Freely forecast to overtake Freeview by 2030
Streaming platform Freely is celebrating its first year with half a million weekly users. … [Read More...]
Today’s News – As it Happens
Canal+ retains reduced VAT for its channels
The French Public Finance Department has given its approval to an extension to the favourable VAT rate levied on the Canal+ and its linear TV services. … [Read More...]
MFE secures 75.61% stake in ProSiebenSat.1
Italian media company MFE-MediaForEurope has secured a total stake of 75.61% in ProSiebenSat.1, positioning itself as the German broadcaster’s majority shareholder. … [Read More...]
News Line
VIDAA brings waipu.tv to German smart TVs
VIDAA has partnered with waipu.tv to make the TV streaming service available on all smart TVs in Germany using its operating system.
Global adoption of RDK Surpasses 200m devices.
RDK Management (RDK) has announced that RDK open-source software, used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from broadband and video service providers, has been shipped on more than 200 million devices globally to date.
VOYO teams up with Friend MTS to protect streaming platform
VOYO, ProTV’s streaming platform in Romania, is stepping up its fight against piracy after securing the country’s rights to the English Premier League.
Médiamétrie partners with AudienceProject to strengthen Cross-Media Video ad measurement
Médiamétrie has joined forces with AudienceProject to accelerate the rollout of a new cross-media video advertising measurement service.
Egyptians and ACE shut down world’s largest live sports piracy ring
Egyptian authorities together with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) have shut down the piracy network Streameast.
Insys VT gains AWS Competency for Cloud Migration and Modernisation
Insys Video Technologies has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Migration and Modernization Competency status.
Whale TV+ scores Red Bull TV for action sports fans
Smart TV operating system Whale TV has added Red Bull TV to its free streaming service Whale TV+, giving viewers access to live action sports, films and series in multiple languages.
Sunrise and Media Distillery introduce AI-powered TV highlights
Swiss network operator Sunrise has launched a new ‘TV Highlights’ feature designed to make it easier for its one million TV customers to discover programmes.
Sky retains Austrian Bundesliga rights until 2030
Sky Österreich will continue to broadcast Austria’s top football league after securing the rights to the Admiral Bundesliga until the end of the 2029/30 season.
FCC addresses transition to Next Gen TV
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced additional measures intended to ease the transition by broadcasters to the next-generation television standard, ATSC 3.0.
TiVo OS expands to 40+ countries
TiVo Platform Technologies has announced a series of significant milestones for its media platform.
MainStreaming and BT announce video streaming delivery collaboration
Edge video delivery network MainStreaming has announced a partnership with BT to deliver high-performance, scalable, and efficient video streaming across BT’s mobile and fixed networks across the UK.
People
Nathalie Wappler to step down as SRF director
Nathalie Wappler is to leave her role as director of Swiss public broadcaster SRF and as a member of the executive board of SRG at the end of April 2026. … [Read More...]
Autentic promotes Julian Althaus to lead channels division
Autentic has promoted Julian Althaus to head its channels division, strengthening the German media company’s strategic development of its digital activities. … [Read More...]
Verimatrix names Laurent Dechaux as Chief Executive Officer
Verimatrix has announced the appointment of Laurent Dechaux as chief executive officer, succeeding Amedeo D’Angelo. … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
NEM Dubrovnik and NEM Zagreb dates announced
The organisers of NEM events have confirmed the dates for the upcoming editions. … [Read More...]
United Media secures Bundesliga rights in Balkans, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria
The Bundesliga has extended its deal with south-east European broadcaster United Media for the next four years to screen the best of the German football league across nine territories including the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus until the end of the 2028-29 season. … [Read More...]
Katarzyna Johansson appointed President of MOC TV
MOC TV, representing 16 major Polish broadcasters and responsible for 92% of the TV ad market and 87% of audience share, has named Katarzyna Johansson as its new President of the Management Board. … [Read More...]
TV
Streaming overtakes traditional TV in Germany
For the first time, video streaming has overtaken traditional television in Germany, according to a new study from digital industry association Bitkom. … [Read More...]
Berlusconi stresses ProSiebenSat.1 independence ahead of takeover
Pier Silvio Berlusconi, CEO of MFE-MediaForEurope, has reaffirmed his commitment to safeguarding editorial independence at ProSiebenSat.1 as the Italian media group prepares to take majority control of the German broadcaster. … [Read More...]
Vodafone restructures TV frequencies across Germany to boost cable performance
Vodafone Deutschland has begun a large-scale restructuring of the frequencies used to transmit digital TV and radio signals on its cable network. … [Read More...]
Editors’ Choice
The merger that wasn’t: John Malone, Rupert Murdoch, and the Fox-Warner talks
In the summer of 2024, two media veterans—John Malone, the so-called “cable cowboy,” and Rupert Murdoch, the architect of modern media empires—engaged in what would become one of the most intriguing but ultimately unrealised merger discussions in recent media history. … [Read More...]
Sky Sports expands NFL coverage with new 3-year rights deal
Sky Sports has renewed its long-standing partnership with the National Football League (NFL), signing a new three-year agreement that will see the broadcaster air more live NFL games than ever before in the UK and Ireland. … [Read More...]
Channel 5 brings NFL games free-to-air to the UK
Paramount UK and the US National Football League (NFL), in partnership with CBS Sports, have announced a new multi-year agreement that will bring weekly live NFL coverage to free-to-air television in the UK. … [Read More...]
Long Reads
Interview: ORS Group and Insys Video Technologies combine as Big Blue Marble
ORS Group and Insys Video Technologies have announced the launch of a new joint brand identity.
NEM interview with Sanja Božić-Ljubičić and Ivan Ljubičić
Ahead of NEM Dubrovnik (9-12 June 2025), Broadband TV News spoke with Sanja Božić-Ljubičić, CEO, Pickbox, Mediatranslations, Mediavision, NEM and Ivan Ljubičić, Managing Director, Mediavision and NEM.
