD…
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Liberty Global launches ‘converged connectivity’ app
Liberty Global is launching a ‘converged connectivity’ app that it says will enable users to…
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CMA names investigation group for Fox-Sky deal
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has appointed the investigation group that will put together its…
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Mediaset strikes deal to launch international channel on DirecTV
Mediaset has struck a deal with US telecom and pay TV operator AT&T to include…
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Médiamétrie adds Molotov to multi-screen measurement
France’s audience measurement organisation, Médiamétrie, has included digital service Molotov into its ‘four screen TV’…
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Google in new deal with rightsholders to combat piracy in France
Google has signed an agreement with French antipiracy group l’Association de Lutte Contre la Piraterie…
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Portuguese regulator slams Altice acquisition of Media Capital
Portuguese media and communications regulator ANACOM has said that Altice’s proposed acquisition of Media Capital…
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AT&T reportedly mulling sale of Latin American pay TV operations
AT&T is reportedly mulling a possible sale of its pay TV assets in Latin America…