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Dog TV unleashed in Portugal
Dog TV, a channel designed to entertain dogs that have been left at home alone,…
Video to drive threefold increase in IP traffic
Annual Internet Protocol (IP) traffic will triple between 2014 and 2019, with video to account for…
TiVo expands emerging market footprint with Cubiware deal
TiVo has acquired Poland-based Cubiware, a firm that provides software for emerging market pay TV…
Italy’s Chili launches UHD service with Thomson technology
Italian OTT TV service provider Chili has launched an Ultra HD service as part of…
Beamly claims higher Eurovision engagement than Twitter
Beamly claims that it topped 9 million ‘engagements’ during this year’s Eurovision Song Contest –…
Vodafone Spain and Valencia FC test LTE Broadcast
Vodafone España and Valencia Football Club have successfully completed a trial of LTE Broadcast technology…
Roku rolls out software update in the UK
Roku has started rolling out a software rollout in the UK, adding two new features…
Beltelecom’s Smart Zala launches on Samsung smart TVs
Belarus service provider Beltelecom’s multiscreen service Smart Zala is now available via Samsung smart TVs….
Sky launches Online TV Box in Italy
Sky in Italy has launched a Roku-powered Sky Online TV Box, a streaming device that…
TV industry feels ‘powerless’ to change, claims Arqiva report
Players across the TV industry feel a “general sense of ‘powerlessness’” to change that is…
M-Go reportedly to stream HDR 4K content this year
Technicolor and DreamWorks-owned streaming service M-Go is reportedly planning to launch an HDR 4K service…
Amino buys Booxmedia to expand TV everywhere offer
Amino has bought Finland-based cloud TV platform provider, Booxmedia, for €7.9 million in an effort…
Telemach to upgrade mobile network
United Group-owned Slovenian cable operator Telemach has announced plans to upgrade the mobile network of…
Pay TV operators can continue to deliver value for content providers, says Arris
Pay TV operators have an opportunity to sustain their role, delivering value and protecting their…
Binge-viewing is solitary activity, finds Arris consumer research
Binge viewing is primarily a solitary activity, WiFi is now seen as a utility and…
Vodafone’s TV customer base now 9.1 million
Vodafone closed the quarter ending March 31 with 9.1 million TV customers and 11.3 million…
Broadband and pay TV take Kabel Deutschland past €2bn milestone
Vodafone-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland saw its broadband and premium pay TV base chalk…
Twitch launches on Roku
Amazon-owned video platform for gaming enthusiasts, Twitch, has launched as a channel on Roku devices…
EchoStar completes Kudelski-SmarDTV deal
EchoStar has completed its deal to become a shareholder in SmarDTV, the conditional access module…
Samsung reportedly to launch HDR service soon
Samsung is to launch the first commercially available Higher Dynamic Range (HDR) video content as…
Panasonic launches first Firefox OS TVs
Panasonic has launched its first Viera smart TVs powered by Mozilla’s Firefox OS in Europe,…
DanceTrippin TV launches app for Roku and Amazon Fire TV
Music channel DanceTrippin TV has launched a smart TV app for Roku and Amazon Fire…
UK superfast broadband scheme connects 2.5 million
The UK government’s superfast broadband scheme has helped connected more than 2.5 million homes and…
Cisco looks to cloud as video business dips in third quarter
Cisco Systems’ service provider video business took a hit on lower orders and revenue in…
Maxdome adds MPEG-DASH support
German video-on-demand service Maxdome has added MPEG-DASH support in partnership with content security specialist Irdeto. ProSiebenSat.1-owned…
Interview: Yves Padrines, Cisco Systems
Yves Padrines, vice-president, cable media & video EMEAR at Cisco, talks to DTVE’s Stuart Thomson…
Freeview Play on track to launch this year
Freeview Play, the new connected TV offering from free-to-view digital-terrestrial TV provider Freeview is on…
Making the most of the Internet of Things
With the Internet of Things ultimately expected to be worth up to US$7 trillion, operators…
Going over the top: recent developments in the OTT space
Over-the-top and direct-to-customer offerings are becoming increasingly common among pay TV and channel operators alike….
Safaricom moves into TV space with mobile broadband STB
Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom is moving into the TV market with the launch of a…