The arrival of Google’s Android TV platform has the potential to disrupt a landscape for streaming media players currently dominated by Roku and Apple TV.
EBU questions LTE TV viability
The EBU says it is unrealistic to expect LTE to become a viable broadcast distribution platform.
DTT delay boosts Russian broadcasters
The infrastructure for Russia’s second DTT multiplex will only be fully in place in 2019 rather than next year, as had been previously planned.
Romania launches football rights probe
The Romanian Competition Board (CC) has launched an investigation into the sale of TV rights for Liga 1, the country’s top football league.
35,000 go in BT TV customer clearout
The swapout of older BT Vision boxes in favour of the new YouView units has resulted in the loss of 35,000 customers.
Under pressure T-HT gains DTH customers
Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT) ended the second quarter with 394,000 TV customers, or 5.1% more than in the same period in 2013.
Tveter to lead Liberty Swiss and Austrian
Liberty Global is combining its cable assets in Austria and Switzerland into a single organisation based in Zurich.
Digiturk launches overseas OTT
Turkish satellite platform Digiturk is launching a new premium pay-TV service for viewers overseas.
Sky invests in virtual reality company
BSkyB has made a $400,000 equity investment in Jaunt, a Californian technology company that specialises in cinematic virtual reality.
Germany’s ARD plans new Netflix competitor
German public broadcaster ARD wants to set up a new Netflix-style online streaming portal after the project Germany’s Gold jointly planned with fellow public broadcaster ZDF was cancelled following concerns […]