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Ziggo sees triple-play growth
Dutch cable operator Ziggo added 51,000 digital TV customers in the fourth quarter of 2011,…
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Motorola sees fourth quarter decline in set-top shipments
Motorola Mobility shipped 6% more set-tops in 2011 than the previous year. Announcing fourth quarter…
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Canal Plus makes series of new appointments
Canal Plus Group has named Cécilia Ragueneau as director-general of news channel i>Télé, replacing Pierre…
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ICASA rejects TopTV adult channels
South African regulator The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has refused to grant…
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Zuku pay TV to launch in Tanzania
African pay TV broadcaster Zuku has launched its service in Tanzania. The Wananchi Group-owned company…
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CYBC and Cyta secure Europa League rights
Cyprus public broadcaster CYBC and pay TV operator Cyta have been awarded rights to UEFA…
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Transnistria’s Interdnestrcom to migrate to digital
Interdnestrcom, the main telco of the breakaway republic of Transnistria in south-eastern Europe, is to…
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Current TV to sell UK EPG slot
International channel operator Current TV is selling its EPG slot on pay TV platform BSkyB…
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Portugal moves forward with DSO
Portugal has now completed digital switchover in 39 mainland districts covering 750,000 people, according to…
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Krasnoyarsk to begin digital transition next year
Digital broadcasting is to begin in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region next year, with transition in the…
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Netflix sees international growth, UK launch “very successful”
Online video streaming service Netflix added 1.35 million international subscribers in the last twelve months….
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Connected TV needs higher degree of regulation, says Ofcom chief
Connected TV services are “TV-like experiences” and should be subject to a higher degree of…
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IP Vision/Fetch TV enters administration
IP Vision, the company behind the Fetch TV OTT/DTT platform, has entered administration. In a…
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Canal Plus to close down TPS Star
Canal Plus is to close down its TPS Star channel on April 4, according to…
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Red Bee and Civolution develop companion app for FX UK
Media platform provider Red Bee Media is to produce the first companion device app for…
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EPG slots could be used to incentivise PSBs, says Vaizey
UK culture minister Ed Vaizey has told the Oxford Media Convention that a green paper…
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Sky Italia adds 13 HD channels
Sky Italia is to add 13 HD channels to its offering, taking the total HD…
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Discovery launches TLC in Baltic States
Discovery Group is to replace Discovery Travel & Living with female-focused lifestyle channel TLC in…
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Tricolor nears 10 million subscribers
Russia’s leading DTH operator Tricolor was present in 9.5 million households at the end of…
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Sundance to launch in Portugal
The Sundance Channel is to launch in Portugal after AMC/Sundance Channel Global, AMC Networks’ international…
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Volia adds Hockey as it ramps up sports output
Ukrainian pay TV operator Volia is adding the Hockey channel to its line-up. The channel…
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Cablecom adds HD public channels
Cablecom is adding HD versions of the six Swiss public channels to its platform. The…
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Blinkx gets patent for ‘moving thumbnail’ technology
Online video search engine provider Blinkx has been awarded a patent by the US Patent…
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Akamai appoints EMEA chief
Content delivery network specialist Akamai has appointed Mark Vargo as senior vice-president and general manager,…
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Euronews launches Moscow office
International news broadcaster Euronews is launching a Moscow office as it looks to expand its…
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Locatel teams up with Philips for HbbTV-based hospitality product
Locatel, a specialist in media technology for the hospitality sector, has teamed up with Philips…
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Bouygues set for launch of Sensation
French service provider Bouygues Telecom is to launch the next generation of its Bbox, the…
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A+E will roll out Lifetime this year
A+E networks will launch its female-skewing Lifetime channel in at least two major territories this…
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Al Jazeera in exclusive negotiations for French football
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera has enterted into exclusive negotiations with the French professional football league,…
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Red Bee launches social TV guide RedDiscover
Media services company Red Bee has launched RedDiscover, a set of technologies brought together to…