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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...]
The Russian online service NTV-Plus TV can now be viewed outside the country. … [Read More...]
Motorsport.tv says it will move to an online and on demand channel from September 30. … [Read More...]
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...]
Global online TV episode and movie revenues will reach $129 billion in 2023; more than double the $53 billion recorded in 2017. About $16 billion will be added in 2018 alone. … [Read More...]
A+E Networks has named Patricio Teubal as the new General Manager of A+E Networks Italy, starting in December. … [Read More...]
According to the Connected Devices and Media Consumption survey, TV content discovery is at the heart of the battle among TV and video providers to convince consumers that their user experience is both easy to use and truly personalised, writes Maria Rua Aguete, executive director, IHS Markit. … [Read More...]
Canal+ Group has signed a commercial agreement with SFR for the distribution of the RMC Sport bouquet. … [Read More...]
The Czech DTH and IPTV operator Digi TV has sent an open letter to AMC in which it “offers co-operation under transparent and favourable terms” with the company. … [Read More...]
Sky has confirmed Netflix will make its debut on Sky Q in November. Its arrival coincides with the launch of a new Sky subscription pack that will combine Sky’s on demand platform with the full Netflix service. … [Read More...]
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has reached an agreement with Discovery regarding the distribution of Bundesliga channel Eurosport 2 HD Xtra, but this only covers the gastronomy sector. … [Read More...]
Poland’s Cyfrowy Polsat has added two new satellite receivers - Evobox HD and Evobox Lite – to its Evobox range. … [Read More...]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced the launch of its first mobile video streaming app in partnership with an affiliate platform in Central and Eastern Europe. … [Read More...]
Ukraine’s delayed first communications satellite Lybid could now be launched in August 2019, according to Pavel Detyarenko, head of the Space Agency of Ukraine (GKAU). … [Read More...]
German TV carriage rights supplier content4tv and German cable operator association FRK have agreed on a long-term cooperation. … [Read More...]
Danish public broadcaster DR has announced the imminent closure of three TV channels and three radio stations, due to a 20% reduction of tis budget.. … [Read More...]
German media company ProSiebenSat.1 has chosen UK-based subscription and billing solutions provider MPP Global to drive its joint OTT platform with Discovery Communications. … [Read More...]
At the 2018 RDK European Summit, RDK Management unveiled a new app programme to make it easier to develop and launch apps consistently across RDK-based set-top boxes. … [Read More...]
German streaming service TV Spielfilm live will shut down its free Basic package on October 1, 2018, a spokeswoman of operating company Hubert Burda Media confirmed to Broadband TV News. … [Read More...]
The Prague-based DTH platform Flix TV has informed its customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia that it is to cease operations. … [Read More...]
