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Pay TV Operators
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Freesat to expand Freetime presence on smart TVs
UK free-to-view satellite platform Freesat is to follow up the launch of its Freetime connected…
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Almost 60% of US connected device households subscribe to Netflix
Roughly 50% to 60% of US households that use connected consumer electronics devices now subscribe…
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Kaltura buys pay OTT platform provider Tvinci
Online video platform provider Kaltura has acquired pay OTT specialist Tvinci, in a bid to widen…
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AT&T eyes US$40bn DirecTV takeover: report
US telco has directly approached satellite pay TV firm DirecTV about a possible takeover, according…
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Dutch Vodafone taps Edgeware for FTTH video delivery
Vodafone Netherlands-owned operator Thius has tapped technology provider Edgeware to provide the video delivery infrastructure…
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TeliaSonera names corporate development chief
Nordic service provider TeliaSonera has named Henriett Wendt as head of group corporate development. Wendt,…
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Freesat adds HD category, new channels
UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat has added a dedicated HD category to the channel category…
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Latvia’s Baltcom strikes deal with TV3
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has struck a deal to continue carrying Viasat Broadcasting-owned channel TV3…
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Sky records surprise uptick in TV customers
Sky said that it added 74,000 new TV customers in the three months ending March…
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Vivendi outlines future as media company after SFR deal
The sale of SFR will lead to the rebirth of Vivendi as “a new group”,…
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Sky Go and Now TV to join PS4
Sky said it is preparing to launch its Sky Go on-demand service and Now TV…
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Pace to target European markets with RDK products
UK set-top provider Pace has said it plans to expand into DVB markets with RDK…
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Greece’s Antenna poaches NBCUniversal channels MD
Greek broadcast group Antenna has appointed Tariq Syed as its managing director of thematic channels…
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Crnogorski Telekom highlights TV growth
Deutsche Telekom-owned Montenegrin service provider Crnogorski Telekom said it increased its TV subscriber base in…
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Housing industry expert to quit PrimaCom parent company board
Lutz Freitag, who was appointed to the board of German cable operator PrimaCom’s parent company…
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BT Sport reveals numbers, renews free offering
BT has confirmed that BT Sport will be free to subscribers for a second season…
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Global pay TV market passes 900 million subscribers
The number of global pay TV subscribers increased by more than 5% in 2013, reaching…
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Mediaset looking to decide future of pay TV platform by June
Mediaset vice-chairman Piersilvio Berlusconi confirmed that the Italian media company had received interest from international…
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BSkyB could be looking at TV subs fall, say analysts
Analysts at Berenberg and Credit Suisse expect BSkyB to report a decline in traditional pay…
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Fine Living comes to the Balkans
Scripps Networks International has launched its Fine Living channel in the Balkans for the first…
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Canal+ Yomvi passes one million milestone
Spanish OTT service Canal+ Yomvi is now delivering its service to over a million devices,…
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Belgacom launches mini set-top box
Belgian telco Belgacom is launching a new low-price set-top box, called the V5 Mini, that…
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Satellite drive TV growth for Croatia’s T-HT
Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom saw its TV base grow by 6.3% in the…
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Technicolor unveils high frame-rate 4K box
Technicolor has used the Cable Show in the US this week to unveil what it says…
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Netflix signs interconnect deal with Verizon
Netflix has signed an interconnect deal with US telecom operator Verizon in a bid to…
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DVD viewing drops to just 55% of UK adults
The proportion of adults in the UK that regularly watch DVDs, videos or Blu-ray discs…
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Game of Thrones tops illegal sharing list
New research into illegal sharing shows that over the course of one week a raft…
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Orange slows French revenue decline, sees TV growth
Orange saw its revenue decline slow in both fixed and mobile segments in its home…
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NTV+ in advanced talks to acquire Red Media
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ is in advanced talks to acquire local niche channel provider…
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Stofa CEO to quit company
Danish cable operator Stofa’s CEO Klaus Hoeg Hagensen is to resign his post after three…