Nearly three-quarters of cross-border TV channels in Europe now fall under the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) jurisdiction of the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Spain.
Simplestream secures £1m funding
Simplestream is to increase its headcount by 15 after securing a £1 million loan from the alternative lender BOOST&Co.
Chapek: No plans for ad supported Disney+
Walt Disney has ruled out any immediate introduction of a cheaper, ad supported, tier for Disney+.
A1 Austria launches Zappware-powered A1 Xplore TV on Fire TV.
Austria’s A1 has launched a new version of its Xplore TV platform for users of Amazon Fire TV.
Canal Plus threatens football blackout after Amazon wins Ligue 1 rights
Canal Plus has reacted with fury after the French Football League (LFP) voted to accept a bid from Amazon representing 80% of available matches from the start of the new season.
SES’ Yves Feltes is dead
Yves Feltes, who was responsible for public relations at SES for a quarter of a century, has died.
United Group to merge Slovenian and Croatian operations
United Group is to combine Telemach Slovenia and Telemach Croatia into a single business cluster, managed by Adrian Jezina, the current CEO of Telemach Slovenia.
EC: Spain has to recover incompatible aid from DTT operators
The European Commission (EC) has concluded that the aid received by terrestrial operators for the digitisation and extension of the terrestrial television network in remote areas of Spain was against EU State aid rules.
Media Meet & Greet: Keynote session review
Telcos fall into the trap of seeing other telcos as rivals in the provision of TV services.
Netflix opens online store
Amazon has successfully moved from parcels into streaming, so it seems entirely logical that Netflix might move in the opposite direction.