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Pay TV Operators
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Belgacom sees TV growth, revenue hit by free football offering
Belgacom added 43,000 TV customers in the first quarter, taking its total to 1.254 million….
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Chello Central Europe strikes new carriage deals
Chello Central Europe, the Liberty Global-owned pan-regional broadcast group, has inked a number of carriage…
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MTG completes Bet24 sale
Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed the sale of its betting arm Bet24 to Unibet….
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Teo offers triple-play bundles
Lithuanian telco Teo has begun offering a bundled triple-play service for the first time. Teo…
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EchoStar launches ‘slimmest’ DVR
TV technology provider EchoStar has launched what it claims is the world’s slimmest digital TV…
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YouSee planning out-of-home TV, full off-net offering
Danish cable operator YouSee aims to launch a service allowing access to content outside the…
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Orange adds TV subs but fails to counter telephony decline
Orange added 992,000 TV customers in the year to March, giving it a total of…
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France Télévisions unveils Pluzz VàD
France Télévisions yesterday officially launched its new video-on-demand service Pluzz VàD, complementing its existing Plus…
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Negative parliamentary report won’t hit News Corp’s credit rating
Moody’s says that it will not change its rating on News Corp, in the wake…
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Telenet boosts triple-play base but sees customer total decline
Belgian cable operator Telenet added 27,700 triple-play customers in the first quarter, taking its triple-play…
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Orange to launch TV Check in UK
Orange is to launch its TV Check iPhone application in the UK this month, and…
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New chief for SFR
Vivendi has named Michel Combes as the new chairman and CEO of telco and IPTV…
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Bouygues acquires DartyBox
Bouygues Telecom has acquired consumer electronics retail group Darty’s telecom activities. Bouygues will offer Darty’s…
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Amazon to produce kids, comedy series
Amazon Studios, the nascent production arm of the online retail giant, is moving into kids…
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BSkyB eclipses Virgin Media as UK’s top triple-play provider
UK pay TV group BSkyB reported strong results this morning, adding 15,000 TV subs and…
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Canal Plus condemns reported CSA proposals as threat to European content creation
Canal Plus has reacted angrily to a report in Le Point magazine that revealed regulator…
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Dailymotion moves into crowd-sourced content creation
France-based online video site Dailymotion has teamed up with online payment specialist Flattr to allow…
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Swisscom sees solid TV growth
Swisscom had 655,000 IPTV customers at the end of the first quarter, up 39.7% year-on-year….
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Middle East pay TV channels stand at 143
The number of pay TV channels in the Middle East region stood at 143 at…
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EpicTV teams up with Tvinci
EpicTV, operated by Finnish service provider Elisa, has chosen over-the-top TV technology company Tvinci to…
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Zee TV launches two channels in UAE
Indian broadcaster Zee TV is launching two channels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The…
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Hulu reportedly moving to allow only pay TV users to view
US online TV service Hulu is taking the first steps towards making content on its…
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Zeebox launches synchronised screen ad campaign in UK
Zeebox, the interactive TV technology company founded by former YouView and iPlayer technology chief Anthony…
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Analysts bullish on Ziggo
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has issued a report on Ziggo that states the Dutch cabler…
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Murphy promoted to entertainment channels boss at Sky
BSkyB has promoted Stuart Murphy to director of its entertainment channels. Murphy was previously director…
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Skylink replaces Daring! with Private Spice
Czech pay TV service provider Skylink has added adult channel Private Spice to its line-up….
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France Télévisions to launch VOD service
French public broadcaster France Télévisions is to launch a video-on-demand service, Pluzz VaD, this week,…
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New European 3D launch for Discovery
Discovery has inked its second major 3D programming deal in Europe, our sister publication TBI…
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Belgacom TV adds new TV Everywhere channels
Belgacom TV is to add three new channels to its TV Everywhere offering. Subscribers to…
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Formula 1 expected to boost Sky HD growth
UK pay TV operator BSkyB is expected to report around 10,000 new pay television subscribers…