Virgin Media says Wednesday’s update to Apple’s mobile operating system caused an increase of 10% in peak download traffic, week on week.
Hussain quits Liberty CTO role
Aamir Hussain is leaving his role as chief technology officer of Liberty Global to return to the United States.
Norway’s Get sold to TDC
Danish telco TDC has created the largest grouping of cable TV in Scandinavia with the purchase of GET from GS Capital Partners and Quadrangle Capital Partners for NOK 13.8bn (€1.79bn).
Bouygues signs up to Netflix
Bouygues Telecom has broken ranks with other French pay-TV companies by signing an agreement with Netflix.
Netflix kicks off in Germany
Global subscription video-on-demand market leader Netflix has launched its service for internet users in Germany on September 16, 2014, at midnight CET.
Satellite TV operators launch FreeTV Alliance
Three European free-to-air satellite TV operators – Fransat (France), Freesat (UK), and Tivùsat (Italy) – have come together to form the FreeTV Alliance.
Netflix to collaborate with Telekom and Vodafone in Germany
Netflix will roll out its subscription video-on-demand service in Germany on September 16, 2014, with a wide-scale attack on established market players.
Ericsson buys TV server firm Fabrix
Ericsson is buying the US-Israeli firm Fabrix systems, further extending its range within the TV sphere.
HBO Go is going to the cloud
HBO Europe has enlisted ActiveVideo’s CloudTV StreamCast platform to bring the HBO Go TV Everywhere service to the full footprint of existing set-top boxes.
Channel 4 to revamp on demand offer
Channel 4 is to drop the iconic 4oD brand for its catch up TV services and replace it with the new All 4.