International news channel Al Jazeera English has struck a carriage deal with Spain’s leading cable operator, ONO, widening its current availability in the country to another one million subscribers. The deal will see Al Jazeera English (AJE) made available on channel 146 in ONO’s TV Esencial package. The channel is already available in Spain on […]

Google is working on a major overhaul of YouTube as it tries to position itself for the rise of Connected TVs, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to people familiar with the matter, YouTube is looking to compete with broadcast and cable television, which would entail enticing users to stay on the website longer, and […]

Panasonic has confirmed the activation of professional sports apps for baseball and basketball on its 2011 line of Vira Connect-enabled HDTVs.  The planned addition of interactive sports apps including professional baseball, basketball, hockey and football was initially announced in January at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Viera Connect, a significant enhancement of Panasonic’s connected IPTV […]

Swiss-based Transmedia has finalised a deal with IPTV operator kt (formerly Korea Telecom) to launch its iConcerts HDTV channel for the first time in Korea. This marks the first time the iConcerts HDTV broadcast channel will be available to the Korean public following the approval of its broadcast licence by the KCC (Korea Communications Commission) […]

Sundance Channel Global will launch on Spain’s Movistar Imagenio, Telefónica’s IPTV service and one of the country’s largest television operators.  Sundance Channel Global launched less than 2 years ago in a single country and now expands into its 9th territory.  Combining the Sundance Channel brand with its capacity for content platform solutions, the channel will […]

Private Media Group, a global specialist in adult entertainment products, has entered into an expanded agreement with long time IPTV partner, Free, in France.  Leveraging Free’s leading distribution platform which includes free-to-air TV channels, PVR, and catch-up services, along with extensive user base, Private will have 100 per cent coverage throughout France with terms that […]

CNBC, the leading business and financial news channel, will be available on Deutsche Telekom’s leading IPTV platform, Entertain from April 1st. CNBC will join the Entertain package, which is available to 1.6 million subscribers with high-speed DSL lines across Germany.  The agreement with Deutsche Telekom now means that CNBC reaches approximately 33 million households in […]

KidsCo, the international children’s channel, has announced a three-year partnership extension to its existing offering on Optimus Clix, the Portuguese triple-play IPTV operator. The Portuguese operator has renewed its contract with KidsCo, ensuring the channel will continue to be available to subscribers for another three years.

Two of the OTT and DVD service’s most important content providers have changed their distribution agreements with the company, reflecting growing anxiety about the pace of growth at the DVD subscription and movie streaming company. Showtime, the pay-TV service owned by CBS, this said it would remove all of its first-run programming from Netflix’s streaming […]

Channel 4 and energy giant E.On are to co-fund a major cross- platform series called Future Family. The show will centre around a real-life family which lives in a house furnished entirely with energy-saving gadgets and technologies. The five-part series will follow the practicalities of the various energy-saving inventions, which will include futuristic kitchen appliances, […]