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Pay TV Operators
Mtel rolls out cross-platform IPTV service
Bulgarian operator Mtel has rolled out its ZTE-powered anytime, anywhere IPTV service to customers across…
Marshall Capital sells Rostelecom stake
Private equity firm Marshall Capital Partners has sold its entire 10.7% sake in Russian telco…
Vivendi confirms Bolloré, names four other board appointees
Vivendi’s supervisory board is set to confirm Bolloré chairman and CEO Vincent Bolloré as a…
NBCUniversal in talks to deliver full line-up to OTT players
US content provider NBCUniversal is in talks with a number of internet video services to…
News Corp sells Sky NZ stake
News Corp is set to sell its entire 44% stake in New Zealand pay TV…
The Style Network preps date with Virgin Media
Fashion and entertainment channel The Style Network has secured carriage on Virgin Media in the…
Beenius to develop Smart TV product in partnership with HumanLayer
Slovenia-based interactive TV middleware provider Beenius has teamed up with Serbia-based programming company Humanlayer to…
Volia launches new HD pack
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has launched a new HD package, Optimalniy HD, which will be…
Sky to buy Telefónica’s UK broadband business
BskyB has agreed to buy Telefónica UK’s broadband business, in a deal that will establish…
Canal Plus becomes sleeping partner in Orange Cinéma Séries
Canal Plus has become a sleeping partner in the Orange Cinéma Séries channels following the…
Swisscom expands catch-up availability and channel range
Swisscom has expanded the availability of its catch-up TV service Replay to basic TV customers…
Belgacom reports TV gains
Belgian telco Belgacom reported an uptick in TV subscriber numbers, despite challenges in the mobile…
Polsat launches co-branded Viasat channels
Cyfrowy Polsat has launched three Viasat channels under a joint Polsat-Viasat banner as part of…
Eutelsat reaches settlement on disputed 28.5° East slot
Eutelsat has reached agreement with Deutsche Telekom over the duration of Eutelsat’s right to use…
Canal Plus Spain adds TVI International
Canal Plus Spain has added Portuguese channel TVI International to its line-up. The channel offers…
Jim Jam launches Benelux feed
Chello Zone has launched a new version of its pre-school network Jim Jam, aimed at…
Dom.ru TV launches HD in four new cities
Russian telco ER-Telecom’s Dom.ru service is to launch HDTV in four new cities. The HDTV…
The Euro50 Q&A: Laurent-Eric Le Lay, chairman and CEO, Eurosport Group
Eurosport has increased both its audience, across all platforms, and its revenues despite tough competition…
Freesat plans new products, highlights benefits of HTML5
UK free-to-view satellite platform Freesat plans to develop a ‘headless’ multimedia gateway version of its…
Deutsche Telekom sees IPTV growth
Deutsche Telekom reported a 27% customer increase for its German internet-based TV service Entertain last…
Disney Movies on Demand on CanalPlay Infinity
Canal Plus is launching a Disney Movies on Demand channel as part of its CanalPlay…
Sky Deutschland sees massive growth for premium services
Sky Deutschland expects to achieve positive full-year EBITDA for this year and strong growth thereafter,…
Telefónica makes LatAm TV gains
Telefónica saw its pay TV base in Latin America grow 7% last year, despite declines…
TVN Group hit by advertising decline
Polish broadcaster TVN Group expects the local TV advertising market to continue to decline this…
ONO plans to add functionality and test new marketing models for TiVo
Spanish cable operator ONO plans to add new functionality to its TiVo platform and test…
Iskon.TV goes social
T-HT owned Croatian IPTV service Iskon.TV has added new social functionality that lets users share…
CEE and MEA viewers turn to multiscreen, linear viewing remains strong
Interest in multiscreen viewing is increasing across the emerging markets of central and eastern Europe,…
Kabel Deutschland outlines investment plans
Kabel Deutschland plans to accelerate its two-way network upgrade and DOCSIS 3.0 rollout, and to…
Vodafone reportedly puts KDG plan on ice
Vodafone has put on hold its plan to approach German cable operator Kabel Deutschland with…
Cablevision sues Viacom over bundling
Cablevision has sued Viacom in the US, claiming that the channel owner forces it to…