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CME turnaround ‘well underway’
The co-chief executive officer of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), Michael Del Nin, said that…
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World’s first wide-scale 700MHz LTE Broadcast trial launched in Munich
Nokia Networks has announced what it says will be the world’s first field trial of…
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Astorg Partners takes majority stake in M7 Group
Private equity group Astorg Partners is acquiring a majority stake in pan-European pay TV provider…
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Orange grows TV subscriber numbers by 10%
Orange reported 6.77 million IPTV and satellite customers in the first quarter of the year,…
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Coe rules himself out of the running for BBC Trust role
Conservative peer, Sebastian Coe, has reportedly dropped out of the running to become chairman of…
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Liberty reorganises Austrian and Swiss operations
Liberty Global has appointed UPC Cablecom managing director, Eric Tveter, as CEO of a newly…
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UPC Czech Republic adds HBO Go
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Czech Republic has HBO Go, the pay TV broadcaster’s TV…
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EBU despatches mission to help Ukraine deliver PSB plan
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) partnership programme has created a taskforce to help Ukraine manage…
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OTT provider Viewster launches first TV ad campaign
Over-the-top TV provider Viewster is launching its first TV advertising campaign. Viewster will air two…
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Mozilla appoints new CEO
Mozilla, the organisation behind the Firefox browser, has appointed interim CEO Chris Beard as its full-time…
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Wuaki.tv taps Conviva for video analytics
Over-the-top TV service Wuaki.tv has turned to video analytics and data processing specialist Conviva across…
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Pace profits up despite revenue drop
Set-top box maker and gateway technology specialist Pace reported a 13.6% drop in revenue in…
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Primacom passes internet milestone
German cable operator Primacom has signed up its 100,000th internet customer. The milestone comes 15…
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Civolution names Teletrax sales chief
Content security and second screen synchronisation technology specialist Civolution has named Luke Boyles as sales…
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RTS names Young Technologist
The UK Royal Television Society (RTS) has named BT graduate software engineer Bobby Moss as…
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Telefónica taps Alcatel-Lucent for cloud DVR
Telefónica’s Movistar TV is delivering its cloud DVR service using technology supplied by Alcatel-Lucent, the…
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BSkyB invests in virtual reality cinema specialist
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has made an equity investment of US$400,000 (€300,000) in US-based…
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Hungarian ad tax is “attack on democracy” says Kroes
Hungary’s new advertising tax is a politically motivated attempt to drive RTL out of the…
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Germany’s WDR looking to revive public service VoD plans
Germany’s WDR Media Group, an affiliate of public broadcaster ARD, is looking to revive plans…
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Freetime close to half of new Freesat box sales
UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat has added an extra 24,000 new households in the first…
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New Google Chromecast features on way after successful first year
Google’s Chromecast internet TV dongle has delivered 400 million ‘casts’ from the web, mobile devices,…
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Digiturk chooses AirTies and Octoshape for new OTT service
Digiturk, Turkey’s leading satellite pay TV provider, has selected AirTies and Octoshape to deliver premium…
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FilmOn fined as interpretation of Aereo ruling questioned
Following Aereo’s shut-down in the US, rival FilmOn has been fined US$90,000 (€67,000) relating to…
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Eurosport sale boost for TF1, but ad market still uncertain
French broadcaster TF1 Group received a boost of €293.8 million from the sale of Eurosport…
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Altice ups stake in Numericable to 74.6%
Altice has bought a 34.6% stake in Numericable from investment firms Carlyle and Cinven, increasing its…
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E4 reports ‘record breaking’ first half of 2014
Channel 4-owned UK digital channel E4 has had its “biggest first half of a year…
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Orange Polska grows TV customer base
Orange Polska increased its total TV customer base by 3% year-on-year from 699,000 to 720,000…
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Sarah Palin launches online video channel
Former US vice presidential candidate and governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, has launched a subscription-based…
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London Live calls for reduction of local content requirements
UK local TV station London Live has requested an amendment to the obligations of its…
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UPC Austria completes Pircher integration
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Austria has completed the integration of western Austrian cable network…