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Com Hem reaches TiVo milestone
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has passed the 100,000 subscriber mark for its TiVo TV offering,…
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Discovery hires BBC business boss
Discovery Networks Western Europe has poached Dominic Coles, the BBC’s business operations boss, to become…
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European broadcasters celebrate record-breaking World Cup
This summer’s World Cup set new TV records around the world, according to figures released…
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Chernin and AT&T firm makes first OTT investment
Peter Chernin and AT&T’s new joint venture company has bought online arts and crafts video…
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YouTube reportedly in premium content talks with Hollywood
YouTube has reportedly started new content talks with Hollywood and indie producers in an effort…
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BitTorrent to launch paid content options
File delivery technology specialist BitTorrent is launching paid content bundles this summer, as part of…
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Belgacom expands TV Replay with RTL channels
Belgian telco Belgacom is expanding its TV Replay catch-up service by adding six channels from…
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Humax launches sub-£200 YouView box
Humax has launched a YouView set-top box priced at under £200 in the UK, offering…
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Virgin Media launches Sky Sports ‘Season Ticket’ offer
UK cable operator Virgin Media has launched a ‘Season Ticket’ offer that will give customers…
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Lionsgate, e-commerce giant create China streaming service
US media group Lionsgate has linked with Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group to launch a…
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Yahoo buys Israeli video streaming firm RayV
Yahoo has acquired Israeli online video streaming company RayV, integrating the business into its cloud…
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Court dismisses eighth Rovi patent claim against Virgin Media
An eighth patent claim by Rovi against Virgin Media, related to pausing and resuming programming,…
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Amazon to try out Netflix binge model
Amazon will launch all episodes of its upcoming scripted series Transparent simultaneously, taking a lead…
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World Cup final sets German TV viewing record
Yesterday’s football World Cup final, which saw Germany triumph over Argentina, broke German viewing records…
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NPO to rebrand Dutch public TV channels
Dutch public broadcasting organisation, the NPO, is due to bring all its TV and radio…
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Fine Living launches on Romtelecom
Scripps Networks International channel Fine Living has launched on Romanian TV platform Romtelecom. Fine Living…
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Sky Deutschland names business solutions vice-president
Sky Deutschland has appointed Paul Sexton-Chadwick, who previously worked at Sky subsidiary The Cloud WiFi,…
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Amazon adds raft of kids series to streaming service
Amazon has acquired a slew of kids series for its streaming service in the UK…
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Eutelsat appoints new CTO
Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications has upped its director of engineering, Yohann Leroy, to chief technology…
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Canalplay adds mobile app for kids
Canal+ has launched a new Canalplay Kids app for mobile devices. The app, available now,…
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BBC hires director of audiences
The BBC has appointed Nick North, an executive at market research firm GfK, as its…
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EU has more than 3,000 on-demand services
As of February 2014 there were 3,088 on-demand services in the European Union, according to…
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Most UK and US consumers unlikely to watch pirated content
Some 70% of US and 72% of UK consumers are unlikely to watch pirated content,…
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Verizon slams Netflix again in ‘throttling’ row
Verizon has fired another salvo in its ongoing buffering row with Netflix. The telco said…
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French Minister: media groups should unite in face of Anglo-Saxon invasion
French economy minister Arnaud Montebourg has called on the country’s audiovisual and digital industries to…
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SFR first in France with offline VoD, adds OCS Go
French service provider SFR has introduced download-based video-on-demand for multiscreen and offline viewing, including offering…
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Channel 4 chief calls for encryption of BBC iPlayer as first step to subscription
Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has said that the BBC should encrypt its iPlayer catch-up…
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Netherlands adopts new online ratings system
A new rating system is being introduced in the Netherlands to measure viewing of TV…
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World Cup boost for HbbTV in Hungary
There are now over 200,000 HbbTV-enabled smart TVs sold in the Hungarian market, according to…
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Kabel Deutschland upgrades Bavarian homes
Vodafone-owned cable operator Kabel Deutschland has introduced high-speed internet services in Beilngries, Greding and Kinding…