Samsung Electronics has announced major expansion plans for its UHD content offer. They will see the introduction of VOD services, live broadcasting, a UHD video pack, new download services and […]
Discovery and Eurosport merge distribution teams
Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa has announced that there will now be a combined distribution team selling a joint portfolio of 22 channels across Central […]
Irdeto leads African pirate bust
Two suspects have been arrested and a major African piracy ring broken up following a raid of its premises in Cairo by the Egyptian Cybercrimes Unit.
One third of Germans use VOD services
Almost one out of three German TV viewers (31%) uses video-on-demand (VOD) services, for example the catch-up TV portals operated by TV broadcasters.
New service from Starman
Estonia’s leading cable operator Starman has fully launched a TV Everywhere service.
Telekom Slovenije sale doubts
Telekom Slovenije could be split into separate service and infrastructure divisions ahead of its possible privatisation.
TiVo building cable penetration
Cablenets deploying the TiVo system grew their installed based by some 283,000 in the second quarter.
No subscriber growth for nc+
The Polish DTH platform nc+ ended the second quarter with 2.2 million subscribers, the same total as three months earlier.
Green light for UPC-Ziggo merger
Liberty Global will be given permission to take over its Dutch competitor Ziggo by the European Commission and merge it with UPC, according to Bloomberg.
Deutsche Glasfaser to launch IPTV platform
German a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network provider Deutsche Glasfaser wants to launch an IPTV platform with around 100 SD channels, 50 HD channels and 100 radio stations in September 2014.