Belgian broadcasters declare war on Proximus
Pickx, the new TV platform from Proximus, is already under attack from the country's four largest broadcasters. … [Read More...]
Newsline
RTL Group to close multi-platform network StyleHaul
RTL Group is discontinuing the activities of its multi-platform network StyleHaul. … [Read More...]
BeoutQ pirates every game of Women’s World Cup in France
STORY UPDATED. Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports is claiming a major victory after it announced that a French court had found Arabsat to be involved in the alleged piracy operation beoutQ. … [Read More...]
Alex Tielbeke to leave Eredivisie Media and Marketing
Alex Tielbeke, the statutory director of the Eredivisie CV and commercial director of Eredivisie Media and Marketing, will be stepping down from both roles, on August 1 and December 1, respectively. … [Read More...]
Freeview Play tie-up for Seraphic and CVTE
Seraphic has teamed up with CVTE to launch Freeview Play 2018 complaint 4K TVs. … [Read More...]
LaLiga fined over mobile app that spied on users
The Spanish football league LaLiga has been fined €250,000 after failing to adequately inform users over how their mobile app would be used. … [Read More...]
Proximus updates TV platform with Android box
Belgian operator Proximus is revamping its TV service with a multiplatform offer and a new Android TV box. … [Read More...]
Turkish-Armenian channel launches
Turkey’s first Turkish-Armenian TV channel has made its debut. … [Read More...]
Netflix makes progress in Poland
Netflix is now the most popular fully-paid on demand service in Poland. … [Read More...]
Vodafone dealt Hungarian tax blow
Juliane Kokott, the German advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), has said that Hungary’s telecom tax is compatible with EU rules. … [Read More...]
Bibel TV launches SVOD service yesflix
Christian family channel Bibel TV has launched a subscription-based video-on-demand service (SVOD) in Germany. … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
Moldovan telecom market shrinks
Revenues in Moldova’s electronic communications market fell by 3.2% year-on-year to MDL1.475 billion (€71.2 million) in the first quarter, according to data published by the regulator ANRCETI. … [Read More...]
TVP reveals its recipe for success
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has upped its viewing figures by targeting each age group with “one simple and smart idea”. … [Read More...]
M7 Group teams up with Blue Ant Media
M7 Group has signed an agreement with Blue Ant Media at the NEM 2019 conference in Dubrovnik for the distribution of Love Nature HD and Love Nature 4K. … [Read More...]
Channels
UEFA launches free-to-view OTT digital platform
UEFA has unveiled its new Over The Top (OTT) streaming platform UEFA.tv. The German Bundesliga will be the first league to offer content on the service. … [Read More...]
Julien Verley to launch international France+ channel and app
Julien Verley, currently director of business development at France Televisions, will leave the company in agreement with France Televisions, as of June 30, 2019, in order to launch his project France+ Channel and the France+ App. … [Read More...]
NPO Start launches on Android TV
The Dutch OTT service from the public broadcasters NPO Start is now available for Android TV. … [Read More...]
Editors’ Choice
Europe not cord-cutting across the board
Traditional pay-TV and SVOD services are taking the lion’s share of the AV services market, according to a new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory. … [Read More...]
Global pay-TV to add 81 million subscribers
Digital TV Research forecasts 81 million additional pay-TV subscribers between 2018 and 2024 - up by 8%. … [Read More...]
Ziggo launches Mediabox Next, drops ‘old’ Horizon
Following several months of beta-testing, Dutch cabler VodafoneZiggo has now launched the new cloud-based Mediabox Next, and is dropping the 'old' Horizon set-top box, which is called Mediabox XL in the Netherlands. … [Read More...]
ANGA COM SPECIAL
More than 20,000 attend ANGA COM 2019
More than 20,000 people attended the ANGA COM conference and exhibition in Cologne this week. … [Read More...]
RDK reaches 50m devices
RDK Management has shared details at ANGA COM about the adoption of RDK open source software used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from video and broadband service providers worldwide. … [Read More...]
Verimatrix and Ocilion partner for secure IPTV delivery in Austria
Video security solutions provider Verimatrix and IPTV technology company Ocilion have gained two large Austrian network operators as their latest customers. … [Read More...]