Eleven Sports challenges UK’s Saturday football blackout
Sports streaming service Eleven Sports is challenging the ban on televising live football games on Saturday afternoons in the UK. … [Read More...]
Newsline
Netflix overtakes Sky Deutschland in customer numbers
Amazon Prime Video and Netflix have further expanded their customer base and are the two largest subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms in Germany. … [Read More...]
Amazon Prime Video takes Russian content
The Russian national broadcaster CTC Media has signed an agreement for the transfer of rights to four of its shows to Amazon Prime Video. … [Read More...]
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Public Service Broadcasters call for continued listings prominence
Bosses at the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, STV and S4C are calling for their position at the top of TV listings guides to be maintained. … [Read More...]
BBC Studios and China’s Tencent partner
MIPCOM 2018 - CANNES. BBC StudiosHAS announced the launch of BBC Earth Tribe, a brand new BBC Earth fan community with China's Tencent. … [Read More...]
M7 continues to supply wilhelm.tel with TV
German cable operator wilhelm.tel has expanded its cooperation with M7 Deutschland, which has existed since 2005, through several agreements. … [Read More...]
Beta Film, Wildside and Zeitsprung on their way to German Moon
MIPCOM 2018 - CANNES. Beta Film, Italy’s Wildside, the German production outlet Zeitsprung and the Isreali writer/creator trio Nadav Schirman, Ron Leshem and Amit Cohen join forces for German Moon. … [Read More...]
Vewd and iVideoSmart launch 100 apps in 100 days
MIPCOM 2018 - CANNES. Vewd has announced that iVideoSmart have jointly launched more than a 100 new Vewd certified apps. … [Read More...]
Portugal’s Nowo adds SPI channels
SPI International has extended its reach in Portugal by securing carriage for four of its channels on Nowo. … [Read More...]
EBU: Kosovo pubcasting needs independent funding
Delegates attending a two-day event in Pristina organised by an EBU-funded programme have agreed that independent funding is indispensable to public service media (PSM) in Kosovo. … [Read More...]
Balaz Mathe to leave Magyar Telekom
Balazs Mathe, Magyar Telekom’s chief legal and corporate affairs officer and member of its management committee, will leave the company with mutual agreement at the end of the year. … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
Poland’s Inea joins global broadband elite
The Polish cable operator Inea has introduced one of the world’s fastest consumer broadband products. … [Read More...]
MPAA accuses Polish VOD service
The MPAA has identified the popular Polish streaming service cda.pl as one that carries pirated content. … [Read More...]
Ukraine approves foreign channels
Ukraine’s National Council has approved the distribution of three more foreign channels on cable networks in the country. … [Read More...]
Channels
France mon Amour goes to China
France mon Amour, the first French television channel in China, will be available on China’s Viva platform. … [Read More...]
SPI extends deal with Alchimie
SPI and Alchimie have signed an agreement to increase the carriage of the SPI channels FightBox, DocuBox, FilmBox Art House and FashionBox in two new territories – Belgium and Spain – from October and December respectively. … [Read More...]
Radio Nikita TV HD to launch on Hellas Sat
Greek radio station Radio Nikita 89.9 will launch a TV channel on Hellas Sat (39° East) on October 20, 2018. … [Read More...]
Editors’ Choice
ITV launches ITV Studios Netherlands
ITV Studios expands its international production presence with the launch of ITV Studios Netherlands. … [Read More...]
Apple video content will be free to users
Apple’s new digital video service will mix its own original content with subscription services from established TV companies. … [Read More...]
Netflix helps change Polish mentality
Half a million Poles, or around 5% of the population, now pay to receive Netflix. … [Read More...]