Swedish OTT service Magine is launching a beta version in the UK with 3,000 test users.
Parks: high churn rates for many OTT services
Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker reveals high churn rates for many OTT video subscriber services.
Sky Italia buys FTA channel MTV from Viacom
Sky Italia has agreed to buy the free-to-air channel MTV Italia from Viacom International Media Networks.
Telekom Austria launches OTT platform
Austria’s national telco A1 Telekom Austria has launched an OTT service offering more than 40 TV channels as live-streams for reception via smartphone, tablet and internet.
Fox Sports to kick off Bundesliga coverage with global simulcast
Fox International Channels will showcase the season kick-off match of Germany’s domestic football league Bundesliga between FC Bayern München and Hamburger SV on August 14, 2015 with a global simulcast […]
HbbTV places contracts for HbbTV2.0 test suite
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, today announced its selection […]
Liberty takes ITV stake to 9.9%
Liberty Global has further increased its stake in ITV plc with the acquisition of 138.7 million shares.
Sky Deutschland takes OTT service to LG smart TV sets
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has made its OTT service Sky Online available to the owners of smart TV sets from LG (all WebOS models) in Germany and Austria.
BT Sport holds subscribers
BT says its seeing few customers opting out of the new £5 charge for its repackaged sports channels.
Common Sky hardware platform by 2017
Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch has expressed caution on the launch of an Ultra HD service. However, CFO Andrew Griffith told analysts at the presentation of Sky’s annual results that the […]