The BBC iPlayer has seen a significant increase in the number of requests coming from tablet devices. Of the 153 million requests for TV and radio programmes made during September […]
Hulu no longer for sale
After months of speculation about its future, the US catch-up TV portal Hulu has taken itself off the market.
Intel stays with set-tops
Intel is to remain a supplier of processors to the set-top box sector following its decision to abandon the connected TV market.
Sky VOD content heads to Virgin
In a landmark agreement Virgin Media is to add content from Sky Anytime to its on demand service. The package includes several thousand hours of films, series, sport and news.
Arris tunes into $172m BigBand purchase
Arris has announced a definitive agreement for the purchase of BigBand Network at an equity value of $172 million or an outlay of approximately $53 million.
Netflix backtracks on Qwikster spin-off
Netflix has scrapped plans to spin-off the DVD rental business from its online video service. No more Qwikster, writes Reed Hastings on the Netflix blog, following a barrage of complaints […]
France may add six new FTA DTT channels
The French media regulator CSA may issue licences for six new free-to-air channels on the digital terrestrial network, while plans to switch to DVB-T2 may put on hold, reports Le […]
YouTube brings movies to the UK
YouTube is now offering over 1,000 movie British and Hollywood movie titles to rent to UK audiences. The service has already been introduced in the United States and Canada.
European TV partners join Xbox Live
After more than a decade of trying to enter the TV space, Microsoft has announced a slew of deals that will put content from more than 20 countries onto its […]
BT Openreach to offer 300 Mbps broadband speeds
BT Openreach has announced plans to launch a 110 Mbps fibre-to-the premises (FTTP) service from next spring. At the same time it will commence a 300 Mbps service that the […]