On Demand Group sold to Avail-TVN
SeaChange International has sold its UK-based media services company On Demand Group to Avail-TVN for $27 million … [Read More...]
Motorola talks to Broadband TV News
Steve McCaffery, vice president and general manager, Home business EMEA, Motorola Mobility, tells Julian Clover how the traditional set-top is moving both to a simple device and its emergence as a gateway that can deliver content across the home to individual tablets. … [Watch the Video...]
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Forum to campaign for spectrum futures
A new European forum for spectrum coexistence has been created with the intention of promoting the future-proofing of EU spectrum policy. … [Read More...]
LG shows Smart TV platform to cablers
At this year’s Cable Show in Boston, LG is showing cable operators examples of how they can harness the power of smart TV for a new level of interactivity between tablets and TVs, bringing live, linear programming directly to connected TVs in subscribers' homes. … [Read More...]
English Club TV signs Hungarian cable deal
English Club TV and the Hungarian Cable Communications Association have signed an agreement for distribution of the educational channel in the Hungarian market by the association's members. … [Read More...]
Romanian on demand market set to grow
BUCHAREST BUSINESS BREAKFAST. The Romanian market is large enough to support four to five online on demand services, according to Mirek Smyk, managing director, MSCG. … [Read More...]
UPC DTH looks to the future
BUCHAREST BUSINESS BREAKFAST. UPC DTH will shortly add Eurosport HD and Eurosport 2HD in all four Central and East European markets it operates in. … [Read More...]
KidsCo reaches 15 million subscribers
KidsCo, the international children’s channel, has announces it has executed ten affiliate deals in Q1 across Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific, taking its total reach to 15 million subscribers. … [Read More...]
Pace to produce 6-tuner TiVo box
TiVo and Pace have released details of the first receiver to emerge from their partnership, announced in February this year. … [Read More...]
Motorola showcases DreamGallery
WATCH VIDEO. At the Cable Show in Boston Motorola Mobility is showcasing DreamGallery that will be launching in North American homes later this year. … [Read More...]
In Brief: BeIn Sport, Sony Pictures, UPC
Al Jazeera’s new French sports channels BeIn Sport 1 and 2 are rapidly announcing carriage contracts, such as with cabler Numericable and Orange TV. … [Read More...]
US online ad video viewing breaks records
Video ads in the the US saw another record-breaking month in April with nearly 9.5 billion views, representing one in five videos viewed online, according to the comScore Video Metrix. … [Read More...]
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Kabel Deutschland confirms Tele Columbus buy
Kabel Deutschland Holding AG has confirmed it will acquire Tele Columbus for €603 million plus accrued interest. The purchase price will provide for repayment in full of the financial debt of Tele Columbus. … [Read More...]
Dutch hackers circumvent TPB ban
Most Dutch ISPs are now obliged to block access to The Pirate Bay, but hackers have opened new routes to the website. … [Read More...]
Study shines light on social TV behavior
WATCH VIDEO. A study on social TV usage by Viacom Media Networks reveals three C's to the Social TV Experience: Communication, Content and Comments. … [Read More...]
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Digital TV Eastern Europe NEW REPORT by Simon Murray of Digital TV Research. 2012 is a watershed year for Eastern Europe as the number of digital homes for 15 forecast countries will exceed the analogue total for the first time. This electronically-delivered,150-page report comes in three parts, a PDF file and two Excel workbooks. Countries covered include Russia and Ukraine.