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Virgin Media adds BoxNation
Virgin Media is to add premium sports channel BoxNation to its programming line-up. The channel,…
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Interest in connected entertainment growing, says report
Interest in connected TV, over-the-top video and use of games consoles and tablets as entertainment…
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Skipper to captain ESPN
Global sports broadcaster ESPN has promoted programming boss John Skipper to the position of president…
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Dutch politicians slam public broadcaster merger plan
Dutch politicians have slammed a proposed merger between two of the country’s largest public broadcasters…
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Purescreens launches Museum app on LG connected TVs
HD channel provider PureScreens has launched a Museum app on LG’s connected TV platform that…
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Vivendi issues €1 billion bond
Canal Plus-owner Vivendi has issued a €1 billion bond in two tranches, which it says…
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Man TV no longer on NTV Plus
Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus has withdrawn male interest channel Man TV from its…
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Envivio joins Akamai alliance
Video compression specialist Envivio is the latest company to join content delivery network provider Akamai’s…
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AMC names senior counsel
International channel operator AMC Networks has appointed John Derderian as senior counsel for its global…
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Sky could be forced to open up set-tops to OTT rivals
UK pay TV provider BSkyB could be forced to give rival over-the-top service providers access…
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Samsung in ‘final stage’ talks for Google TV launch
Samsung Electronics is in final-stage talks with Google about launching a Google TV-capable TV set…
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Netflix raising US$400 million
Netflix is raising US$400 million (€296 million) in cash and said it will return to…
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France’s Free makes Twitter available on TV
French ISP Iliad Telecom has made Twitter available to TV screens via its Freebox Révolution…
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Eastern Europe TV revenues will near US$10 billion by 2016
Eastern European pay TV revenues will increase from US$7.5 billion (€5.6 billion) in 2010 to…
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TV4 launches ‘freemium’ Play service on iPads
Swedish broadcaster TV4 has launched an iPad app for its TV4 Play on-demand service, following…
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Online video revenues growing fast
Online video revenues are set to triple this year, according to a report by Futuresource…
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Minimax gets Slovenian deal
Minimax, the kids channel operated by Liberty Global’s content division Chello, has launched in Slovenia…
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Sky, ESPN net Scottish soccer rights
BSkyB and ESPN have inked a five-year deal for rights to soccer matches from the…
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Yourfamily launches in Bulgaria
German channel provider Your Family Entertainment has launched its kids and family entertainment channel Yourfamily…
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MTS grows pay TV base
Russian quad-play service provider MTS has grown its domestic pay TV subscriber base by 4%…
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OSN chooses KIT Digital for multiscreen deployment
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has chosen technology supplier KIT Digital to provide the…
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Oelde gets high-speed internet from Unitymedia
German cable operator Unitymedia has launched high-speed internet services in the town of Oelde and…
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France looking to extend Hadopi law to cover streaming
Following French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s call for a tightening up of the country’s Hadopi anti-piracy…
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Mediaset launches new Premium Play service
Italian pay TV operator Mediaset has launched a new premium service that will allow customers…
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Netflix and Fox revive Arrested Development
Video streaming and delivery service Netflix is teaming with Fox to bring back comedy series…
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All video content distributors should contribute to creation, says CSA’s Boyon
The growth of online and connected TV services presents a challenge to the finance of…
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M7 takes new capacity for French-language channels in Belgium
Luxembourg-based pay TV platform operator M7 Group M7 has taken additional capacity on SES’s Astra…
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Trace strikes deal for Turkish sports channel
France-based niche content provider Trace has signed a deal with Turkish sports production company Enda…
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BSkyB names new independent directors
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has named Martin Gilbert and Matthieu Pigasse as independent non-executive…
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Deutsche Telekom technology chief to leave early
Deutsche Telekom’s innovation and technology director Edward Kozel is to leave the company at the…