The on demand service Play Now has added 50 film titles from SPI International, distributed in Poland by Kino Polska TV, to its offer.
Rohde & Schwarz exports 5G Broadcast to China
The Academy of Broadcasting Science (ABS) and China Broadcasting Network (CBN), two public institutions under governmental authority of the Chinese National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), will set up a 5G Broadcast trial in Beijing.
Tricolor gains business customers
Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor saw its B2B customer base grow by 36% in the year to June 30.
DFL and Athletia fight international Bundesliga piracy
German football association DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has set up a joint venture with Athletia to take action against the illegal transmission of Bundesliga matches on an international level.
Freenet gains with waipu.tv and Freenet TV
German internet TV platform waipu.tv has increased its number of registered customers on June 30, 2019 by 923,900 year-on-year to around 1.748 million customers.
In the UK, Netflix and Amazon beat Sky Now TV
Three OTT video services — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Sky’s Now TV — accounted for 97% of the total subscriptions market in the UK at the end of 2018, according to Kagan, a research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Report: DAZN and Sky Italia in talks for satellite channel
According to a report in Italian newspaper Repubblica, Sky Italia is talking to DAZN about a new satellite channel to distribute the country’s Series A football games.
Virgin Media video subscriber losses hurt Liberty Global
Weakness in Virgin Media is hurting Liberty Global, which lost 29,000 RGUs in the second quarter, as compared to a gain of 41,000 RGUs in the prior-year period. This was despite improved performances in the remaining CEE operations, as well as Switzerland and Telenet.
Deutsche Telekom wins 58,000 new MagentaTV customers
German telco Deutsche Telekom recorded 58,000 new customers for its IPTV platform MagentaTV in Q2 2019.
UPC Polska on a roll
Liberty Global’s UPC Polska gained 117,000 Horizon subscribers in the year to June 30, ending the first half with over 690,000.