Vivendi has acquired an 80% stake in Dailymotion from Orange for €217 million.
Discovery/Eurosport win Olympics rights
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded all TV and multiplatform broadcast rights in Europe to Discovery and Eurosport for the four Olympics in the 2018-2024 period.
70m Netflix subs by year’s end
Netflix is on track to reach 69.9 million subscribers by the end of this year, up 28% on the end-2014 total.
EBU backing for net neutrality rules
Europe’s public service broadcasters have called on EU governments to ‘make history’ by setting out the rules for the future of the open internet.
KPN launches live and on-demand OTT service
Dutch incumbent KPN will be launching its live and on-demand OTT service Play van KPN sometime later this year, probably in September. HBO will be part of the offer.
Germany approves HbbTV removal by platform operators
German platform operators don’t have to distribute TV channels’ HbbTV services on their networks as they are not considered to be part of the programme content.
Deutsche Welle launches global news channel
German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has launched its new global English-language news and information channel on June 22, 2015.
Altice in Bouygues Telecom talks
Patrick Drahi’s Altice is offering to buy Bouygues Telecom for just over EUR 10 billion in cash.
Molotov wants to disrupt TV viewing
JeanDavid Blanc, founder of AlloCiné, and Pierre Lescure, founder of Canal+, have teamed up to create an innovative service for the distribution programmes and channels : Molotov.
BBC testing mind control TV
In an experiment like to send shivers down through the Daily Mail newsroom, the BBC is testing the means for people to control TVs using nothing but their brainwaves.