Alongside President Putin signing into law controversial new legislation banning ads on cable and satellite channels from the beginning of next year has come the news of a slowdown in […]
BBC explains iPlayer outage
The BBC’s weekend of technical issues on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Online was caused by a combination of increased load on its database and the failure of part of its […]
WappZapp targets Netflix
A unique SVOD service named WappZapp TV and rivaling Netflix has finally made its debut in The Netherlands and Belgium.
Thor 7 launch postponed to 2015
The launch of the new Thor 7 satellite has been put back to 2015.
UPC Hungary opts for Metrological
Netherlands-based Metrological has deployed a cloud based TV app store on UPC Hungary’s HD mediaboxes by partnering with ActiveVideo.
New challenge for Polish pay-TV
Almost one in three Polish cable and DTH viewers are considering cancelling their subscriptions.
Satellite TV revenues to reach $100bn
Satellite TV revenues for 138 countries will reach $99.9 billion (€74 billion) in 2020, up from $87.8 billion in 2013 and $69.3 billion in 2010, according to a new report […]
TalkTalk TV passes million mark
IPTV operator TalkTalk added another 185,000 new TV (YouView) customers in the quarter taking the installed base to over 1.1 million. An extended wholesale carriage agreement with BSkyB has also […]
Relaunched Sky Sports News takes prime slot
Sky Sports News is to relaunch as Sky Sports News HQ, from August 12. The channel says it will place a greater emphasis on investigative journalism across a streamlined TV, digital […]
SES launches West Africa platform
SES has launched a new digital TV platform for West Africa on its Astra 2F satellite at 28.2 degrees East.