Arris Group is to take control of CloudTV developers ActiveVideo. Its established a joint venture company with US cablenet Charter that will acquire ActiveVideo for $135 million.
Deutsche Telekom and Vubiquity team up for OTT solutions
Deutsche Telekom’s Business Development and Innovation unit (BDI) and US premium content service provider Vubiquity have formed a partnership to enable an end-to-end solution for platform operators and service providers […]
Rostelecom adds multiscreen
The Russian telco Rostelecom has launched a multiscreen service. At the same time, it has made its Zabava multimedia app available on Samsung Smart TVs.
ER Telecom adds TV Everywhere
The Russian cable operator ER Telecom has launched a TV Everywhere service.
PrimaCom eyes OTT and multi-screen with Conax
German cable operator PrimaCom has chosen security solutions provider Conax, part of Swiss Kudelski group, for content revenue protection covering its growing cable and pay-TV business.
Swisscom attacks Netflix with SVOD service
Switzerland’s national telco Swisscom has launched a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service offering movies, TV series, documentaries, sports and children’s programmes for a flat monthly fee of CHF12.90 (€10.70).
Sky Deutschland picks SES for OTT service
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has selected SES Platform Services, the technical services subsidiary of satellite operator SES, to manage the technical operations of its recently launched OTT service Sky […]
Appear TV inks Hungarian multiscreen deal
The Hungarian cable operator Tarr has deployed systems from Appear TV to increase its channel capacity and power a new 24-channel linear multiscreen service.
Verimatrix to protect Deutsche Glasfaser’s multiscreen platform
German fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network operator Deutsche Glasfaser has selected Verimatrix, a US provider of cardless protection solutions for digital TV platforms, to secure its linear TV, radio, video-on-demand (VOD) and […]
Numericable brings in multiscreen
French cablenet Numericable is introducing a new multiscreen service. It’s also expanding Restart to terrestrial channels.