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Europe
Cable operators top Netflix December European ISP table
Cable operators topped subscription video-on-demand service Netflix’s ISP speed rankings in major European countries in…
Liberty Global sees further European opportunities
There is still growth potential in Europe, according to Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries, claiming…
Deutsche Telekom’s TV base boosted by Greece, Hungary, Slovakia
Deutsche Telekom ended the third quarter with 3.83 million IPTV, satellite and cable TV customers…
Vice plans ‘aggressive move into TV’ next year
Vice plans to make an “aggressive move into TV in 2016” with channel launches across…
Netflix raises prices in Eurozone and Switzerland
Netflix has raised the price of its service in Europe for new subscribers, upping the…
SES lines up three more UHD channels
Satellite operator SES has signed client agreements for three new Ultra High Definition (UHD) channels…
East Europe, MENA OTT revenue ‘to reach $2.6bn’
Over-the-top television and video revenues in eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa will reach…
ProSiebenSat.1 Media completes European conversion
ProSiebenSat.1 Media has converted itself into a European Stock Corporation – a new legal standing…
Netflix ‘to double’ European subs base
Netflix will double its overall subs base in Europe, with the its leading market in…
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…
UK-based CineFunTV launches Star Channels
UK-based CineFunTV has launched the Star-branded South Asian TV networks on its platform in the…
Stingray rebrands services and launches voice-authenticated mobile app
Music services for TV specialist Stingray is launching a new music mobile app and rolling…
Deutsche Telekom to spend €6 billion on European network expansion
Deutsche Telekom will spend more than €6 billion on a Europe-wide network expansion through 2018, in…
Wuaki.tv launches in Italy, plans 10 more rollouts
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv has launched in Italy, marking its fifth country launch…
Apple makes €1.7 billion European investment pledge
Apple is set to invest €1.7 billion to build and operate two European data centres…
HD and Europe boost SES’s year
SES saw a 5.1% increase in HD channels broadcast over its satellites in 2014 as…
Nintendo scraps European TV plans
Nintendo has cancelled plans to launch its Nintendo TVii service in Europe, citing unexpected challenges…
Liberty Global reorganising European business to improve credit appeal
Liberty Global is to reorganise its European businesses, merging UPC Ireland with Virgin Media and…
Viacom boosted by channels gains
Viacom reported record results for the year ending September 30, driven by gains in its…
More viewers connect PCs to TVs in Europe than US
Among broadband households, there is higher adoption of PC-to-TV connections in Europe than in the…
Wuaki appoints product director for Euro expansion
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki has appointed former Samsung executive Sidharth Jayant as global…
British programme exports hit £1.3 billion
The total value of UK television exports was £1.28 billion (€1.62 billion) in the 2013/14…
MTG teams up with FreeWheel
Modern Times Group (MTG) has teamed up with technology provider FreeWheel to make additional revenues…
Mobile broadband users outnumber fixed line by three to one
Over half the world’s population will have internet access within three years, with the development…
Caleb Weinstein joins Fox International Channels
Former Amazon, Discovery and Viacom executive Caleb Weinstein has resurfaced at Fox International Channels. He…
Tatung Technology joins DTVKit
Taiwan-based set-top manufacturer Tatung Technology has joined UK-based not-for-profit DVB software stack organisation DTVKit to…
OnLive comes to Android-powered Philips TVs in Europe
Cloud gaming service OnLive will come installed on new models of Android-powered Philips TVs in…
Globo to air international channel in Europe via OTT
Brazilian media group Globo will broadcast its international channel over the web in Europe, after…
Lamy report on 700MHz offers limited comfort for broadcasters
The 700MHz spectrum band currently used for digital-terrestrial broadcasting in Europe should be allocated to…
SVoD services set to storm Europe
One in five European homes will take a subscription video-on-demand service by 2020, with Western…