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TV4 Group names new marketing director

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 Group has named Johan Seidefors as its new marketing director.  Seidefors,…

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Djazz.tv secures carriage with Magyar Telekom

Music channel Djazz.tv has secured carriage with Hungarian service provider Magyar Telekom. Magyar Telekom will…

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Beltelecom launches TV banking

Belarus service provider Beltelecom has introduced TV banking as part of its Zala TV offering. …

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ThinkAnalytics reports ‘record-breaking’ year

Multiplatform TV search and recommendation firm ThinkAnalytics said it had a “record-breaking financial year” for the…

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OSN launches first international channel in UK

Middle East pay TV provider OSN has debuted its first international channel venture with the…

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Hollywood studios “could go OTT” in UK

Hollywood studios could benefit from going over-the-top direct to consumers in the UK, cutting out…

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EBU to cease streaming Greece’s ERT

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said it will stop streaming former Greek public service broadcaster…

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TiVo launches Roamio DVRs

DVR maker TiVo has launched a new generation of set-top boxes marking its first major…

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Es’hailSat partners with Arabsat

Qatari satellite company Es’hailSat has partnered with Arabsat to broadcast TV on the 26 degrees…

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Dawn Airey joins Yahoo!

Ex-Channel 5, ITV and RTL executive Dawn Airey has joined internet firm Yahoo! as senior,…

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Scripps appoints chief information officer

Scripps Networks Interactive has named the chief operating officer for its international business, Bob Baskerville,…

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Al Jazeera America launches today

Al Jazeera’s new US channel launches today, taking on existing news services such as CNN…

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Russian HD channels grow fivefold

The number of HD channels in Russia has multiplied by almost five times in the…

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At800 raises Freeview interference awareness with ‘Twitter postcards’

At800, the body set up to test for interference from 4G networks on digital-terrestrial broadcasting…

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Thomson Video Networks adds variable bit-rate to statmux technology

Thomson Video Networks has added the ability to integrate variable bit-rate data streams within the…

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Sunrise strikes deal to launch fibre services in Fribourg

Swiss service provider Sunrise Telecom has struck an agreement with ftth fr, a joint venture…

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Americas and SmarDTV boost Kudelski in first half

A strong performance in the Americas and sales of SmarDTV conditional access modules boosted Switzerland-based…

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TV5 Monde uses Volicon Observer TS

French international channel TV5 Monde is using Volicon’s Observer TS monitoring and logging system to…

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Channel 4 launches personalised video ads

Channel 4 has rolled out “dynamic personalised video ads” on its 4oD on-demand service after…

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Telekom Austria eyes Serbia Broadband takeover

Telekom Austria is reportedly in the running against private equity firms to buy cable operator…

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Pay TV STB shipments to hit 180 million units in 2016

Global pay TV set-top box (STB) shipment demand is due to peak at 180 million…

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Microsoft slams Google for blocking Windows Phone YouTube app

Microsoft has criticised Google for setting up roadblocks that are “impossible to overcome” after the…

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BT Sport passes 10,000 commercial customers

Over 10,000 UK pubs, clubs, betting shops, hotels and other commercial customers have signed up…

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Com Hem trials new TiVo service

Swedish cable operator Com Hem is trialling its new TiVo service ahead of its full…

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Russia’s Euroset to begin selling Amedia TV player next week

Russian mobile phone retailer Euroset is to begin retailing a media player from Dune HD…

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Norway’s Get launches TV on the iPad

Norwegian cable operator Get has launched its TV service on the iPad. Get is making…

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Ukraine’s Volia introduces payment by smartphone

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has introduced payment by smartphone via an agreement with online payment…

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MTG extends English Premier League rights

Modern Times Group has extended its exclusive deal to broadcast the English Barclays Premier League…

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TDF bids reportedly fall short of target

Télédiffusion de France (TDF)’s owners have received offers amounting to less than €4 billion for…

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Teo to boost DSL speeds

Lithuanian service provider Teo is to increase the speed of its DSL-based internet services by…