Push Button Holdings Ltd, which develops interactive applications for connected TV, has been acquired by Amazon.
RTL Group to take full control of RTL Nederland
RTL Group has confirmed it is exercising the put option relating to the 26.3% of RTL Nederland currently held by John de Mol’s Talpa Media Holding.
Orange tree continues to grow
Orange continues to grow its subscriber base, reaching 4.6 million subscribers in Europe as of June 30, 2011, mostly in France and Poland.
BT Vision tops 600,000 subs
BT Vision received just a line in the telco’s latest Q2 financial statements. BT said the customer base for its IPTV service had now reached “over 600,000” subscribers.
CME on a roll
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has posted net revenues of $249,656,000 (€172,587,000) for the second quarter, or 23.8% more than in the corresponding period last year.
ITV to launch micropayments in 2012
ITV is to launch a micropayment system as it bids to further grow its online
business. Having been left behind by the BBC iPlayer, and even Channel 4’s
4oD, the ITV Player is now available on Android phones, Apple devices and Freesat. [Read More…]
Canal Digital-Stofa purchase abandoned
Plans for Canal Digital to acquire the Ratos-owned cable TV operation Stofa have been dropped after it became clear the chances of approval from the Danish competition authorities was low.
Broadband remains key driver for Virgin
The combination of increased broadband speeds and new services, including the TiVo hybrid PVR, are paying off for Virgin Media. The cablenet has reported a half year revenue growth of […]
KPN grows IPTV, but DTT falls
Recent improvements in the consumer offer from KPN have resulted in the addition of a further 56,000 new TV subscribers in the second quarter.
Pace acts to redress component issues
Pace has said its inventory management has now been normalized following the component issues that led to the set-top developer’s profit warning in May, but problems remain in its Europe […]