The European Commission says Altice breached EU rules through the early implementation of its PT Portugal acquisition.
New Dutch DTH platform planned: Joyne
A new DTH platform, called Joyne, is set to launch on the Dutch market in July.
EC provides Digital Single Market update
The European Commission has published the mid-term review of its Digital Single Market strategy. It takes stock of the progress made, calls on co-legislators to swiftly act on all proposals […]
Turkey pressures Eutelsat to close three Kurdish channels
The Turkish media authority RTÜK has banned Kurdish TV channels Ronahi, Sterk and the News Channel and asked satellite operator Eutelsat to stop distributing the channels in Europe.
Canal+ France continues to lose subscribers
Duting the past 12 months Canal+ France lost 401,000 subscribers, down to 5.145 million, with revenue down 3.8% compared to the first quarter of 2016, to €1,278 million.
Israel shuts down public broadcaster IBA
After 49 years, Israel’s Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the country’s public broadcaster, is officially shut down.
Euronews to split into 12 separate channels
Euronews will start a key implementation phase of its ‘Next’ strategic plan from this month that will see the single multi-language Euronews channel split into 12 separate channels.
Telenor Satellite, UPC DTH extend 1W deal
Telenor Satellite has extended its satellite distribution agreement with UPC DTH, which provides direct-to-home (DTH) services in four Central and East European markets.
Selling ‘fully-loaded’ Kodi STBs now illegal in the EU
Streaming copyrighted material for free on multimedia players such as Kodi is illegal, the European Court of Justice ruled.
Ownzones targets Romanian diaspora
Ownzones Media Network has launched an app that gives an audience of nearly 4 million Romanians living outside their country access to the largest line-up of Romanian content available from […]