Broadcasters
Euronews launching local Greek and Hungarian channels
Euronews this morning unveiled plans to launch a 24-hour rolling news service in Athens, to…
MTG uses Envivio to bring Viaplay to set-tops
Modern Times Group has selected technology company Envivio’s Muse software-based encoding solutions to extend its…
DTG makes UK connected TV spec openly available
The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) has made its HbbTV-based connected TV specification openly available…
French government provisions for telecom tax ruling
The French government has made a budget provision of €1.3 billion pending a final ruling…
European PSBs must be properly financed, forum attendees told
European governments must deliver sufficient funding to ensure that public service broadcasters fulfill their mission…
Sweden’s Filmnet launches, Denmark’s YouBio to follow
A new subscription over-the-top TV services launched in the Nordic region at the end of…
CTC Media names new finance chief
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has named Nikolay Surikov as chief financial officer. Surikov was previously…
France 24 launches Google TV service
France 24 has launched a multilingual TV service for the French Google TV platform. Google’s…
BBC Worldwide to commission 100 hours of originals in 2014
BBC Worldwide said it will be ramping up the number of original programmes that it…
Olympics break iPlayer records
Interest in the Olympic Games attracted record numbers of users to the BBC’s iPlayer catch-up…