DTVE Reporter

WiFi specialist Plume has hired former Vodafone Deutschland CEO Hannes Ametsreiter as part of a new four-man advisory board to advise its executive management team. Hannes Ametsreiter Ametsreiter is joined by Cody...

Germany-based media solutions provide Logic has been drafted in to help German regional public broadcaster SWR with its event streaming. The key goals of the partnership are to maximum workflow automation and achieve...

Leading music video network Vevo has continued its aggressive expansion into FAST by launching a portfolio of branded channels on streaming platform Amazon Freevee. The move follows recent similar deals with Hulu and...

Blue Ant Media’s natural history channel Love Nature has greenlit a second season of Wildlife ER and will premiere the first season of the series across its global linear pay TV channels and US FAST platforms...

ACE (the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment), which describes itself as ‘the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition’ has added 11 new members to its membership, with France Televisions, RTL Deutschland and...

AVOD/FAST platform Samsung TV Plus is continuing to expand its offering into key territories, with the launch of four new FAST channels on its three year-old Italian service. Starting December 14, Samsung users in the...

Haivision, a leading global provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, has appointed Jean-Marc Racine as chief product officer effective January 2, 2023. Racine, who...

German public broadcaster ZDF and cable industry trade association DNMG (Deutsche Netzmarketing) have settled a long-running dispute about carriage fees and concluded “a long-term agreement on the distribution of ZDF...

Ad-supported streaming platform Roku has announced that chief financial officer Steve Louden is to step down after helping the company hire his successor. Louden joined Roku as CFO in 2015 and played a pivotal role in...

Fox-owned streaming platform Tubi has unveiled a major content deal with Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM. Under the terms of the deal, 500 hours of Korean content will be added as “a branded curation” to...

Viaplay Group and Telia have agreed a multi-year partnership in Sweden that will provide customers of both companies with access to a broader range of content. The agreement comes just two months after the two firms...

South Africa’s Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has given an update on the country’s migration to digital, during which she set March 31, 2023 as the date when analogue...

Portuguese media reports suggest Altice Portugal wants to renew its DTT licence. Having been set a deadline of December 9th to decide, the company has told regulator Anacom that it would like to extend the licence,...

The EBU has welcomed the result of a recent national referendum in Slovenia which looks set to safeguard the independence of public broadcaster RTVSLO. 62.8% of voters in the referendum supported amendments to a new law...

Walt Disney-owned streamer Disney+ launched its ad-supported subscription offering in the US yesterday, with more than 100 advertisers across all major categories on board. The ad-supported tier is due to roll out...

Pay-TV revenues and subscriber numbers will continue to exceed those for online services in CEE over the next five years, according to research powerhouse Omdia. The findings were shared today in a presentation at NEM...

The USA’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to block technology giant Microsoft from acquiring leading video game developer Activision Blizzard and its blockbuster gaming franchises such as Call of Duty. The...

Vivendi-owned PayTV provider Canal Plus has secured a broad range of exclusive live rights to UEFA club soccer competitions in Austria. The new deal, which will run from 2024/25-2026/27, grants the broadcaster a line-up...