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BBC iPlayer requests up 6% in May
Programme requests to the BBC’s catch-up service, the iPlayer, were up 6% year-on-year in May,…
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A+E’s Lifetime to launch on DStv
A+E Networks is to launch women’s entertainment channel Lifetime on the MultiChoice DStv platform in…
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Russian media groups launch tender for new measurement system
Russian media groups Perviyy Kanal (Channel One), Gazprom Media, National Media and CTC, and state…
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UPC Cablecom buys Geneva cable network
UPC Cablecom has taken full control over the Télé-Pregny-Chambésy glass fibre optic cable network in…
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Amazon making Mena Suvari pilot with Universal
Amazon is making Hysteria, a new one-hour drama starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty). The pilot…
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Ukraine moves ahead with public broadcaster plan
Ukraine is moving ahead with plans to merge National Television of Ukraine (NTU) and National…
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Samsung bundles Now TV offer with Galaxy tablets
Samsung is offering a three-month Now TV Sky Movies Pass to customers that buy a…
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Aereo urges customers to ‘stand together’
Aereo’s CEO and founder Chet Kanojia has called on users of the blocked web TV…
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ESPN Player launches Lacrosse channel
ESPN has launched a new channel on its ESPN Player service for the World Lacrosse…
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Adknowledge buys video ad platform TriVu Media
US-headquartered digital marketing firm Adknowledge has bought video ad firm TriVu Media – which aims…
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French quad-play war heats up
Orange France has reacted to rival Bouygues Telecom’s introduction of a low-cost fibre offering by…
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Sky Deutschland partners with ARD for big budget drama
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is teaming up with public broadcaster ARD to collaborate…
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OTE takes on Vodafone for control of Greece’s Nova TV
Deutsche Telekom-backed Greek telecom operator OTE has made a non-binding offer to media group Forthnet…
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Unitymedia KabelBW launches Horizon on Android
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia KabelBW has launched an Android app for its Horizon…
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Samsung Turkey launches second screen app
Samsung Turkey has launched a multiscreen TV app for mobile devices in partnership with technology…
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Seven up for UPC Slovakia
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Slovakia has added seven new TV channels to its platform,…
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BBC Worldwide reorganises digital as Heaf exits
BBC Worldwide said it remains committed to its digital strategy in the wake of the…
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ViaSat and Eutelsat team up for Ka-band coverage
Satellite providers ViaSat and Eutelsat have teamed up to link their Ka-band networks and provide…
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Hispasat chooses SSL for new satellite
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has contracted Space Systems/Loral to build its new Hispasat 1F satellite,…
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TV Beat names Nordic and Benelux business development chief
Audience measurment specialist TVbeat has named Rune Skogeng as vice-president of business development in the…
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InCoax Networks joins MoCA
Networking equipment provider InCoax Networks has joined the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) as a…
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SCTE names engineering chief
The US Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has named Dean Stoneback as senior director…
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Imagine Communications rebrands Digital Rapids lines
Broadcast technology provider Imagine Communications, which acquired video processing specialist Digital Rapids in April, has…
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Eutelsat’s Alterna’TV launches channel in Colombia
A new wellness and well-being cable channel has launched on Colombian pay TV platform Movistar….
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Aereo suspends service after legal ruling
Following its damaging legal defeat last week, US cloud TV service Aereo has suspended its…
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Two in five French homes now take IPTV services
Over two in five French households – 40.7% – received TV via ADSL or fibre…
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BT TV updates user interface
UK telco BT is updating its TV user interface with a new look that it…
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CEE audiences turning away from national channels
Mainstream national TV channels are losing their grip on viewers across central and eastern Europe…
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Samsung adds MBC Shahid VoD app
TV manufacturer Samsung has teamed up with Dubai-based broadcaster MBC to launch the latter’s Shahid…
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Akado adds three new channels
Russian service provider Akado has added three new channels to its programming line-up. The operator…