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New co-CEOs for Comcast’s thePlatform
Comcast-owned online video technology company thePlatform has named Marty Robers and Jamie Miller as co-CEOs,…
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ER-Telecom rolls out advanced set-top in 55 cities
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has launched its new advanced…
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Stofa taps Elemental for multiscreen video processing
Danish pay TV operator Stofa has signed a deal with Elemental, with the latter processing,…
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Kabel Deutschland selects S3 Group for service validation
Kabel Deutschland has selected S3 Group to help it scale and validate video services on…
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TV4 Sport in HD
Swedish broadcaster TV4 has begun broadcasting its TV4 Sport channel in HD on the country’s…
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Canis Media offers new Manchester channel position
UK broadcast management company and EPG broker Canis Media is opening up a new channel…
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Hispasat acquires new frequencies for Latin America
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has secured new orbital rights at the 61° West position through…
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Netflix ups subscription prices, adds price tiers
Netflix is imposing a blanket price increase for its basic service in the 41 territories…
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Skylink adds EDGEsport
M7 Group-owned Czech and Slovak satellite pay TV operator Skylink has added HD sports channel…
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European Commission launches ‘in-depth’ Liberty-Ziggo investigation
The European Commission has opened an “in-depth investigation” into Liberty Global’s planned buyout of Ziggo…
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Discovery and Liberty buy All3Media for £550 million
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have agreed to buy UK-based TV programme maker and distributer…
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Google Fiber could grow to cover ‘significant portion’ of US
Google’s nascent Fiber experiment could grow into a competitive, profitable fixed network covering “a significant…
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RCS & RDS denies report of imminent Vodafone deal
Romanian cable operator RCS & RDS has vehemently denied a report posted by well-known local…
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Sky forms AdSmart local ad partnership with Johnston Press
BSkyB has teamed up with UK local newspaper group Johnston Press to create a new…
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YouView to launch major recruitment drive
UK connected TV platform YouView is to launch a major recruitment drive that it says…
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RCS & RDS and SNR submit bids for Romania’s DTT platform
Romanian cable operator RCS & RDS and state-owned transmission services provider Societăţii Naţionale de Radiocomunicaţii…
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Belgacom adds 30,000 TV subs
Belgian telco Belgacom added 30,000 TV subscriptions in the first quarter, increasing its TV customer…
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Strong TV performance lifts Telefónica
Telefónica had 3.6 million pay TV customers globally, up 8% year-on-year, at the end of…
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CNN recruits digital and sales specialist Wyatt
Turner’s cable news net CNN International has hired Owen Wyatt for a newly-created digital and…
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UPC extends public WiFi initiative to Krakow
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Poland has extended its public WiFi network rollout to Krakow….
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Liberty Global gears up for Polish Horizon launch
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries says the firm is on the “right track” with its…
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Prisa accepts Telefónica’s offer for pay TV unit
Spanish media group Prisa has accepted Telefónica’s €725 bid for its 56% stake in pay…
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BT hits 19 million fibre homes target
BT has now passed more than 19 million homes and businesses with fibre broadband, reaching…
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D-Smart defends decision to drop SinemaTV channels
Turkish pay TV platform D-Smart has defended its decision to drop movie channels from distributor…
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ONO’s TiVo subs close to half of TV base
Almost half of Spanish cable operator ONO’s TV base now take its TiVo advanced TV…
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ProSiebenSat.1 to launch streaming app
German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 is set to launch a new app, called 7TV, that will…
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Deutsche Telekom grows TV subscribers by 20%
Deutsche Telekom said that it increased its European IPTV, satellite and cable TV customer numbers…
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General ad uplift offsets problems in France for RTL
Advertising growth in some markets helped RTL Group to offset a flat market in Germany…
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TV growth fails to address Telekom Austria woes
An overall positive picture for Telekom Austria’s TV business failed to compensate for ongoing declines…
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BSkyB launches Sky News catch-up service
BSkyB’s Sky News has launched a catch-up TV service on the Sky On Demand platform. …