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Israel’s Yes gears up for pay-OTT launch
Israeli satellite TV operator Yes has partnered with pay-OTT platform provider Tvinci to launch a new…
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Roku launches first integrated TV sets
Over-the-top set-top-box maker Roku has partnered with TCL and Hisense to launch the first TV…
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Ultra HD TV shipments to jump more than 500%
Ultra High Definition (UHD) display LCD TV shipments are expected to increase by more than…
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Discovery extends CEO Zaslav’s contract
Discovery Communications has extended the contract of president and CEO David Zaslav to the end…
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Black and white TV viewing drops to 12,000 in the UK
The number of UK homes watching TV on black and white sets has dropped below…
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Swisscom hits 1 million TV customers
Swiss telco Swisscom claims its number of TV customers has passed the one million mark,…
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Vine goes live on the web
Twitter’s mobile video service Vine has gone live on the web for the first time…
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‘TV devices’ to reach 7 billion by 2017
The global installed base of ‘TV-addressable screens’ is in the midst of a second wave…
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Lovefilm agrees exclusive Vikings deal
Amazon’s UK streaming service Lovefilm has bought rights to season two of drama series Vikings. The…
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DreamWorks Animation joins tablet market
US-based DreamWorks Animation is to launch a tablet that will offer in-house content and programming…
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Opera partners with Samsung
Opera Software has partnered with Samsung, marking the tenth company that has signed up to…
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Technicolor partners with IBM in cloud push
Technicolor has teamed up with IBM to develop a cloud-based monitoring and management service, Virdata, targeted at…
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Russian VOD service Stream.ru gears up for expansion
Russian video-on-demand service Stream.ru is gearing up for a Ukrainian launch, with more rollouts in…
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LG to showcase OLED TV lineup, rumours of webOS TV launch
LG is gearing up to show off what it claims is “the most comprehensive OLED…
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Netflix tests new staggered price tier
Netflix is reportedly testing a new low-cost price tier in the US, which will allow…
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21st Century Fox sells Star China TV stake
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has sold its entire 47% stake in Star China TV…
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BBC launches new The Voice app
The BBC has launched a new app for series three of singing competition show The…
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Eutelsat closes Satmex deal
European satellite operator Eutelsat has closed its US$831 million (€609 million) acquisition of Latin American…
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Motive Television signs VOD deal with Siyaya Free To Air TV
UK-based TV technology services firm Motive Television has finalised an operation and services deal with South…
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Eutelsat KabelKiosk selects HTTV middleware for HbbTV IPTV offering
Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk platform, which serves cable operators in Germany and neighbouring countries, has selected software provider…
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ViXS and Wyplay partner on 4K, HEVC media gateway
Canada-based chipset firm ViXS and software specialist Wyplay have developed what they claim is the industry’s…
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Novabase to launch HbbTV-compliant HDMI dongle
Novabase-owned Novabase Digital TV Technologies is set to launch what it claims is the first…
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Channel 5 reportedly up for sale
Richard Desmond, the owner of UK terrestrial network Channel 5, is reportedly weighing up selling…
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UK digital video market tops £620 million
The UK digital video market grew by 40.2% to reach £621.4 million (€750 million) in…
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Skype co-founder’s Vdio service closes down
Vdio, the video rental service for movies and TV shows from Skype co-founder Janus Friis,…
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Sky claims 2013 sports milestone
UK satellite operator BSkyB said that Sky Sports delivered a record 55,000 hours of sport…
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Box TV executive director steps down
The executive director of UK channel operator Box TV, Scott Monks, is stepping down after…
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Spacecom’s AMOS-4 satellite moves into orbit
Spacecom’s AMOS-4 satellite has reached its 65° East orbital position and is due to start…
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Deutsche Telekom CFO takes over top job
Deutsche Telekom’s chief financial officer (CFO) Timotheus Höttges has taken over from outgoing CEO René…
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Endemol buys into Israeli broadcaster Reshet
Endemol has acquired a 33% stake in Reshet. The investment is part of a wider…