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Pay TV Operators
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Industry expects more B2C, TV Everywhere
A survey of industry experts has show the vast majority expect to see more direct-to-consumer…
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Altice selects Arris for gigabit broadband
Altice has selected Arris’ E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) to deliver of gigabit internet services…
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DJAZZ.TV launches on Bouygues Telecom
Stingray Digital Group’s DJAZZ.tv station is now available as part French pay TV provider Bouygues…
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French distributors launch 9,000 title screening service
TV France International has launched a new online screening and information service, Screenopsis. TVFI, the…
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Altice sees EBITDA rise, promises revenue growth this year
Altice has reported improved operational results and EBITDA for 2015, but failed to achieve significant…
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Virgin Media, Ziggo make gains in Netflix ISP speed ranking
Virgin Media in Ireland and Ziggo in the Netherlands were among the service providers to…
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Ziggo teams up with Twitter for new app
Liberty Global-owned Dutch cable operator Ziggo has launched an app developed jointly with Twitter that…
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Sky selects Yospace for Sky Go ad insertion
Sky Media has selected Yospace to provide dynamic ad insertion for its Sky Go TV…
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Al Jazeera makes DVB-T2 transition as Sweden begins 700MHz clearance
Al Jazeera has started broadcasting in the DVB-T2 format and in MPEG-4 on the Boxer…
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NBCUniversal launches 13th Street Universal HD in Poland
NBCUniversal has launched its 13th Street Universal HD channel in Poland on the Cyfrowy Polsat…
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Liberty Global to put CWC share plan to the vote
Liberty Global will put its plan to issue new shares as part of its acquisition…
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MTG orders Swedish Dicks as first Viaplay original
Modern Times Group (MTG) has commissioned the first original series for its Viaplay online TV…
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Zegona names Goldman Sachs exec as investment director
Zegona Communications, the UK-based owner of Spanish regional cable operator Telecable, has named Goldman Sachs…
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Vivendi ups stake in Telecom Italia to 24.9%
Vivendi has reportedly upped its stake in Telecom Italia to 24.9%, taking it close to…
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Whistle Sports closes funding round with investment from Sky, NBC
YouTube multichannel network (MCN) Whistle Sports has closed its Series C funding round, taking investment…
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UPC Czech Republic passes HD milestone
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Czech Republic now offers over 50 HD channels, according to…
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Volia to offer adult package following regulator decision
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has begun offering a dedicated adult package following clarification from the…
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Up in the air: The future of satellite TV
Cheaper high-bandwidth broadband and growth in non-linear viewing has continued to cast doubt on the…
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OSN retains House of Cards as Netflix makes first Arabic acquisition
UAE-based pay TV operator OSN has retained the rights to the fourth season of Netflix’s…
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Virgin Media secures exclusive VoD rights to US drama
Liberty Global-owned UK cable operator Virgin Media has struck a deal with Endemol Shine International…
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Thema secures Canadian deal for Canal Algérie
French channel distributor Thema has secured a carriage deal for Algerian public TV channel Canal…
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Vivendi ‘close to deal’ to buy Mediaset Premium
Italy’s Mediaset is close to striking a deal to sell its pay TV operation to…
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Sky invests US$6 million in US sports OTT service fuboTV
Sky has invested US$6 million (€5.5 million) in US-based sports streaming service fuboTV, in its…
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Viceland launching in UK, Ireland on Sky
Vice Media’s new linear TV channel is launching in the UK and Ireland on pay…
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Napster creator plans premium VoD movie service
The co-founder of influential music sharing platform Napster is behind a new on-demand service planning…
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Study: time-frequency slicing could up DTT capacity by 25%
The use of time-frequency slicing technology in digital-terrestrial transmission could provide a capacity gain of…
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Live content ad views driving growth, says FreeWheel
Long-form on-demand streaming video ad views in the US and Europe increased by 56% in…
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Sunrise names former EE boss as new CEO
Swiss service provider Sunrise has appointed the former chief executive of UK mobile operator EE,…
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Vectra launches SVoD movie offering
Polish cable operator Vectra is to launch a new subscription video-on-demand offering, Filmklub, which will…
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Oculus integrates 360-degree Facebook videos
From next week Facebook-owned Virtual Reality (VR) firm Oculus is adding a new Facebook Videos…