Eutelsat and Swiss broadcasting corporation SSR SRG have announced the multi-year renewal of their capacity agreement at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD video neighbourhood. The partnership has already spanned over 30 years. This new agreement assures the broadcast continuity of SSR SSG Group’s HD television channels and radio stations to audiences across Switzerland who are living beyond the […]
Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of the Art Basel in Basel (ABB) Collection, an exclusive curation of digital art available across Samsung TVs with Samsung Art Store. Handpicked from over 100 submissions, the 38 pieces in the ABB Collection were carefully curated with a focus on artist diversity, medium variety, and geographic representation. The […]
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest delivered its biggest impact yet—across TV, digital platforms, and streaming charts – cementing its place as one of the world’s most powerful cultural events. The 69th Contest, staged in Basel, Switzerland, reached 166 million people across 37 public service media markets* – 3 million more viewers compared to 2024, reports […]
Swiss telco Sunrise said reported Q1 2025 revenues decreased by 3.3 per cent year-on-year to CHF 722 million (€768.7m)’ largely attributed to lower device sales and a wind down of promotional TV bundles. Sunrise recorded continued net customer growth in Q1 2025, with +12,000 mobile postpaid RGUs (revenue generating units) and +5,000 broadband Internet RGUs. […]
Autentic Distribution has announced a major sale of its successful food and travel series At Our Neighbour’s Table to Swiss broadcaster SRF, which has acquired 104 episodes of the series. The successful long-running series produced by Berlin Producers for ZDF in collaboration with arte takes viewers on a journey through kitchens and cultures across the […]
With Easter approaching, the annual Pilgrimage series is returning to BBC Two and iPlayer next month, as seven well known personalities, of differing faiths and beliefs, tackle a challenging 300km pilgrimage, through the majestic and awe-inspiring Austrian and Swiss Alps. Across 3 x 60 minute episodes, the brand new, Pilgrimage: The Road Through the Alps, […]
Swiss telco Sunrise has announced that Disney+ is now fully integrated into the TV Shop on the Sunrise TV Box. Customers can now subscribe to Disney+ and other streaming services with just one click directly via the TV Shop or My Sunrise and manage their subscriptions. In addition to Disney+, other popular streaming services such […]
SoftAtHome, an independent software company specialising in broadband, video, and analytics, has announced that its software powers the Internet-Box 5 Pro, the latest Swisscome home gateway equipped with Wi-Fi 7 technology announced on November 20th is the first to hit the Swiss market. This advanced gateway is now available exclusively for Swisscom fibre customers, marking […]
Liberty Global has completed the previously announced spin-off of its Swiss business, Sunrise, into a separate publicly traded company. The completion follows the approval of the transaction at a special meeting of Liberty Global shareholders on October 25th. Liberty Global will continue to own and operate its Liberty Telecom businesses in Belgium, Ireland, Slovakia, the […]
IPTV/OTT platform provider Green Streams and Swisscom have entered into a strategic partnership for the Swiss market. Green Streams has integrated Swisscom’s TV and video backend and content delivery network (CDN) with the Green Streams ‘Media Integration Platform’ and the Green Streams white-label frontend applications. This creates a flexible TV and entertainment service for network […]