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VR headset sales tipped to climb 79% in the US this year
US sales of virtual reality headsets are projected to reach 2.5 million units in 2017,…
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Nagra and Samsung create co-venture to license TVkey for UHD TV
TV technology provider Nagra has teamed up with Samsung to create a new co-venture to…
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Samsung launches ‘smartest TV ever’
Samsung has launched what it described as its “smartest TV ever” ahead of this week’s…
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Brightcove and Evergent partner for subscription OTT
Brightcove has partnered with subscriber management company Evergent to power subscription over-the-top services. The global…
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SpaceX explains cause of Amos-6 explosion
SpaceX has identified the fault that caused Spacecom’s Amos-6 satellite to be destroyed in a…
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Samsung to launch smart TV services at CES
Samsung is set to introduce new smart TV services at CES this week, in a…
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Vimeo ‘rebuilds TV experience’ with new apps
Vimeo has introduced what it described as a “complete rebuild of the Vimeo TV experience”…
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Finland’s Elisa acquires Estonia’s Starman
Finnish telecom and cable group Elisa is to acquire leading Estonian cable operator Starman for…
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Viewers taking critical view of content recommendation
Viewers spend an average of 16 minutes searching for content and when they don’t find…
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Sky and Cisco launch international OTT offering
Sky has teamed up with Cisco to develop an app-based international OTT project called OnPrime…
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Global VR Association launches with backing from Google, Facebook, HTC
Google, HTC VIVE and ’s Oculus are among the founding members of the Global Virtual…
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Ukrkosmos taps Harmonic for DTH teleport
Ukraine satellite operator Ukrkosmos has selected a Harmonic video compression solution to support its new…
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SNL Kagan: set-top box market to rise in 2016
The global set-top box shipments are tipped to rise slightly year-on-year in 2016, with the…
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Piracy now a serious competitor to pay TV, says Irdeto
Piracy is emerging as a serious competitor to legitimate pay TV, with increasingly effective marketing…
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SeaChange sees in another tough quarter
TV technology provider SeaChange International saw another sharp downturn in revenue and posted a reduced…
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Tele Columbus unveils advanced TV service
Germany’s number three cable operator Tele Columbus has unveiled its new advanced TV service ahead…
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Spacecom ‘will be sold’ to Xinwei
Chinese conglomerate Beijing Xinwei Technology Group is to go ahead with the purchase of Israel-based satellite…
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Spacecom secures replacement satellite from AsiaSat
Israel-based satellite operator Spacecom has secured an in-orbit replacement satellite for its lost Amos-6 craft,…
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Wireless world: The increasing WiFi burden
Growth in devices that can play back video means that more demands than ever are…
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SeaChange names engineering and global services chief
Video technology provider Seachange has named Mark Tubinis as SVP of engineering and global services….
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Netgem launches Watch on Twitter on EE
TV technology provider Netgem has launched its Watch on Twitter service as part of its…
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SintecMedia buys Operative Media
Francisco Partners-owned broadcast advertising management software provider SintecMedia has agreed to acquire digital advertising business…
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Netflix to license TiVo technology under new deal
TV technology provider TiVo has struck new product and intellectual property agreements with Netflix that…
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Accedo merges with Digiflare
Video app specialist Accedo is merging with Canada-based Digiflare, which provides similar technology. The pair…
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Proximus 5G trial delivers movie download ‘in seconds’
Belgian service provider Proximus has inaugurated trials of 5G mobile technology in partnership with Chinese…
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Youfone launching TV service in the Netherlands
Dutch SIM-only mobile operator Youfone is planning to launch a new IP-delivered TV service in…
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Arqiva reportedly ‘making plans’ for £5 billion sale
UK transmission and media services provider Arqiva is making plans for a £5 billion (€5.9…
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Interview: Nick Fraser, founder, Yaddo
Nick Fraser, the documentary-maker behind the BBC’s Storyville strand, talks to Digital TV Europe’s Andy…
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EWE and VSE Net turn to Deutsche Netzmarketing-backed platform for TV
German broadband service providers EWE and VSE Net have become the latest German operators to…
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Multimedia Polska taps ADB for catch-up TV and NDVR
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has tapped set-top box and TV technology provider ADB to…