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BBC World News breaks 300m homes barrier

The BBC says that its BBC World News channel has increased its footprint by 40…

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Hungarian regulator provides digital update

Hungary had 1.707 million digital TV subscribers as of the end of March, out of…

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Arqiva takes additional Eutelsat capacity

Broadcast services provider Arqiva has leased additional capacity from Eutelsat’s 7A satellite to meet growing…

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NTV Plus boosts channel line-up

Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus has added five new channels to its line-up. Youth…

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Beesmart is now Beenius

Slovenia-based middleware provider Beesmart has changed its name to Beenius. CEO Matjaž Bevk said, “We…

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Telenor names Aeser as new chairman

Telenor has appointed Svein Aeser as its new chairman. Aeser replaces Harald Norvik, who recently…

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Harmonic releases new transcoder

Technology company Harmonic has launched a new file-based transcoder platform as part of its ProMedia…

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Hillcrest makes TV browser available to open-source community

Hillcrest Labs has said it will provide its Kylo web browser to the open-source community…

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Netflix to launch in Sweden

US online video streaming service Netflix is launching in Sweden later this year, our sister…

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Rostelecom launches new multiscreen TV service, aims to add 500K subs this year

Russian service provider Rostelecom is relaunching its IPTV service with the addition of new channels…

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Growth for Canal Plus France

Canal Plus France, with pay TV operations in mainland France, overseas territories and Africa, attracted…

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Sky Deutschland reports value-add service growth

Sky Deutschland has made significant inroads with its value-added services. The German pay TV operator…

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RTÉ urged to rethink cost-cutting plans

British and Irish politicians have called upon Irish public broadcaster RTÉ to reconsider closing its…

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Profit and ad revenues down, programming costs up at TF1

TF1 has posted a year-on-year decline in operating profit and ad revenues in the first…

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Iliad Telecom passes five million broadband customer mark

French ISP Iliad Telecom had 5.04 million broadband subscribers at the end of March, up…

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TTC launches cable TV in three new cities

Russian service provider TransTeleCom (TTC) has launched cable TV services in the cities of Barnaul…

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Com Hem names consumer sales chief

Swedish cable operator Com Hem has named Agnes Reuterskiöld as its new head of consumer…

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SatLink acquires HD playout centre

Israel-based teleport operator SatLink Communications has purchased a new HD playout centre in Tel Aviv….

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VimpelCom posts fixed-line growth

Russian quad-play provider VimpelCom, which operates the Beeline brand of fixed and mobile broadband, TV…

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Orange to close sports channels, strikes deal with Al Jazeera

Orange is to close down its Orange Sport channels at the end of June and…

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European DTH revenues to inch up in 2012-14

Revenues from DTH services in western Europe will continue their slow upward trajectory this year…

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FremantleMedia France creates DTT unit

RTL Group-owned production company FremantleMedia’s French subsidiary is creating a subsidiary dedicated to digital-terrestrial channels,…

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Ono targets new TiVo customers with reward incentives

Spanish cable operator Ono is hoping to boost take-up of its TiVo platform by offering…

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Loewe denies Apple takeover rumours

German TV manufacturer Loewe has denied reports that it is set to be acquired by…

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ODG wins online VOD deal in CEE

On Demand Group has announced a deal with Czech and Slovakian online VOD platform Topfun…

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UK government under scrutiny over News’ BSkyB bid


An opposition Member of Parliament has said that a criminal offence might have been committed…

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Analysts positive on Discovery


Credit analysts have said that Discovery is performing well in the wake of its recent…

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NTV Plus widens availability of HD package

Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus is to make its HD service, NTV Plus HD,…

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Ensequence secures new funding

Interactive TV technology specialist Ensequence has secured commitments for additional funding of about US$26 million…

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Telenor restructures management team

Nordic telco Telenor has named Kjell-Morten Johnsen as vice-president and head of European operations. Johnsen,…