Sky Committee: “Accept Comcast offer immediately”
The independent committee established by Sky to examine the future ownership of the broadcaster has said it is in the best interests of shareholders to accept Comcast’s offer. … [Read More...]
Newsline
Prison sentences and fines for illegal use of Sky Sports
Sky is stepping up its fight against illegal use of its live sports coverages in pubs across the UK and Ireland with two more sentences as a result. … [Read More...]
German cinemas fight against Netflix
The operators of German arthouse cinemas threaten not to show films produced for streaming service Netflix. … [Read More...]
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Ariane to launch Horizons 3e and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38
The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s dual-payload launch with the Horizons 3e and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 telecommunications satellites has rolled out to the launch zone at Europe’s Spaceport, clearing the way for the milestone 100th flight of this workhorse from French Guiana. … [Read More...]
Heyou Media appoints Wendy Bernfeld and Pete Bryant
Heyou Media has appointed Rights Stuff founder and former Canal+ International CEO, Wendy Bernfeld, and managing partner at Pioneer Venture Partners, Pete Bryant, to its advisory board. … [Read More...]
Cirkus launches in Austria on A1 TV
Cirkus, the video-on-demand service offering series from the UK and Scandinavia, is now available on the IPTV platform A1 TV of Austrian telco A1 Telekom Austria. … [Read More...]
UKTV app added to Samsung Smart TVs
UKTV’s on demand and catch-up app, UKTV Play, has been made available on all Samsung TVs sold since 2015. … [Read More...]
ANGA COM opens exhibitor registration
ANGA COM has opened the exhibitor registration for the exhibition and conference for broadband, television and online that will take place in Cologne, Germany from 4 to 6 June 2019. … [Read More...]
Telekom Slovenije settles in court
Telekom Slovenije has reached a court settlement with the alternative telco T-2. … [Read More...]
Changes at the top for Russia’s MTS
The board at Russia’s MTS has approved a number of changes to senior management positions. … [Read More...]
ESPN+ hits one million paid subscribers in just over five months
The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment has announced that ESPN+, the multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from DTCI in collaboration with ESPN, has surpassed one million paying subscribers in just over five months since its April 2018 launch. … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
New online platform for Romania
Romania’s leading regional cable operator Akta has launched an online TV platform. … [Read More...]
Digi expands in Spain
Digi Communications’ subsidiary Digi Spain Telecom has launched commercial fixed broadband and fixed telephony services in Spain. … [Read More...]
1+1 opens up VOD platform
The Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1 Media has launched a mobile app for Android devices for watching movies and TV shows on the VOD platform 1+1 Video. … [Read More...]
Channels
Comcast outbids Fox in Sky auction
Comcast is to be the new owner of Sky after the US cablenet outbid 21st Century Fox in an auction for the broadcaster. … [Read More...]
Italian operas from RAI to air on Funbox UHD platform
SPI has formed a strategic deal with Italian public broadcaster RAI to bring Italian operas to Filmbox UHD platform. … [Read More...]
Sky Deutschland to launch Ryder Cup channel
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will accompany the Ryder Cup golf tournament with a dedicated TV channel. … [Read More...]
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Amazon introduces Fire TV DVR
Amazon has announced a new DVR device that makes it possible to watch and record terrestrial TV signals. … [Read More...]
Dutch Consumers Association raises alarm over smart TV apps
In the past six months, the Dutch Consumentenbond (Consumers Association) received almost 300 reports of apps disappearing from smart TVs that are less than five years old. The Association contacted the manufacturers to draw attention to this problem. … [Read More...]
Liberty Global rolls out next-gen Horizon set-tops featuring cloud PVR and 4K
Liberty Global has unveiled its next-generation TV entertainment platform, Horizon 4, at the company’s annual Tech Summit in Amsterdam. The new STB features 4k, cloud PVR and voice control. … [Read More...]