The consumer electronics (CE) industry expects to increase its turnover in Germany in this year’s Christmas sales period by 2.3% to more than €8.5 billion compared with 2013, according to […]
Archives for November 2014
Sky Deutschland takes OTT to Samsung Smart TV
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has rolled out its recently launched OTT service Sky Online as an app on connected TV sets from Samsung (models from 2014) in Germany and […]
RTL Nitro gains DTT slot in Germany
German commercial free-to-air TV channel RTL Nitro will become available on digital terrestrial frequencies in federal state North-Rhine Westphalia.
Viewster launches eSports live streaming
This weekend Viewster is broadcasting live from the world’s largest digital festival, DreamHack Winter, where the best electronics sports athletes gather to compete for over $500,000 in prize money.
Winners of the Eutelsat TV Awards 2014 announced
“Television sits at the heart of the digital media industry, boosted by multi-screen viewing and by social networks that are stimulating a global conversation,” commented Michel de Rosen, CEO of […]
Arnaud Bensaïd: Amazon echoes the future for broadband operators with virtual assistant
Amazon’s Echo has been widely hailed as a major innovation for the digital home by relying entirely on voice for input and output for information and services.
Eircom meets TV target
Eircom has grown its eVision TV service by an additional 7,000 households amid strong uptake of its fibre product.
Approval for Numericable purchase of Virgin Mobile
The French competition authority has given its approval to Numericable’s purchase of the Virgin Mobile brands.
Romanian broadband race hots up
Telekom Romania has stolen a march on its rivals RCS&RDS and UPC by launching an internet offer with download speeds of up to 1 Gbps.
Fransat moves to all MPEG-4
French free-to-view platform is to move all of its broadcasts to the MPEG-4 transmission standard by 2016.