Broadband TV News

Nielsen reports surge in ‘over-the-air’ homes in the US

January 15, 2019 By Robert Briel

US research firm Nielsen reports that as of May 2018, more than 14% of all US TV households (or 16 million homes) have “over-the-air” (OTA) TV status, and that number is on the rise. … [Read More...]

Diederik Karsten leaves in Liberty Global reorg

January 15, 2019 By Julian Clover

Liberty Global’s Chief Commercial Officer Diederik Karsten is to leave the cable and broadband operator after the completion of a number of M&A transactions. … [Read More...]

Vestel launches TVs with integrated pay-TV access

Vestel has launched the first TVs which allow consumers to access premium pay TV services directly through their TVs without the need for a separate set-top box, CI CAM or any other external device. … [Read More...]

Vimeo to pay €8.5m damages to Mediaset’s RTI

The Court of Rome has ordered Vimeo to pay €8.5 million to RTI, a Mediaset group company, for the publication and non-removal of videos from copyrighted TV programmes. … [Read More...]

Intelsat’s CFO Jacques Kerrest to retire

Intelsat announced that its CFO, Jacques Kerrest, plans to retire. … [Read More...]

Henning Nieslony to head RTL Now expansion for RTL

Henning Nieslony will join the management team of RTL interactive, the digital media subsidiary of German broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, on February 1, 2019. … [Read More...]

UKTV updates on demand app

UKTV has announced an update to its on demand video service, UKTV Play. … [Read More...]

350 exhibitors booked for ANGA COM 2019

With already 350 exhibitor registrations, the success of the last years ANGA COM continues. With 500 exhibitors and 21,700 participants, ANGA COM grew by 10 respectively 12 percent in 2018. … [Read More...]

Dutch OTT platform NLZiet sees sharp increase in connected TV usage

The usage figures for the Dutch online OTT platform NLZiet show that online viewing time on a regular TV screen increased by 30% in 2018. … [Read More...]

RTS head Dragan Bujosevic to stay on

Dragan Bujosevic is to stay on as the DG of the Serbian public broadcaster RTS. … [Read More...]

TVP reveals Lithuanian plans

The Polish public broadcaster TVP plans to expand its presence in Lithuania by launching a channel. … [Read More...]

Ultra HD first in Belarus

Cosmos Telekom has become the first cable operator in Belarus to offer its subscribers Ultra HD content. … [Read More...]

Bulgarian rivals target Nova TV

Two Bulgarian entrepreneurs are in negotiations to buy Nova TV from Modern Times Group (MTG). … [Read More...]

More news from Central and Eastern Europe

HD Austria adds four pay-TV channels

Austrian DTH satellite platform HD Austria offers its customers four new channels: BonGusto, Heimatkanal, Playboy TV and Romance TV. … [Read More...]

Unitymedia to change cable line-up / New carriage fee dispute

German cable operator Unitymedia will perform several changes to its TV and radio line-up including a controversial move on January 22, 2019. … [Read More...]