After 49 years, Israel’s Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the country’s public broadcaster, is officially shut down.
Record turnover Swedish TV market driven by web TV
Swedish consultancy Mediavision highlights the vast transformation that the Swedish TV market is undergoing.
Euronews to split into 12 separate channels
Euronews will start a key implementation phase of its ‘Next’ strategic plan from this month that will see the single multi-language Euronews channel split into 12 separate channels.
Global market for e-sports video is booming
The market for e-sports video continues its rapid growth worldwide. Total hours viewed in the genre exceeded 6 billion globally in 2016, up 19% from 2015, according to a new […]
Telenor Satellite, UPC DTH extend 1W deal
Telenor Satellite has extended its satellite distribution agreement with UPC DTH, which provides direct-to-home (DTH) services in four Central and East European markets.
MTG extends Champions League rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended the Scandinavian media rights to the UEFA Champions League until 2021.
Liberty Global grows next-gen subscriber base
Liberty Global reports that its next-generation TV platforms (including Horizon TV, Horizon-Lite, TiVo, Eos (v6) and Yelo TV) have added 253,000 subscribers.
Global pay TV revenues to peak in 2017
Global pay TV revenues will peak in 2017 at $202 billion. However, no rapid decline will take place after 2017 as revenues will still be as high as $200 billion […]
Selling ‘fully-loaded’ Kodi STBs now illegal in the EU
Streaming copyrighted material for free on multimedia players such as Kodi is illegal, the European Court of Justice ruled.
DVB-T2 reaches 2.2 million households in Germany
The German DVB-T2/HEVC platform reaches 2.2 million households following the launch of the next-generation DTT service on March 29, 2017.