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Channel Five reportedly ditching Sky for ITN

UK commercial broadcaster Channel Five is set to cancel a contract with BSkyB to provide…

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Liberty Global rules out BSkyB bid as subscriber growth continues

Liberty Global (LG) is unlikely to make a bid for UK pay TV operator BSkyB,…

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Sky Italia passes five million subs

News Corp reported an earnings surge in its fiscal first quarter financial results, helped by…

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BT Vision additions reach two year high

BT added 41,000 BT Vision customers between July and September, the highest quarterly rise for…

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ProSiebenSat.1 takes stake in social network

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired a stake in online social network meetOne. The company,…

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ESPN to take NHL to Europe and Africa

International sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a deal that will see it air US hockey…

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Numericable catches up with Turner

French cable operator Numericable has added four Turner channels to its catch-up platform. The channels…

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Pay TV drives PT revenue growth

Third quarter revenues from Portugal Telecom’s residential customer segment increased 5% year on-year thanks to…

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BBC Worldwide Channels renews Red Bee deal

Broadcast services provider Red Bee Media has renewed a multi-year deal with BBC Worldwide channels,…

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Amos-5 ready for launch

Satellite operator Spacecom has announced that the Amos-5 satellite has completed its test phase and…

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TF1 using Elemental for multiscreen delivery

Multiscreen content delivery specialist Elemental Technologies has announced that French broadcast group TF1 Group is…

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ESPN and BBC to share darts coverage

British public broadcaster the BBC is to share coverage of the 2012 World Professional Darts…

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Poland set for DTH merger

Polish media company ITI and its subsidiary TVN have agreed to form a strategic partnership…

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Al Jazeera launches sports streaming service

Middle Eastern broadcaster Al Jazeera is launching a digital streaming sports service. The company will…

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Bahrain planning Dubai Media City rival

Bahrain is eyeing the launch of a media city to rival Dubai Media City and…

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ODG strikes M-Tel VOD deal

On Demand Group (ODG) has struck a deal with Bulgarian telecoms operator M-Tel to manage…

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Discovery to expand ID distribution following ad growth

Discovery Communications is to accelerate the international expansion of its crime and investigation network ID…

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Cable threatened by satellite and IPTV

The global pay TV market was worth US$125 billion (€90 billion) in the first half…

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Blinkx subsidiary Burst to launch 12 new channels

Blinkx subsidiary Burst Media is launching 12 digital video channels from food to gardening and…

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Ofcom reveals digital TV figures

Latest data from UK regulator Ofcom shows that 93% of households currently watch digital TV…

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KDG launches new set-top with NDS

German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has launched a new HD set-top box using various technologies…

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Tricolor claims nine million subs

Russian satellite operator Tricolor’s subscriber base has passed the nine million mark. The operator said…

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Kudelski restructure aims to reduce costs

Kudelski Group is restructuring to focus on the convergence of digital TV and online TV,…

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MBC to launch raft of HD channels

Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC Group is to launch a raft of high definition channels across…

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Zon launches online platform

Portuguese cable operator Zon Multimedia is launching an online TV service offering linear and on-demand…

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Stofa acquires Canal Digital Denmark

Danish cable operator Stofa has acquired Telenor’s Danish cable TV network Canal Digital. The deal…

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Freeview passes three million HD viewers

British digital terrestrial television service Freeview has over three million high definition users, latest figures…

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Channel 4’s 4oD views continue to rise

Channel 4’s on-demand viewing figures continued to rise in September, with 33 million long form…

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Discovery names Bennett SVP programming

International factual channel operator Discovery has promoted Kevin Bennett to senior vice-president, programming and research…

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Altibox selects Motorola for wireless HD video streaming

Altibox, the IPTV service set up by Norwegian utility firm Lyse Tele, is using technology…