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TV ratings start-up TVbeat appoints former TalkTalk TV director
Former TalkTalk and MTG executive Laurence Miall-d’Août has been appointed CEO of London-based TVbeat –…
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Comedy Central hires former Heat magazine editor
The former editor of popular gossip magazine Heat, Sam Delaney, has joined Comedy Central UK…
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BT Sport confirms Chromecast launch
BT Sport is due to launch as a content partner for Google’s Chromecast HDMI streaming…
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Amazon launches Fire TV set-top box
Amazon has launched its much-anticipated TV streaming device, Amazon Fire TV, taking on the likes…
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Sony and FIFA announce 4K World Cup plans
Sony and FIFA have announced plans to produce three full matches from this summer’s football…
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AwesomenessTV pays US$15m for YouTube channel operator
Digital teen channel manager AwesomenessTV has acquired YouTube multichannel network Big Frame for US$15 million…
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Fox International Channels names Euro chief
Fox International Channels has named Jan Koeppen as president, Europe and Africa. He will replace…
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BBC Worldwide picks six startups for 2014 Labs scheme
The BBC’s commercial arm has selected six new start-ups to take part in its BBC…
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Freesat signs smart TV deal with Vestel
UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat has signed a deal with TV manufacturer Vestel to offer its…
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ORF ups HD offering with additional Astra capacity
Austrian public broadcaster ORF is set to expand its high definition output after increasing its…
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Kantar Media buys social TV analytics firm The Data Republic
Kantar Media, an audience research firm owned by ad giant WPP, has bought specialist social TV…
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Accenture powers Mediaset Infinity
Management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, Accenture, is powering Mediaset Italy’s new on-demand service…
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Tele Columbus runs Easter HD promotion with ProSiebenSat.1
German cable operator Tele Columbus is making four ProSiebenSat.1 HD channels available to watch for…
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Video interview: TV Connect 2014 – Mikael Dahlgren, Agama Technologies
Mikael Dahlgren, Agama Technologies
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Video interview: TV Connect 2014 – Steve Oetegenn, Verimatrix
Steve Oetegenn, Verimatrix
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Sky launches buy-to-keep movies and DVDs by mail
Sky is branching into buy-to-keep digital movie sales and DVDs-by-mail with a revamp to its…
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BT Sport eyes UK Chromecast launch
BT is reportedly planning to make its BT Sport channels available via Google’s recently launched…
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Netflix makes Luxembourg move ahead of France launch
Netflix is reportedly due to run the planned French version of its service, which is…
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DTT taking off in Latin America
Digital terrestrial television is booming in Latin America and will be in 94.5% of homes…
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FremantleMedia finance chief joins Audio Network
FremantleMedia’s former chief finance officer Ian Ousey has taken the CFO role at Audio Network…
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BBC Worldwide CEO re-joins BBC executive board
BBC Worldwide CEO and director of global, Tim Davie, is re-joining the BBC’s executive board…
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CBS Reality launches on Freeview in the UK
Factual channel CBS Reality has launched in the UK on digital-terrestrial platform Freeview, making it available…
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CNBC makes two international appointments
Business and financial news broadcaster CNBC has made two executive appointments to its international team. …
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GS Group unveils satellite and terrestrial set-top
Russian technology investment firm GS Group is due to launch a new set-top-box that it…
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Amazon, Netflix sued by ex-content buyer
Amazon and Netflix are being sued for US$1 million-plus by a former employee of both…
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Eurochannel launches on Montage TV in Nigeria
Entertainment network Eurochannel has launched in Nigeria via new pay TV provider Montage TV. The…
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Twitter buys social TV analytics firms SecondSync and Mesagraph
Twitter has acquired UK-based social TV analytics firm SecondSync and France’s Mesagraph in its latest…
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Turner poaches BBC Worldwide’s McDonough
Turner Broadcasting System has poached BBC Worldwide’s Ian McDonough to lead its new Northern Europe…
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Bouygues extends offer for SFR
France’s Bouygues has extended its improved offer to acquire Vivendi-owned telco SFR until April 25…
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Naspers pay TV chief leaving
Eben Greyling, the CEO of South African conglomerate Naspers’ pay TV arm, owner of MultiChoice,…