The European Commission is to refer Bulgaria to the EU’s Court of Justice over its assignment of DTT frequencies.
MultiChoice and Irdeto combine in piracy initiative
A year-long investigation, run jointly by the Irdeto Anti-Piracy and Forensics Unit, MultiChoice Africa Anti-Piracy Department and Botswana Police has led to the arrest of two Chinese nationals.
Sky launches new multiscreen subscription service
Sky is launching a paid for extension to its Sky Go service, allowing subscribers to download content for later and extending the number of devices that can access Sky Go […]
Deloitte: 4K to kick off in 2013
Multiple test broadcasts of 4K services are likely during 2013 with commercial services expected in 2014/15, according to Deloitte.
German RTL to end DTT broadcasts
RTL Deutschland has decided to terminate its current DVB-T distribution in the country. This will affect terrestrial distribution of RTL, Vox, Super RTL and RTL II and, for Berlin only, […]
Discovery buys Italy’s Switchover Media
Discovery Communications is continuing its buying spree with the acquisition of Italy’s Switchover Media. The broadcaster runs four free-to-air channels and one pay-TV channel in the country.
News Corp takes control of Sky-D
News Corp has agreed to support €438 million of new equity into Sky Deutschland. At the same time it will increase its holding in the German pay-TV platform from 49.9% […]
UPC Cablecom launches Horizon in Switzerland
UPC Cablecom is launching its Horizon entertainment platform in Switzerland on Monday, January 14.
BARB studies audience measurement beyond 7 days
UK audience researcher BARB has completed pilot work on how it can report the viewing of programmes past the established seven-day period after transmission.
UPC adds 21 apps to Horizon box
UPC Nederland has added 21 new apps to its Horizon mediabox bringing the total to 35 apps.