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Numericable owner Altice launches IPO
Altice, the investment vehicle of Patrick Drahi and main shareholder of French cable operator Numericable,…
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Astra 2E goes into service as SES and Eutelsat settle dispute
SES’s Astra 2E satellite will go into service at the 28.2°/28.5° East orbital position from…
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TVN chooses Brightcove for online video
Polish broadcaster TVN has chosen Brightcove’s Video Cloud online video platform to manage and distribute…
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New film channel for Poland debuts with Cyfrowy Polsat
A new film channel for Poland from channel provider SPI international-owned Kino Polska, FilmBox Arthouse,…
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SimpleStream’s UK live TV app launches for tablets
Technology company SimpleStream has recorded 250,000 downloads of its live TV mobile streaming app, TVPlayer,…
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GOtv launches in Rwanda
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice’s digital-terrestrial pay TV service GOtv has launched in Rwanda….
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IMG Worldwide buys stake in LiveClips
Sports, fashion and media giant IMG Worldwide has acquired a minority stake in LiveClips, which…
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Dozhd under siege as prosecutors open investigation
Russian prosecutors have reportedly opened an investigation into whether independent TV channel Dozhd broke the…
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Baltcom begins offering electricity
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has begun offering electricity supply services to its customers, after initially…
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Belgacom ready to participate in football JV
Belgian service provider Belgacom has said it is ready to participate in a non-exclusive multi-party…
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Eurosport hails record digital month
Pan-European sports channel Eurosport, currently celebrating its 25th year, has aid it achieved its best-ever…
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S4C launches on YouView
Welsh-language channel S4C is now available on the UK’s YouView connected TV platform. The service…
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TVN pleased with TVN24 Biznes i Świat performance
TVN-owned business and international news channel TVN24 Biznes i Świat saw a peak audience of…
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Sky reports ‘explosive’ connected TV growth
UK satellite TV operator Sky reported “explosive growth” in its connected TV subscriber base, adding…
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TiVo pays US$135 million for Digitalsmiths
DVR maker TiVo has agreed to pay US$135 million (€99.3 million) for cloud-based content discovery…
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At800 scales back UK DTT service disruption efforts
At800, the UK body set up to test for interference from 4G networks on DTT…
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Eutelsat and SES settle dispute at 28.5° East
Satellite operators Eutelsat and SES have settled their long-running dispute over the allocation of frequencies…
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Sky, HBO target co-production in content deal renewal
The UK’s BSkyB and pay TV counterpart HBO are to up their partnership by co-developing…
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Yahoo! shuts second-screen service IntoNow
Yahoo! is closing down its second-screen TV app IntoNow, less than three years after buying…
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De Agostini launches second-screen app for Super!
Italian publisher, content creation company and channel provider De Agostini has launched a second-screen app…
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MTG on-demand to get Viacom shows
Viacom International Media Networks will supply Modern Times Group with programming for the latter’s numerous…
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Viggle buys NextGuide parent Dijit Media
Second-screen TV service Viggle has acquired Dijit Media, the firm behind personalised TV programming guide…
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Teo sees IPTV growth but DTT numbers slide
Lithuanian service provider Teo’s base of IPTV subscribers grew by 12.2% last year to 172,300,…
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Eutelsat to operate satellite for Afghanistan
Afghanistan has struck a strategic partnership with satellite operator Eutelsat to provide capacity for digitial…
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Russian operators drop Dozhd after Leningrad siege survey
A number of Russian pay TV operators including NTV+, Akado and Rostelecom have dropped culture…
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Horizon to launch in Baden-Württemberg
Liberty Global’s Horizon advanced set-top box is to be made available to subscribers in Baden-Württemberg….
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MultiChoice to launch 24-hour Pistorius trial channel
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice is to launch a 24-hour channel exclusively tasked with…
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BBC iPlayer requests up by a third, tablet use expands rapidly
Requests on the BBC iPlayer catch-up service grew by a third in 2013, with 2.2…
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ITV to launch pay drama channel on Sky
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to launch a pay TV channel on the BSkyB platform…
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Numericable to launch social TV service, restart and 4G
French cable operator Numericable has launched two new connected TV initiatives and has confirmed plans…