Production & Post
EBU cancels Eurovision 2020
Will continue talking to host broadcasters about 2021's event
netherlands
Production & Post
EBU: Work on Eurovision Song Contest continues
EBU working with broadcasters to explore potential difference scenarios
Discovery opens new tech hub in Hilversum ahead of Tokyo 2020
Offers direct access to a private Cloud for live sports productions for across all of Eurosport's channels in Europe
Business
Mediaset to withdraw and re-file merger plan
Part of ongoing legal battle over MediaForEurope
Features
Everything we know about: Vivendi vs. Mediaset
TVBEurope charts the ongoing dispute over the creation of MediaForEurope
Business
Red Bee goes green
Dutch facility uses “free air” system to cool the data centre with outdoor air
Production & Post
United and NEP win Eurovision 2020 tender
Will provide all technical facilities, crew and equipment for the semi-finals and final
Technology
Red Bee delivers MCR services to FOX Sports
To provide mobile encoding kits for 38 football stadiums
TVBEverywhere
ODMedia Group signs Ziggo Sport
Handling all aspects of management for the YouTube channel
Business
Mediaset, Vivendi in talks to settle legal fight
Milan court was due to rule on the case this week
Business
Black Box extends channel partners programme in Benelux
Working with companies based in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
Business
Vivendi ‘prepares to step up legal fight with Mediaset’
Vivendi has decided not to sell its stake in the broadcaster
TVBEverywhere
Disney Plus launches in the Netherlands
Free trial run is available on select mobile and connected TV devices
Technology
RTL Netherlands goes IP with Red Bee Media
RTL’s facilities will be connected to the Red Bee Media MCR in Hilversum
Content
NBCUI launches DreamWorks in the Netherlands
NBCUniversal International has launched its DreamWorks animation channel to subscribers of KPN in the Netherlands. The 24 hour, HD channel has had debuted with...
Technology
Amsterdam halts setting up data centres
City reports a strain on its property market and power networks
Business
RTL Group aims to create Europe’s leading digital studio
Companies in Nordics, Germany and Netherlands to combine
Videos
Business
NEP completes construction of Netherlands data centre
Eventually will house more than 300 new 19-inch racks
Business
Eurofins opens Security Test Lab
To perform security testing on set-top boxes, connected TVs, PCs, tablets, mobile devices and other IoT devices
Business
Red Bee Media to deliver OTT services for NLZIET
Selected for transcoding, packaging and delivery of live channels and catch-up content
TVBEverywhere
AminoTV integrates Caiway and Delta TV services
Deployment also includes the AminoOS Service Assurance solution
Business
BBC ‘prepares for no deal Brexit’
Allows the corporation to continue broadcasting in Europe in the event of no deal Brexit
Data Centre
SVoD Stackers on the rise across Europe
New research finds more than half of SVoD homes are SVoD Stackers
TVBEverywhere
Grass Valley’s Peter Centen awarded Netherlands honour
Receives Order of the Netherlands Lion for technical innovation
TVBEverywhere
F1 TV races into the Netherlands
Service will launch in time for the F1 testing session in Barcelona
Business
Discovery ‘moving channel licences out of the UK’ ahead of Brexit
Broadcaster said it wants to ensure its licences are still valid post-Brexit
TVBEverywhere
Acorn TV expands into more European countries
Brit streamer now available in 30 new countries
TVBEverywhere
Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg say hayu to NBC streamer
Extends number of subscriber markets to 11 countries
Business
Talpa acquires YouTube channel StukTV
First time a Dutch media company has acquired a YouTube channel
Business
ITV Studios expands into the Netherlands
New production label will create and produce ITV’s unscripted and scripted formats for Dutch platform owners and broadcasters
Content
EBU delivers 47 million hours of cycling content on FTA channels across Europe
Viewers in France (France Télévisions), Italy (Rai), the Netherlands (NPO), Belgium (VRT & RTBF) and Austria (ORF) watched the most coverage
Technology
Euro Media Group selects Axon’s Neuron for IP production
Ten Network Attached Processors will be deployed in new OB trucks