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Pay TV Operators
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Vodafone launches UK broadband, ahead of TV push
Vodafone has today started to rollout broadband and home phone services in the UK, ahead…
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Teliasonera invests US$115 million in Spotify
Nordic telco Teliasonera has agreed to invest US$115 million (€102 million) in Spotify in return…
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Canal+ partners with Technicolor for hybrid Cube S set-top box
Canal+ is partnering with set-top box maker Technicolor on Cube S, a new hybrid terrestrial…
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BT’s 4K plans means Sky will ‘lose innovation lead’, says analyst
BT’s launch an Ultra High Definition (UHD) sports channel in the UK this August means…
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Netflix revives axed high school drama Degrassi
Days after MTV Canada and TeenNick called time on high school drama Degrassi, Netflix and…
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BT to launch Ultra HD sports channel in August
UK telco and pay TV provider, BT, has confirmed plans to launch an Ultra High…
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Netflix no threat, but makes cable better, say Liberty Global, Vodafone
Liberty Global and Vodafone Deutschland do not see OTT video as a significant threat, but…
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Liberty Global’s Fries: net neutrality is ‘solution in search of a problem’
Demands for more formal network neutrality regulation is a “solution in search of a problem”,…
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Save BBC Three campaign gathers industry support
Actors, writers, producers, managers and agents have united to call on the UK pubcaster the…
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TDC expanding IPTV outside Denmark with Alcatel-Lucent
Danish telco TDC is expanding its delivery of IPTV-based television services outside of its home…
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KPN launches €35 million VC fund to promote innovation
Dutch telco KPN has launched a dedicated venture fund to step up efforts to “promote…
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Sky sets share price for Sky Deutschland ‘squeeze out’
Sky will pay €6.68 per share to the remaining shareholders in Sky Deutschland as part…
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Kabel Deutschland partners with S3 Group for test automation
Vodafone Group-owned Kabel Deutschland has selected S3 Group to automate testing of multiscreen services across…
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UPC Austria notches up 2.8 million TV streams for Horizon Go
UPC Austria has logged 2.8 million TV streams for its mobile TV service Horizon Go…
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Alcatel-Lucent CEO steps down from Altice board
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes has stepped down from his role as independent non-executive director of…
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CEPT opposes further UHF spectrum reallocation for mobile
Europe’s Conference of Post and Telecommunications Regulators (CEPT) has agreed to oppose the allocation of…
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Tricolor to get GS Group’s hybrid games console-TV reciever
Russian set-top box maker, GS Group, has said that its new hybrid games console and…
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Champions League accounts for just 2.5% of Sky Sports viewing
Sky has said that Champions League football accounted for just 2.5% of Sky Sports viewing,…
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France Télévisions extends ultra HD experiment
French public broadcaster France Télévisions is extending its 4K trial beyond its coverage of the…
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Ziggo takes 54% share of the Dutch TV market
Ziggo’s share of the Dutch TV market was almost 54% in the first quarter, following…
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DNS:NET taps Metrological for TV app store
German IPTV provider DNS:NET has selected TV app specialist Metrological to launch and manage a…
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Alcatel-Lucent and Telecom Italia partner on web, TV services
Alcatel-Lucent is to provide 100 gigabit-per-second optical networking technology to Telecom Italia so the operator…
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Abox42 to debut latest generation smart STB platform
Set-top box maker Abox42 will show for the first time its latest generation M40 smart…
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DTVKit partners with Ekioh for HbbTV browser solution
Not-for-profit organisation DTVKit has launched its HbbTV 1.5 solution for the Ekioh TV Browser, which…
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Vodafone confirms Liberty Global talks
Vodafone has confirmed that it is in early stage discussions with Liberty Global about a…
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Amazon Fire top selling US streaming device
Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire TV Stick are now the biggest selling devices in the…
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Quarter of TV Everywhere streams on connected TV devices
One in four authenticated video streams from TV everywhere services came from a connected TV…
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Cirkus agrees Vodafone Iceland deal
On-demand service Cirkus, which offers ‘Great British TV’ to international markets, has agreed a carriage deal…
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Unitymedia to add Chromecast support for Horizon Go
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia is due to add more features to its Horizon…
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Ateme providing 4K encoding at French Open
Video compression specialist Ateme is providing the primary live encoding platform for 4K, HEVC delivery…