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Pay TV Operators
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Telefónica renews partnership with Sunrise
Spain’s Telefónica has renewed its partners programme agreement with Swiss service provider Sunrise Communications. Sunrise,…
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NTV+ takes football to basic offerings
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ is making its premium football offering, Nash Futbol, available in…
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Com Hem signs fibre deal with Swedish property developer
Com Hem has signed a deal with property developer K-Fastigheter that will see new rental…
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Virgin Media looks to cut up to 900 jobs in restructure
Virgin Media has announced plans to change its operating structure in a move that could…
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Spanish SVOD net catches Plague with first original
Spanish subscription-on-demand platform Movistar+ has moved into the original programming game, ordering scripted series La…
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Telefónica and Mediapro facing potential regulatory challenge
Spain’s competition regulator is calling on Telefónica and Mediapro to amend their recently signed deal…
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Inea adds private medical care to offering
Polish cable operator Inea has added private medical care to its line-up of product offerings…
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Com Hem passes share buyback milestone
Swedish cable operator Com Hem now owns over 5% of its own shares following its…
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Altice completes Cabovisão sale
Altice has completed the sale of Portuguese cable operator Cabovisão and business-focused telco Oni Telecom…
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Vodafone TV goes live in Ireland
Vodafone has made its first move into the Irish TV market with the launch of…
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RTE partners with Freesat on Irish connected TV platform
Irish public broadcaster RTE has partnered with UK-based Freesat to develop a new connected TV…
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Kantar Worldpanel: customers have ‘lost faith’ in TalkTalk
Customers have “lost faith” in UK operator TalkTalk following the personal data hack on the…
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Report: EU set to approve Telenet-BASE deal
The EU is set to give approval to Telenet’s buyout of Belgian mobile operator BASE…
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Row over MCN content takedown
A pair of YouTube content creators have clashed after one removed another’s popular video without…
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Netflix orders original sci-fi drama series
Netflix has ordered a ten-part original sci-fi drama based on 2002 book Altered Carbon. The…
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Sky Go to undergo major redesign in UK and Ireland
Sky’s mobile TV service, Sky Go, is due to undergo what the company described as…
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AJ+ launches on Apple TV
Al Jazeera has launched a version of its youth-focused mobile news service AJ+ for Apple…
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MoCA appoints first full-time president
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has appointed Charlie Cerino as its first full-time, paid…
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Spain’s Movistar+ orders Web Therapy
Spanish digital pay TV Movistar+ has commissioned a local version of Lisa Kudrow improv comedy…
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‘CableLabs 2.0’ to focus on long-term innovation
Non-profit research and development body, CableLabs, has announced plans to focus more on longer-term innovation…
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Ziggo signs sports video deal with The QYou
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has signed a two-year sports video deal with youth-focused broadcaster The…
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UK cycling channel BIKE launches on Virgin Media
Cycling TV channel BIKE has launched on Virgin Media in the UK, where it will…
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YouTube’s business has accelerated, but traffic trails Netflix
YouTube’s business accelerated in the last 18 months amid an influx of online video competition,…
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ITV’s director of television to step down
ITV’s director of television Peter Fincham is due to step down after eight years at…
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Zee TV plans first German channel launch
India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has announced plans to launch a female-focused free-to-air TV…
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Friend MTS appoints Piksel exec as senior solutions architect
Content and platform protection specialist, Friend MTS, has appointed OTT expert and former Piksel executive…
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IM360 claims VR boxing first as Haye fight goes online
From today boxing fans will be able to relive the weekend’s boxing bout between former…
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Cyfrowy Polsat to launch Evobox DVR
Cyfrowy Polsat is due to launch its new Evobox DVR in mid-January, allowing users to…
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Vivendi sells remaining stake in Activision Blizzard
Vivendi has sold its remaining 5.7% stake in games company Activision Blizzard for US$1.1 billion…
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BT’s EE buyout gets final approval
BT’s £12.5 billion (€16.7 billion) buyout of UK mobile operator EE has gained final approval,…