Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the Angolan president and a leading investor in the region has purchased a further 5% in ZON Multimedia, making her the cablenet’s largest shareholder.
TDC has best pay-TV quarter ever
Danish telco TDC has achieved its best ever quarter for pay-TV, its cable and IPTV platforms adding 37,000 subscribers between them.
European VOD registers just 1% of TV revenue
A report on behalf of the European Commission has found that while video on demand is growing in importance it still only represents 1% of total TV revenues.
Philips connects Smart TVs to next level
Consumer electronics manufacturer Philips is taking its Smart TVs to the next level with Smart TV Premium, allowing viewers to stream content to iPhones and iPads.
Seven packages in domestic Premier League tender
The Premier League has launched an Invitation to Tender for the live UK TV rights for three years starting with the 2013/14 season.
Norkring Belgium prepares for DVB-T2
Norkring Belgium, the owners of the digital terrestrial transmitter networks for TV and radio in Flanders and Brussels, is to upgrade its network to the DVB-T2 standard. The work will […]
Canal+ faces loss of authority
Canal+ is bracing itself for conditions to the TPS merger that will dramatically impact on its position in the French TV market.
Sky becomes UK triple play choice
Sky has pulled ahead of Virgin Media in terms of the number of customers taking TV, broadband and home phone products.
ISPs told to block Pirate Bay’s way to customer ports
UK ISPs have been ordered to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, the High Court has ruled. Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk and O2 are now required to […]
Only 1 in 3 smart TV purchased for ability to connect
Only half of those who purchase a smart TV actually know what it does, while a quarter never actually connect it to the internet, according to worrying research from pollsters […]