Broadcasters
OTT competition heats up as HBO shows land on Amazon
The first wave of HBO programming has landed on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service in…
AMC ups Mandelup to VP of corporate communications
AMC has promoted Sundance media relations executive Elana Mandelup to vice president of corporate communications,…
MTG completes sale of Zitius to TeliaSonera
Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed the sale of its 80% stake in Swedish broadband…
Samsung reportedly buys video discovery firm Shelby.tv
Samsung has reportedly bought New York-based social video discovery firm Shelby.tv. According to a GigaOM…
AT&T-DirecTV deal could spur more consolidation
Analysts have said the AT&T deal for DirecTV will help the merged entity mitigate the…
US multichannel video providers have best quarter in two years
The US multichannel video industry had its “best quarter in two years” with cable providers…
S&T hires former technical director of Teletext
UK-based interactive TV specialist S&T has hired former technical director of Teletext and founder of…
UPC Austria adding 11 HD services
Liberty Global-owned UPC Austria is adding 11 new HD channels o its line-up. The move…
Euronews launches BBM service
News channel Euronews has launched a service for Blackberry’s BBM messaging service users. The Euronews…
Eurosport extends 360HD service to Telefónica
Eurosport has struck a new partnership agreement with Telefónica in Spain to extend the reach…