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Pay TV Operators
MTG teams up with FreeWheel
Modern Times Group (MTG) has teamed up with technology provider FreeWheel to make additional revenues…
BT taps S3 Group for BT Vision and YouView monitoring
BT TV has tapped S3 Group to provide its StormTest quality assurance system. According to…
YouSee launches TV everywhere offering
TDC-owned Danish cable operator YouSee has launched a TV everywhere offering under the YouSee Play…
Altice-Numericable in talks to buy Portugal Telecom
Just ahead of his imminent acquisition of French telco SFR, cable operator Numericable’s owner Patrick…
BSkyB shareholders vote 96% in favour of Sky Europe deal
BSkyB’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the firm’s proposed acquisition of Sky Italia and…
Wananchi raises US$130 million for East, South African expansion
African pay TV and broadband operator Wananchi Group has closed a US$130 million (€104 million)…
Telenet implements single-login system for public WiFi access
Liberty Global-owned Belgian cable operator Telenet has introduced a single login system for its Flanders-wide…
Sky Sports, Movies channels half-price on TalkTalk
UK pay television provider TalkTalk TV is to offer premium Sky Sports and Sky Movies…
New Toshiba UHD TVs to support Japanese 4K broadcast service
Toshiba’s new line of Ultra High Definition 4K TVs will support the new UHD 4K…
UPC DTH adds three channels
Liberty Global-owned satellite pay TV unit UPC DTH has added three channels to its offerings,…
Akado adds NTV+ 3D
Russian service provider Akado has added pay TV operator NTV+’s 3D channel to its programming…
MTG appoints ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s digital chief
Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s chief digital officer, Arnd Benninghoff, as deputy…
Google reportedly working on ‘giant TV’ displays
Google’s secretive innovation lab Google X is reportedly working on “giant TV” displays that are…
Netflix will continue to invest to be global player, says Hastings
Netflix will take on several more years of zero margin growth to become a global…
Two thirds of French homes have access to DSL TV
Fifteen million French homes, or two thirds of the country’s total, have access to TV-over-DSL…
EU regulators close internet throttling investigation
European Union competition regulators have closed their year-long investigation into Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefónica…
France’s Hollande raises prospect of regulatory integration
French president François Hollande has once more raised the possibility of integration of the country’s…
Amazon to launch Ripper Street ahead of BBC
Having stepped in to co-fund a new series of period drama Ripper Street, Amazon will…
Vision TV taps Synapse TV for Freeview relaunch
Connected TV specialist Vision TV has tapped integrator Synapse TV to relaunch its services on…
Viggle agrees content recognition deal with Gracenote
Second screen TV service Viggle has signed an automatic content recognition deal with Gracenote that…
Croatia’s Iskon makes promotional offering
Deutsch Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom’s low-cost subsidiary Iskon is offering its customers the option…
CSA censures Canal+ for breaking ad rules
French media regulator the CSA has issued a warning to Canal+ for exceeding the amount…
Orange strikes deal with Netflix, unveils plan for own SVoD service
Orange is set to become the second French telecom operator to agree to distribute Netflix,…
Sky faces Premier League risk, says Credit Suisse
The forthcoming English Premier League auction poses significant risks for BSkyB, according to Credit Suisse,…
BSkyB ups Roku investment
UK pay TV operator Roku has made a further US$0.7 million investment internet streaming set-top…
Virgin Media adds 15 channels to mobile TV service
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has added 15 new live channels to its mobile…
nc+ names channel brand manager
Polish pay TV platform nc+ has named Paweł Kobryński as the brand manager for its…
1+1 International extends Polish reach with Orange
Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1’s international channel 1+1 International is now available on Orange Poland’s platform. The…
Da Vinci Learning extends reach in Hungary
Educational channel Da Vinci Learning has struck a deal with Hungarian transmission services provider Da…
YouView reported to be partnering with Netflix
UK connected TV platform YouView is reportedly partnering with Netflix to add access to the…