German car and motorsports channel Motorvision TV will continue to show US motorsports series NASCAR live and exclusive.
Archives for November 2016
YouTube could exit Russia
Upcoming legislation addressing online video services could force YouTube to withdraw from Russia.
Virgin TV relaunches UI and connects its own TV
Virgin Media has relaunched its Virgin TV offer, upgrading its UI and launching an online store and even its own TV tablet.
Gendarmerie closes French pirate VOD site
The French Gendarmerie Nationale has taken the pirate VOD website Zone Téléchargement down, and arrested five people.
Ukraine tightens up broadcast legislation
The Ukrainian regulator (National Council) has been empowered to impose fines on broadcasters and programme service providers for violating industry regulations.
Eurochannel launches on SFR Belgique
European cinema channel Eurochannel HD is launching in Belgium on the basic offer of Altice’s SFR television on December 1.
Digi ups profit, gains cable subscribers
Cable Communications Systems, the parent company of Romania’s RCS&RDS (Digi), had an operating profit of €20.6 million in the third quarter.
EE launches Netgem’s Watch with Twitter
Netgem has launched new social media functionality onto its Telco TV platform.
Telekom Austria expands in Belarus
Telekom Austria has agreed to buy 100% of the shares in the Belarusian operators Atlant Telecom and its subsidiary TeleSet.
Russia to extend its SVOD lead in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe will have 18.19 million paying SVOD subscribers [for TV episodes and movies – excluding sports, for example] across 18 countries by 2021, up from 3.33 million at end-2015 […]