Restructuring drags Kudelski into the red
Kudelski has reported a first half loss of $36.5 million (€32,701,000), including $28 million of restructuring costs, after a decline in its digital TV business. … [Read More...]
Newsline
Orange expands in Slovakia
Orange TV will become available as a DTH service in Slovakia from today (August 15). … [Read More...]
Italy to switchover DTT network from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4
Italy will switchover its national DTT network from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 from January 1, 2020, to make room for future mobile networks on the 700 MHz. band. … [Read More...]
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Com Hem ups top speed to 1,200 Mbps
Com Hem is launching a new maximum broadband speed of 1,200 Mbps. … [Read More...]
SABC reaches MultiChoice agreement
SABC’s 24-hour news network and re-run channel SABC Encore are to remain on the DStv network. … [Read More...]
Digi sees profit fall
Romania’s leading pay-TV operator Digi has posted net profits of €15.29 million for the first half of this year. … [Read More...]
Consumer and ad spend on TV to reach $559b in 2022
Strategy Analytics forecasts that global consumer and advertising spend on TV and video will grow from $490 billion in 2017 to $559 billion in 2022, an increase of $69B. … [Read More...]
Rebrand for Viasat sports channel
All Media Baltics has rebranded its premium sports channel Viasat Sport Baltic as TVPlay Sports. … [Read More...]
Net Insight connects Austrian Bundesliga stadiums
German MTI Teleport has selected Swedish media technology company Net Insight for the creation of a media network for pay-TV broadcaster Sky Austria. … [Read More...]
NLZiet comes to Sony Playstation 4
NLZiet, the joint online video platform of NPO, RTL and SBS, has released its PlayStation 4 app. … [Read More...]
Research: globally more than one billion connected TV devices
Strategy Analytics research reveals that more than one billion Connected TV devices are now in use worldwide. … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
CME/M7 Group dispute escalates
The CME stations TV Nova and TV Markiza have won a further legal victory in their dispute with M7 Group, which operates the DTH platform Skylink in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. … [Read More...]
UPC gains Polsat premium football
Poland’s leading cable operator UPC Polska is making the UEFA Champions League and Europa League available to its subscribers. … [Read More...]
BBC First set for Poland
BBC First will make its debut as a linear channel in Poland on October 26. … [Read More...]
Channels
Facebook to stream free La Liga football in India
Facebook has acquired the media rights of Spain's top-division football championship, La Liga, for the Indian subcontinent. … [Read More...]
UPC Switzerland launches MySports One and MySports Preview
Swiss cable operator UPC will launch new sports channel MySports One on August 14, 2018. … [Read More...]
Quest HD launches on Freeview
Factual entertainment channel Quest is launching in high definition on Freeview on Tuesday 14th August,. … [Read More...]
Editors’ Choice
HBO to launch in the Baltics
HBO will become available in the Baltic Republics on August 21. … [Read More...]
Europeans watch two more hours a month On-Demand video
As viewers continue to shift to viewing television content on an on-demand basis, TV and video consumption is changing across the leading five European markets: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. … [Read More...]
United Group for sale
The South East European cable and pay-TV operator United Group may soon find itself under new ownership. … [Read More...]