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Pay TV Operators
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Eutelsat KabelKiosk selects HTTV middleware for HbbTV IPTV offering
Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk platform, which serves cable operators in Germany and neighbouring countries, has selected software provider…
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Novabase to launch HbbTV-compliant HDMI dongle
Novabase-owned Novabase Digital TV Technologies is set to launch what it claims is the first…
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Skype co-founder’s Vdio service closes down
Vdio, the video rental service for movies and TV shows from Skype co-founder Janus Friis,…
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Sky claims 2013 sports milestone
UK satellite operator BSkyB said that Sky Sports delivered a record 55,000 hours of sport…
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Deutsche Telekom CFO takes over top job
Deutsche Telekom’s chief financial officer (CFO) Timotheus Höttges has taken over from outgoing CEO René…
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Mediaset taps tivùon! and Intertrust Technologies for new OTT service
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has tapped the tivùon! Open standards-based TV platform it built with Telecom…
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Now TV sports pass goes live on Apple TV
BSkyB has launched sports content from its Now TV over-the-top service on Apple TV web…
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YouTube signs up as founding partner for MIP Digital Fronts
YouTube has come onboard as a founding partner of the first MIP Digital Fronts –…
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MTG sells controlling stake in broadband service provider Zitius
Modern Times Group (MTG) has agreed to sell its 80% stake in Swedish broadband service…
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Canal+ to pay less for content creation
Canal+ Group will be required to pay less to the French Centre National du Cinéma…
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Tricolor passes 10 million paying subs
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV has passed 10 million paying subscribers, according to the…
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New finance chief for Discovery Networks CEEMEA
Discovery Networks has named a new chief financial officer for central and eastern Europe, the…
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Amazon makes 4K production commitment
Amazon Studios, the original film and TV production arm of the online shopping giant, has…
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MTG to launch pay TV channels in Turkey
Modern Times Group (MTG) is launching a raft of its pay TV channels in Turkey…
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Orange teams up with AirTies for Spanish set-top deal
Orange Spain has partnered with set-top box firm AirTies Wireless Networks to deploy an advanced…
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Numericable ordered to pay damages to Free
A Paris court has ordered cable operator Numericable to pay €6 million in damages to…
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YouSee rebrands mobile arm as founder departs
TDC-owned Danish cable operator YouSee has rebranded its Onfone mobile arm as a YouSee service,…
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MTS strategy chief leaves for Sistema
Russian service provider MTS’s vice-president for strategy, mergers and acquisitions and corporate development, Michael Hecker,…
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TeliaSonera unveils new management structure following Uzbekistan affair
Nordic telco TeliaSonera has unveiled a comprehensive revamp of its management structure and has appointed…
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BT complaints double after Sport launch
BT TV was the most complained-about pay TV service in the UK during the third…
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Verizon and Intel ‘close to agreeing TV deal’
US telco Verizon is reportedly close to agreeing a deal with Intel to buy the…
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Endemol invests in social games firm Plumbee
Production and distribution group Endemol has invested in Plumbee, the sports technology firm that run…
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SNTV moves into Germany
Sports video news agency SNTV is launching in Germany, marking the latest step in its…
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Sky Deutschland launches Snap OTT service
Sky Deutschland has launched a new TV and movie OTT offering, called Snap, which is…
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Orange close to US deal for Dailymotion
French video sharing site Dailymotion is close to securing a partnership with a major US…
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Opera launches Chromium/Blink for RDK
Opera Software has launched a version of the Google-supported Chromium/Blink web browser engine that is…
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Vivendi’s GVT abandons plan for pay TV joint venture
Vivendi’s Brazilian subsidiary GVT has ended discussions with US DTH provider EchoStar about launching a…
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MTG in €605m refinancing agreement
European media giant Modern Times Group has refinanced its debt arrangement by agreeing to a…
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UPC Cablecom launches 500Mbps internet in Bern
UPC Cablecom is launching a 500Mbps internet service in the Bern area. Fiber Power 500…
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Volia adds Ukrainian news channel to line-up
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added news and analysis channel 112 Ukraí̈na to its programming…