The merger between Greek telco/pay-TV operator Forthnet and another subsidiary company Multichoice Hellas, wrapped on October 17th. The agreement, first mooted back on June 30th, sees Multichoice Hellas’s local operation being absorbed by Forthnet’s pay-TV arm. There is something of a shake-out and consolidation occurring in Greece at the moment. Earlier this summer Vodafone “merged” […]
Virgin Media is expanding its network to 5,000 more homes across the North East of England providing Internet access at speeds up to 152Mb or eight times faster than the national average. Work is underway to connect more households in Hartlepool, Darlington, Sunderland and Stockton-On-Tees and is expected to be complete by the end of […]
Consumer viewership information provider Rentrak has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for the method and system behind measuring the status of return path TVs (also known as set-top boxes). This is an important component of Rentrak’s massive and passive ratings service, which will soon measure 60 million return path […]
Kenya is limiting the amount of foreign content its local broadcasters can show. The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is looking to impose a directive that all TV stations must limit non-Kenyan programming to 40 percent of their transmissions. The Authority says it is working with Kenya’s government to help create a framework to help […]
Calix, one of the major forces behind the gigabit community wave sweeping across the US, is warning that Europe needs to foster a major effort to drive it forward and keep pace with North America and Asia in advanced broadband infrastructure. The comments came on the eve of the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam, where […]
Canal+’s new sub-Saharan African channel, A+, will launch in 20 countries in western and central Africa on October 24th as part of the Canalsat bouquet. A+ will offer programming aimed at a mass market audience, including series in French, English, Portuguese and the Wolof language. All shows will be produced or dubbed in French. “We […]
SeaChange International, the global multi-screen video software company, has announced that the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Jay Samit as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Samit will also become a member of the Board. Samit succeeds SeaChange’s current CEO Raghu Rau. “It is a great honour to be leading SeaChange at a time when […]
HGI, the global organisation for publishing requirements for the Smart Home, has announced at Broadband World Forum 2014 that it will be taking a new direction as it moves towards its tenth anniversary and continues to define the enabling platforms and APIs, enabling service providers to achieve the smart home of the future. The major […]
MP & Silva has confirmed the acquisition of the Italian football league’s international rights for the next three seasons, and will continue to manage the worldwide distribution from season 2015-2016 to 2017-2018, after successfully winning the tender launched by the Lega Serie A. The agreement includes the audiovisual rights to distribute the Serie A globally […]
Following its successful launch Cennarium, the global performing arts streaming service, has secured a deal with Samsung to provide its OTT service to a projected 136 million of the tech giant’s connected devices in Brazil. Cennarium is a performing arts streaming service offering an exclusive selection of live recorded plays, operettas, music and dance from […]