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Pay TV Operators
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Pay TV penetration increases in Portugal, driven by fibre
Pay TV penetration in Portugal stood at 86.6% at the end of last year, up…
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T-Hrvatski Telekom adds Fight Channel
Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom has added Fight Channel Group’s Fight Channel and Fight Channel World HD…
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Sky invests US$45 million in Iflix
Sky is investing US$45 million in Iflix as part of a new partnership deal with…
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Amazon launches OTT live daily show
Amazon has launched on-demand television’s first live daily show, a 30-minute programme focusing on fashion…
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Google’s Chromecast takes 35% of global media streamer market
Google’s Chromecast continued to lead the standalone media streamer market last year, accounting for 35%…
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Telecom Italia completes sale of Argentinian unit
Telecom Italia has completed the sale of its Argentinian operator, Telecom Argentina, to Fintech. Telecom…
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Skype to drop support for its smart TV app
Skype is set to discontinue support for its smart TV voice and video calling service…
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SPI International launches FilmBox Live VoD with Orange Poland
Orange customers in Poland can now access SPI International’s FilmBox Live VoD app via their…
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HomePlug Alliance passes milestone
Over 25 million HomePlug powerline products sold last year, according to figures released by the…
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Al Jazeera taps Arqiva for global satellite distribution
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera Media Network has tapped media services provider Arqiva to provide its…
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Swisscom extends deal with 3 Screen Solutions
Swisscom has extended its agreement with technology provider 3 Screen Solutions for the development of…
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Eutelsat 65 West B successfully launched
Eutelsat’s 65 West A satellite for Brazil and Latin America has been successfully launched on…
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Inea adds music channel
Polish cable operator Inea has added music channel Nuta.TV HD to its programming line-up. Inea…
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Netflix takes back House of Cards in Poland
Netflix is retaining the rights to the fourth season of its flagship drama show House…
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Amazon looks to add VR to Amazon Video
Amazon is working to add a “Virtual Reality experience within Amazon Video”, according to a…
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OSN prepares the ground for 4K UHD with Eutelsat deal
Middle East pay TV provider OSN is taking additional capacity on Eutelsat 8 West B…
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Vivendi reorganises Canal+ management in effort to control costs
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has reorganised its executive ranks in an effort, it said, to keep better…
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Zegona eyes Yoigo as Telecable posts solid results
Zegona Communications, owner of Asturias region cable operator Telecable, and MVNO MásMóvil are among the…
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Orange and Bouygues still eyeing deal with end-of-March deadline
Discussions between Orange and Bouygues over the former’s potential acquisition of Bouygues Telecom are continuing…
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ITV Hub and All 4 launch on Amazon Fire TV
Free UK catch-up TV services from broadcasters ITV and Channel 4 have launched on Amazon’s…
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Netia names MEA team
Orange-owned media service provider Netia has named Adel Hamla as its sales manager for the…
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RR Media teams up with WTS Live for Euro 2016
Media services provider RR Media has teamed up with production outfit WTS Live to offer …
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Ericsson: TV market to see 10-12% annual growth
The fragmented TV market will have a compound annual growth rate of 10-12% between 2014…
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Meerkat changes approach, cites competition and slow growth
Live streaming video app Meerkat is working on a new product, after admitting that mobile…
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Satellite prices under long-term downward pressure as capacity grows
Satellite capacity pricing is under long-term downward pressure, but the picture is mixed in different…
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IPTV overtakes satellite in Asia-Pacific
The number of paying IPTV subscribers has overtaken the number of satellite TV customers in…
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Google plans ‘to guarantee French YouTube stars’ income’
Google has approached the top 20 young YouTube stars in France to offer them a…
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German MVNO Freenet sets out TV ambition with Media Broadcast, Exaring acquisitions
German mobile service provider Freenet has made a significant investment in its media delivery capability…
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Netflix takes back House of Cards in France
Netflix is to air the fourth season of its flagship drama House of Cards in…
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Vivendi moves raise question over Patuano’s future
Vivendi is flexing its muscles following its acquisition of a stake in Telecom Italia by…