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Pay TV Operators
Com Hem reportedly planning US$1 billion IPO
Swedish cable operator Com Hem is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering that could…
US cable celebrates ‘best quarter in years’ as pay TV subs rise
The US cable TV industry achieved its “best quarter in years,” stemming subscriber losses as…
Zattoo to manage multiscreen IPTV for Telecom Liechtenstein
Swiss-based online TV service provider Zattoo is set to roll out an end-to-end multiscreen TV…
Telenet to invest €1 million in digital innovation
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet has pledged €1 million in investment in entrepreneurial talent over…
‘Programmatic buying’ to account for 20% of US TV ad spend
‘Programmatic buying’, also known as automated media buying, will account for 20% of US TV…
Belgacom adds seven channels to TV Replay
Belgian telco Belgacom is adding seven more channels to its catch-up service TV Replay. The…
Netia picks Witbe for CDN monitoring
Polish telco Netia has deployed Witbe’s CDN Video Quality Manager to monitor its TV delivery…
Accedo to showcase updated TV everywhere solution
Accedo will use this year’s ANGA COM to highlight its updated TV Everywhere solution. According…
TalkTalk passes one million YouView TV customers
TalkTalk has cemented its position as the fastest growing UK TV distribution business by passing…
Cyfrowy Polsat’s Ipla passes four million customers
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat said that its internet TV service Ipla attracted an…
Telenor Broadcast chief Hofbauer moves to Swedish CEO role
Telenor Broadcast and Canal Digital CEO Patrik Hofbauer has been named as the new CEO…
BT says it is level-pegging with Sky in pubs market
BT has said it is making significant inroads to the UK pubs and clubs market…
Canal+ sees subscriber growth
Canal+ Group grew its global subscription base by 250,000 in the year to March, leaving…
Shazam adds ‘new TV experience’ with app update
Content recognition app Shazam has rolled out a “streamlined second screen experience for TV in…
Portugal Telecom sees TV growth in tough market
Portugal Telecom’s Meo service saw residential and commercial pay TV subscribers rise 6.9% year-on-year and…
Tata Sky to roll out Technicolor 4K boxes next year
Technicolor is to provide volume supplies of 4K-enabled set-top boxes to Indian DTH pay TV…
Digital TV to reach 97.9% of homes by 2020
Global digital TV penetration will reach 97.9% of TV households by the end of 2020,…
Mediaset hit by slow Italian ad market
Mediaset turned in a net loss for the first quarter on lower revenues in both…
Sweden’s Boxer TV to launch multiscreen service
Swedish pay-TV operator Boxer TV is gearing up to launch a multiscreen, TV everywhere service…
TVN benefits from ad market improvement
Polish broadcaster TVN said a recovering TV ad market and improvement in brokerage fees from…
Reed Hastings to keynote at CTAM Europe EuroSummit
This year’s CTAM Europe EuroSummit in Copenhagen will feature Netflix CEO Reed Hastings as its…
Vivendi completes Maroc Telecom sale
Vivendi has completed the sale of its majority stake in Maroc Telecom to UAE-based Etisalat…
Turner to launch UK free-to-air channel
Turner Broadcasting UK is launching a new general entertainment free-to-air channel, truTV – it’s first…
Solid result for Numericable
French cable operator Numericable saw its net profit for the first quarter rise by almost…
Vodafone Portugal strikes deal with dstelecom
Vodafone Portugal has struck a partnership with local service provider dstelecom to provide its fixed-line…
M6 requests compensation for lost bonus channel
Commercial broadcaster M6 has reportedly requested an indemnity payment of €90 million plus interest from…
ANGA COM set for “multifaceted” congress programme
ANGA COM is set to return to Cologne this year with 450 exhibitors and what…
US SCTE to outline Europe initiatives at ANGA
The US-based Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is set to detail new European initiatives…
Swisscom deploys new iWedia-operated IPTV Android set-top
Swiss telco Swisscom is deploying a new Android IPTV set-top box that is being operated…
‘Sky Europe’ would boost content and save on tech, infrastructure
A merged Sky Europe comprising BSkyB, Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia would be able to…