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Vodafone Deutschland appoints CTO

Vodafone Deutschland has upped managing director of commercial operations, Gerhard Mack, to chief technology officer….

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YouTube and Facebook taking lion’s share of online video ads, but TV dominates

YouTube and Facebook account for the majority of online video advertising in Europe, but the…

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Denmark’s TV 2 agrees eSports deal with MTG

MTG’s eSports companies Turtle Entertainment – which operates the ESL brand – and DreamHack have…

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Inside Secure buys Verimatrix for US$143m

Inside Secure has agreed to buy rival security solutions provider Verimatrix in a deal that…

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IHS: 4K TVs now account for 44% of television shipments

Demand for big-screen TVs surged in the third quarter with 4K sets accounting for almost…

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Parks: 83% of US smart TV owners connect their set to the web

Some 83% of US smart TV owners now connect their device to the internet, up…

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RTL outlines VOD-focused strategic priorities for 2019

RTL Group has set out plans to expand its video-on-demand services by developing a joint…

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Hulu ‘on track’ for 23 million subs

Hulu is on track to reach over 23 million subscribers by year end, according to…

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EBU announces new technology hub for Madrid

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is opening a new technology hub in Madrid to support…

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IDC: VR headset returns to growth after four quarters of decline

The virtual reality headset market returned to growth in Q3 2018 after four consecutive quarters…

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United Group taps Nagra to secure new 4K Android TV platform

South East Europe telecoms and media provider, United Group, has tapped Nagra to secure its…

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MTG’s gaming portfolio now stands at 11 companies

MTG has invested in 11 US and European gaming and interactive entertainment startups since launching its…

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Liberty Global partners with Cadent on addressable TV ads

Liberty Global has partnered with addressable TV advertising platform, Cadent, as it looks to step…

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FuboTV launches in Spain

US-based FuboTV has launched a subscription video-on-demand offering in Spain, marking its first rollout outside…

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CCS: VR and AR device sales to drop in 2018 despite long-term promise

Sales of virtual and augmented reality headsets and glasses will decline year-on-year in 2018 before…

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Amazon reveals most-binged Prime series of 2018

Amazon has revealed that Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Homecoming are its two most-binged Prime Original series of the…

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Australia’s Nine Network reveals post-Fairfax restructure

Nine Network has revealed the executive structure that will be in place after its merger…

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GLHF.GG eSports venture to launch next year

Swedish companies MRG and Gamingzone Entertainment have announced that their new global eSports joint venture…

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SPI International extends deal with Telekom Serbia

SPI International has extended its deal with Telekom Serbia, offering a selection of video-on-demand content…

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DAZN to launch in Brazil next year

Sports streaming service, DAZN, is due to launch in Brazil in March 2019, marking its…

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Futuresource: 4K TV shipments to exceed 100m units this year

Global shipments of 4K ultra high definition (UHD) TVs are due to “power past 100…

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Linius appoints former Netflix, Sky execs to advisory board

Linius Technologies, an Australian company specialising in personalised video tech, has appointed Netflix’s former director…

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Freesat names trio of senior managers

UK free-to-view satellite platform Freesat has named a trio of new senior executives to its…

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Nielsen adds A+E Networks to US dynamic ad insertion pilot

Nielsen is expanding its US dynamic ad insertion (DAI) pilot, with A+E Networks to begin…

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Ofcom: UK PSBs should pool content on a single digital platform

Ofcom chief executive Sharon White has called on the UK public service broadcasters (PSBs) to…

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Eleven Sports unveils online ‘Watch Together’ feature

Eleven Sports has unveiled a new feature that lets viewers tune in together with friends…

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Conviva acquires social video analytics firm Delmondo

Video measurement and analytics firm, Conviva, has acquired Delmondo, a company that measures video across…

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Confirmed: EU approves Deutsche Telekom-Tele2 deal in the Netherlands

The European Commission has unconditionally approved Deutsche Telekom’s acquisition of Tele2 in the Netherlands, concluding…

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Net Insight COO to step down

The chief operations officer (COO) of Net Insight, Maria Hellström, is set to leave the…

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Amazon launches AWS Ground Station to ingest and process satellite data

Amazon Web Services has launched a fully-managed ground-station offering for satellite operators, as it looks…