Strong Media SAL-Off-Shore (SMO) has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat for capacity on Eutelsat 16A to deploy a range of English, French and Arabic-speaking television services over Sub-Saharan Africa.
Digital pay-TV revenues rocket in Eastern Europe
Despite the incessant gloomy economic and political news from the region, pay-TV revenues in Eastern Europe will be 45% higher in 2020 ($7,269 million) than in 2010 ($5,029 million), according […]
ProSiebenSat.1 renames TV weather channel
German commercial TV group ProSiebenSat.1 has renamed its weather channel Deutsches Wetter Fernsehen into wetter.com TV.
Russian OTT: market in figures
The value of Russia’s legal video OTT services amounted to R2.6 billion (€41.15 million) in 2014, or 58% more than a year earlier.
Netzkino VOD to launch on Amazon’s Fire TV stick
German free-of-charge video-on-demand (VOD) service Netzkino will become available on Amazon’s Fire TV stick on April 15, 2015.
New music channel for Czech Republic
The Czech broadcaster TV Barrandov will shortly add a music channel named Barrandov Muzika to its portfolio.
ZDF Enterprises teams up with Projector Pictures
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German public broadcaster ZDF, has signed a first-look development and distribution deal with Projector Pictures, a UK-based independent production company specialised in British drama.
HEVC Advance opens patent pool
HEVC Advance has launched a new patent pool for the licensing and commercialisation of HEVC technologies.
Convergent “war” looms in Spain
Competition in Spain will intensify significantly on April 20 when Vodafone launches its first convergent offer.
Philips adds new apps to its smart TVs
TP Vision has added a number of new apps to its line of Philips smart TVs.