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Pay TV Operators
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Sky replaces Sky Movies with new Sky Cinema channel
Sky is launching Sky Cinema, a new feature film channel that will replace the existing…
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Sky Germany taps Accedo for PlayStation streaming
Sky in Germany has worked with TV application specialist Accedo to bring its online TV…
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Al Jazeera Balkans joins Team:Sat platform
Al Jazeera Balkans is joining the Team:Sat TV platform operated by Team:Media and will broadcast…
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Exclusive sports deals ‘not sustainable’ if prices go on rising
TV platform operators – at least in smaller markets – are increasingly like to step…
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Apple TV updates rolled out at developers conference
Apple has announced a number of updates for Apple TV, including enhanced Siri voice control…
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OSN appoints former pay TV and FA executive as CEO
Middle East pay TV operator OSN has appointed the former director general of Spain’s Ono and…
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Belgium climbs to third place in Netflix’s ISP speed index
Belgium overtook Luxembourg as Netflix’s third-fastest global ISP market, as Switzerland and the Netherlands held…
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Fox Networks Group’s veteran CFO to step down
Fox Networks Group’s (FNG’s) long-standing chief finance officer (CFO), Del Mayberry, is due to step…
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CBS ups Lanzone to top digital post
US broadcaster CBS has promoted the CEO of its interactive unit to become chief digital…
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Report: Vodafone to keep Spain’s Ono as a separate company
Vodafone will reportedly keep its 2014-acquired Spanish pay TV operator, Ono, as a separate company…
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Former Wananchi CEO charged with murder
Former Wananchi Group and Ono CEO Richard Alden was formally charged with murder at a…
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Nokia buys Gainspeed in cable market push
Nokia is acquiring Gainspeed, a US-based start-up that specialises in Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) solutions…
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Report: Amazon prepares music streaming service
Amazon is reportedly preparing a standalone music streaming service, in a move that promises to…
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Legendary Entertainment creates SVOD platform
Legendary Entertainment’s digital wing has created a subscription on-demand platform for the LA studio’s Geek…
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Orange completes sale of Telkom Kenya
Orange has completed the sale of its entire 70% stake in Telkom Kenya to Helios…
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Trace launches more channels via Cable & Wireless Seychelles
Youth media brand Trace has added a raft of channels to Cable & Wireless Seychelles’…
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Canal+ mulls options as competition watchdog rejects BeIN Sports deal
France’s competition watchdog has rejected Vivendi-owned Canal+’s plan to become exclusive distributor of the BeIN…
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Eurosport enters premium sports with Bundesliga deal
Eurosport has made its first significant move for premium football rights, securing a tranche of…
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Liberty Global reportedly close to acquiring Multimedia Polska
Liberty Global is close to acquiring Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska, according to local reports….
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SFR launches sports channels
Altice-owned French service provider SFR has launched its planned SFR Sport and SFR News channels,…
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Facebook introduces 360-degree photos
Facebook has added 360-degree photo support, giving users an immersive experience when viewing panoramic pictures…
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Vodafone Germany doubles internet speed in key cities
Vodafone Germany is doubling the available internet speed across parts of its network to 400Mbps….
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Tele Columbus extends high-speed services
German cable operator Tele Columbus is upgrading the former Primacom network in the town of…
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Ziggo rebrands business offering
Liberty Global-owned Dutch cable operator Ziggo has rebranded the business-to-business activities formerly marketed under the…
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Sky Network Television and Vodafone NZ agree €2.15bn merger
Sky Network Television and Vodafone New Zealand have agreed a NZ$3.44 billion (€2.15 billion) merger…
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WISI taps former Aereo technology for Project Katamaran OTT platform
Cable technology provider WISI has used ANGA COM to launch Project Katamaran, a new multiscreen…
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CollegeHumor co-founder takes Facebook creative role
Ricky Van Veen, the co-founder of IAC/InterActiveCorp-owned comedy site CollegeHumor, is moving to Facebook to…
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Com Hem buys Boxer for €144m
Swedish operator Com Hem has agreed to buy rival Swedish pay TV operator Boxer TV Access for…
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Netflix reveals ‘Binge Scale’ stats
Netflix users tend to burn through The Walking Dead and Orange is the New Black,…
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Telenet to launch ‘all-in’ WIGO package
Belgium’s Telenet is set to launch WIGO, an “all-in” telecoms package that will let users…