Exclusive: ProSiebenSat.1 to launch UHD service on July 22
German commercial broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 will launch its Ultra HD (UHD) service on July 22, 2018 with a special edition of science programme Galileo. … [Read More...]
Newsline
Amazon to challenge Sky with smart TV
Amazon is developing its own smart TV in order to compete more effectively with Sky in the UK. … [Read More...]
Online video viewing to top one hour a day
Global consumers will spend an average of 67 minutes a day watching online video this year, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2018. … [Read More...]
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Vivendi closes Studio+ mobile video services
Vivendi is closing down its Studio + service aimed at young mobile viewers after racking up losses of EUR48 million in less than two years time. … [Read More...]
Ultra HD Plugfest confirms interoperability
Full house at the eighth joint Ultra HD Plugfest of industry associations DTG Testing UK and Deutsche TV-Plattform at the end of June 2018. … [Read More...]
Pay-TV milestone for Rostelecom
The Russian telco Rostelecom is set to become the first fixed-line operator in the country to surpass 10 million pay-TV subscribers. … [Read More...]
Little clarity for broadcasters from Brexit White Paper
The Government’s White Paper on Brexit offers little clarity for the UK’s £1 billion international broadcasting sector, according to the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA). … [Read More...]
FIFA takes action against beoutQ’s pirate World Cup
With just two matches left, football’s governing body is preparing to take legal action against the Saudi pirate that has been illegally retransmitting the World Cup. … [Read More...]
HbbTV Association unveils DASH DRM Reference Application
The HbbTV Association has announced the release of its free-to-use DASH DRM Reference Application. … [Read More...]
Moritz Pohl to drive RTL’s VOD business
Moritz Pohl will become head of video-on-demand content (VOD) at RTL interactive, a company part of German commercial broadcast group Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, from October 1, 2018. … [Read More...]
Eleven Sports to launch two new channels after Serie A rights win
IMG is to take a minority stake in Eleven Sports after the broadcaster said it would launch two sports channels as part of an online streaming platform. … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
Pay-TV in Montenegro: the stats
Montenegro ended June with 209,448 subscribers to pay-TV services. … [Read More...]
Ukrainian broadcasters hit by fines
Ukraine’s National Council has fined 173 companies for not complying with a legal requirement to provide information about their ownership structure. … [Read More...]
Telia to switch off DTT in Lithuania
Telia Lietuva plans to stop providing DTT services in Lithuania in stages starting from the beginning of next month. … [Read More...]
Channels
Ukraine extends national channel licences
Ukraine’s National Council has extend the licences of 24 national TV channels for a further seven years. … [Read More...]
Virgin TV adds BT Sport in 4K UHD
Virgin Media has reached a new multi-year agreement with VT for the continued carriage of BT Sport. … [Read More...]
New ownership for Russian hockey channel
The Russian hockey channel KHL TV has been taken over by Match TV, which is owned by Gazprom Media. … [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
New Comcast offer values Sky at £26bn
Comcast has further raised its bid for Sky, increasing its bid to £14.75 per share, as the battle for the European broadcaster intensifies. … [Read More...]
Netflix introduces smart downloads
Netflix has introduced a Smart Downloads feature that deletes an episode after it has been watched and then automatically downloads the next one. … [Read More...]
Croatia revisits Italian TV interference problem
The Croatian regulator HAKOM has begun to monitor interference to TV and radio signals in the country by transmitters in neighbouring Italy. … [Read More...]