25% of young Europeans stream illegally
A quarter of EU citizens aged between 15 and 24 have admitted to intentionally using illegal sources to access online content in the past 12 months. Most say they do this because it is free, or cheaper than accessing content from legal sources, according to a new report from the…
Canal+ acquires Alterna’TV from Eutelsat Americas
Canal+ Group, through its subsidiary THEMA, is to acquire Alterna’TV, a Miami-based content distribution company from Eutelsat Americas. Alterna’TV is a content distribution platform that provides principally Latin…
Analyst: Broadband’s share of video viewing to double
Findings from The Diffusion Group (TDG) suggest the coming shift from Legacy TV to Broadband Video sources over the next decade will see Broadband Video grow from 17…
NFL, Twitter announce streaming partnership
The National Football League (NFL) has selected Twitter as its exclusive partner to deliver a live OTT digital stream of Thursday Night Football to a global audience across…
UK channels most likely to be recommended by viewers
A study by Ampere Analysis shows the UK’s free and pay-TV channels enjoyed the highest Net Promoter Score (NPS) compared to their counterparts in the top five European…
Pub company hit with £120K pay-TV piracy fine
A pub company in the southern England county of Surrey has been found guilty of illegally airing Sky Sports in three of its pubs and ordered to pay…
UKTV Play on Freeview Play
UKTV has announced it is further expanding the reach of its on-demand service, UKTV Play, by making it available on Freeview Play. Freeview Play, which launched in October,…
Sony’s Baggelaar: ‘4K enables compelling storytelling’
Bill Baggelaar, SVP Post Production Technologies, Sony Pictures, has suggested that his role “and passion” at the studio is to help bring innovation and new equipment as much…
Verizon buys 25% of AwesomenessTV
Verizon has revealed it has agreed to buy a 24.5 per cent stake in AwesomenessTV. Upon completion of this transaction, the AwesomenessTV multi-platform media business will be valued…
Vice, C+ partner for Viceland launch
Global youth media company Vice Media and Group Canal+ have formed a partnership that will offer Viceland, the brand new TV channel from Vice, exclusively to CanalSat customers…
Sky Go adds SyFy, E!, Universal content
Sky is to add even more content to its mobile TV streaming service, Sky Go. Customer favourites from E! Entertainment Television, Syfy and Universal Channel will expand its…
DirecTV building 4K portfolio
DirecTV, now owned by AT&T, is starting to build is portfolio of Ultra HD broadcast channels. This week has already seen the launch of its first, Channel 106,…
Comcast to sell digital Disney movies
Comcast has entered into a content licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Studios to start offering a selection of digital library titles and new releases as they become…
Tele Columbus, Espial Advanced TV Trial
Espial and Tele Columbus have jointly announced a successful initial phase to an ongoing field trial of Tele Columbus’ next-generation, 4K ultra high definition ready video service, known…
TERN channel for Sky UK
SES has announced that the Netherlands-based TV Entertainment Reality Network (TERN) has contracted additional SES capacity under a long-term agreement to launch its HD channel Insighton the Sky…
Nilesat bans Lebanon channels
Cairo-based Nilesat appears to be following a situation where Saudi Arabia has allegedly taken down some key Lebanese channels, with Nilesat ceasing transmissions of the al-Manar channel. Moreover,…
Sea Launch asset sale “blocked”
The sale of the struggling Sea Launch rocket launch enterprise has been blocked by minority shareholder Boeing. Boeing has started…
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Here’s the TV News: It’s not great
Newspapers used to be – sometimes still are – the playthings of powerful people, the kind of people who didn’t…
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