Broadcasters
Lattelecom and MTG locked in carriage fee dispute
Latvian telco Lattelecom could cease to carry Modern Times Group-owned channel TV3 at the end…
EBU names finance and administration chief
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has named Emmanuel Frantz as its next chief financial and…
Discovery promotes Honeycutt to new CTO role
Discovery Communications ahs promoted John Honeycutt to the role of chief technology officer. Honeycutt was…
Du chooses ChannelSculptor to manage channel portfolio
Middle East telecom operator Du has hired ChannelSculptor to aggregate free-to-air channels for its IPTV…
BBC launches updated iPlayer
The BBC is rolling out an updated version of its iPlayer streaming service in a…
MTG raises SEK1 billion in refinancing effort
European broadcasting firm Modern Times Group (MTG) has raised SEK 1 billion (€113 million) in…
BBC appoints culture department veteran as BBC Trust director
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has appointed culture department veteran Jon Zeff as…
BBC lobbying for licence fee hike
The BBC will push for an inflation-based increase in its annual licence fee, according to…
beIN Sport to roll out across MENA with Pace
Al Jazeera-owned beIN Sport has chosen Pace to deliver home media servers and HD set-top…
Piksel restructures commercial and solutions operations
Video services firm Piksel has restructuring of its commercial and solutions operations into a “global…