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Arris closes Motorola deal
Technology provider Arris has completed its acquisition of the Motorola Home business from Google. Arris…
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UK’s ASA partially upholds YouView ad complaint by pay TV rivals
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld in part a complaint by Virgin Media about…
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EBU to host video contribution interoperability tests
The EBU has invited industry players to joint interoperability testing for two IP-based video contribution…
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Illegal video consumption on the wane in Denmark
Danes who consume movies and TV series illegally have begun to do it less often,…
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BBC Worldwide calls for simplified digital standards
BBC Worldwide operations director Lesley Johnson has called for unified standards in the digital space…
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Teo looks to 3D boost as IPTV base grows
Lithuanian service provider Teo is looking to boost the popularity of its IPTV service with…
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France 24 sharing content on Yahoo!
News channel France 24 has signed an agreement with Yahoo! allowing the channel to share…
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Still life in DVDs, says Warner Bros exec
Warner Brothers executive Josh Berger said that there’s still life left in DVD sales and…
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Kabel Deutschland shares jump on Liberty Global acquisition report
Shares in Kabel Deutschland (KDG) rose sharply Wednesday on reports that Liberty Global may be…
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Zeebox hits five million downloads
Second screen TV service Zeebox – which is now live in the UK, US and…
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Ultraviolet ‘not there yet’ says Sky Movies boss
Ultraviolet is “not quite there yet,” suffering from lack of agreement between the Hollywood studios…
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TVs need ‘sophisticated’ second screen interface, says Google exec
Second screen experiences on smartphones are reflecting the “increasingly sophisticated nature” of what viewers expect…
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News Corp updates Fox name for 21st century
News Corp has said it will rename its media arm 21st Century Fox following the…
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Sky strikes new multi-platform deal with Entertainment Film Distributors
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has struck a new multi-year movie deal with UK distributor…
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Ziggo to focus on customer retention after tough quarter
Dutch cable operator Ziggo plans to launch new customer retention programmes in the second quarter…
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UPC DTH launches Facebook customer care
Liberty Global-owned satellite pay TV provider UPC DTH has launched a new Facebook e-care application…
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nc+ in talks with cable association over revised offer
Polish pay TV operator nc+ is in talks with local cable association PIKE to ensure…
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Douglas named new UK boss for Universal Networks International
Universal Networks International has named Nicky Douglas as managing director, UK. Douglas will have oversight…
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A+E Networks UK names new digital media chief
A+E Networks UK, the joint venture between A+E Networks and BSkyB, has named Caroline Casey…
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RTL Group provides update ahead of Frankfurt listing
RTL Group has said its first quarter EBITA for the year is expected to increase…
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BBC-Foxtel channel deal ‘upsets ABC’
Australian pay TV provider Foxtel is to launch a premium BBC content channel on its…
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TW Cable launches live mobile TV for Apple devices
US cable operator Time Warner Cable is adding live programming and video-on-demand outside the home…
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Nangu.TV names technology chief
Over-the-top TV platform specialist Nangu.TV has named Zdeněk Gerlický as chief technology officer. Gerlický joined…
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Facebook partners with Rovi to boost media data
Facebook has partnered with video distribution specialist Rovi to draw on information about TV shows,…
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Netflix plans to drop Silverlight, move to HTML5
Netflix is working to test various HTML5 video extensions as it plans to switch from…
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Middle East ‘Netflix’ prepares summer launch
A new Middle East-based on-demand service has scored deals with Hollywood studios, Arabic content houses…
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Twitter seeking TV content partnerships
Twitter is reportedly close to signing deals with TV networks in a bid to bring…
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Set-top box sales climb
The global set-top box market was worth a total US$4.6 billion (€3.5 billion) in the…
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nc+ apologises to customers and unveils incentives to stay
Polish pay TV platform nc+, much criticised since its launch as the successor platform to…
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SVT opens up archive of programmes to public
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has launched an open archive initiative to make its back-catalogue of…