James Kessel is the new head of Media Broadcast’s business unit radio. He took on the position on August 1, 2015, replacing Egon Kraus who retired in November 2014.
Delta and Ziggo connect WiFi hot spots
Dutch cable operators Delta and Ziggo are connecting their free WiFi hot spots.
Spanish DTT reception problems grow
Interference from 4G signals threatens DTT reception in up to 4 million Spanish homes.
ITV legal threat over iPlayer licence fee
ITV is threatening legal action over plans to include catch-up viewing under the TV Licence fee.
Portuguese operators pay €5.3m into media fund
Portugal’s leading pay-TV platforms have between them paid €5.3 million into the country’s media fund, the country’s ministry for culture has announced.
Hungarian broadband: the stats
Hungary’s fixed broadband market remains dominated by three providers, with Magyar Telekom, UPC and Digi together accounting for seven in 10 subscriptions.
Parks: high churn rates for many OTT services
Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker reveals high churn rates for many OTT video subscriber services.
Sky Deutschland activates Sky Go download function
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has added a download function to its mobile service Sky Go.
Sky Deutschland appoints Simon Robson as new CFO
Simon Robson will succeed Steven Tomsic as the new CFO of Sky Deutschland.
Sky Italia buys FTA channel MTV from Viacom
Sky Italia has agreed to buy the free-to-air channel MTV Italia from Viacom International Media Networks.