Telenet makes new bid for VOO
Telenet has reportedly place a non-binding bid for Brutélé, the operating company of Walonian cable network VOO. … [Read More...]
Newsline
VOD ad clutter grows in Poland
Ad clutter is becoming increasingly common on the VOD services operated by Poland’s leading broadcasters TVP, Polsat and TVN. … [Read More...]
Fox Sports Italy to shut
Italy’s Fox Sports Channel is to close after its contract with Sky was not renewed. … [Read More...]
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Legal blow for M7 Group
The Municipal Court in Prague has issued an interim injunction against M7 Group that prevents it from distributing Prima channels meant for Czech viewers to those living in Slovakia. … [Read More...]
Vivacom extends BNT deal
The Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (Vivacom) has extended its agreement for broadcasting the BNT World international channel via satellite over Europe. … [Read More...]
BBC’s Global audience rises to 376m
The BBC is reaching a record weekly audience of 376 million people, according to new figures released Friday. … [Read More...]
Blackrock reduces Telefónica stake
The world’s leading fund manager Blackrock has further reduced its stake in the Spanish incumbent Telefónica. … [Read More...]
Polsat moves into esports
Poland’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has granted Telewizja Polsat licences for three satellite-delivered channels. … [Read More...]
Mixed financial fortunes for Romanian cableco
Akta Group, which operates the largest independent cable company in Romania, had a combined turnover of RON228.1 million (€50.1 million) in 2017. … [Read More...]
Amazon Prime added to BT TV
Amazon Prime Video is now available on BT TV set-top boxes, the first major UK TV platform to provide access. … [Read More...]
Unitymedia deploys Telestream video monitoring
German cable operator Unitymedia will adopt advanced video monitoring and analytics platforms from US digital video solutions provider Telestream. … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
Czech TV tightens its belt
The Czech public broadcaster Ceska Televize (CT) managed to save CZK86 million (€3.33 million) last year, when it embarked on what could yet prove to be a costly transition to the DVB-T2/HEVC standard. … [Read More...]
Lithuanian pay-TV: the stats
Lithuania ended the first quarter with 705,600 subscribers to pay-TV services. … [Read More...]
Ukraine makes DTT receiver appeal
The Ukrainian regulator National Council has appealed to the manufacturers of DTT reception equipment to maximise their product availability in the country. … [Read More...]
Channels
BBC Wimbledon service up Ultra HD from Centre Court
Wimbledon, which has previously played host to the launch of colour and high definition TV services, will this year for the first time be shown in Ultra HD. … [Read More...]
Stadtwerke Ludwigsburg select content4tv and purtel.com
German municipal utilities company Stadtwerke Ludwigsburg-Kornwestheim (SWLB) has chosen TV carriage rights provider content4tv for the deployment of its IPTV service. … [Read More...]
Viacom to close former MTV challenger VIVA
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) will shut down German music channel VIVA - once the arch-rival of MTV Europe - at the end of this year. … [Read More...]
Anga Com Special
Unitymedia to roll out Gigabit internet in Cologne and Düsseldorf
German cable operator Unitymedia will launch its high-speed internet service in Cologne and Düsseldorf. … [Read More...]
BrightBlue and Amino team up for IPTV service
UK-based technology solutions provider Amino has entered a partnership with BrightBlue, Germany's new turnkey IPTV service provider. … [Read More...]
Dates for ANGA COM 2019 announced
The organisers of the ANGA COM show in Cologne have confirmed the dates for next year’s event. … [Read More...]
Editors’ Choice
NBCUniversal, Eleven Sports complain about Saudi piracy
NBCUniversal's Telemundo and Eleven Sports Networks have now also complained about piracy of their live exclusive sports rights by Saudi based BeoutQ TV platform. … [Read More...]
Disney extends Sky News undertakings
Disney has offered a series of improved undertakings towards Sky News ahead of the proposed merger between Sky and 21st Century Fox. … [Read More...]
Sony Pictures expands into Dutch OTT
Sony Pictures Television Network (SPTN) is expanding into OTT in Western Europe for the first time by launching Film1 as a direct-to-consumer subscription service in the Netherlands. … [Read More...]