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KidsCo expands in Greece

Children’s broadcaster KidsCo has struck a deal with Hellas Online to make its channel available…

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Cosmos adds Europa Plus TV

Pay TV operator Cosmos TV Belarus has added music channel Europe Plus TV to its…

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Google releases new version of TV platform

Google has unveiled a new version of its Google TV service as well as announcing…

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German regulator concerned over Liberty deal

The German competition regulator, the Bundeskartellamt, has said it has concerns about Liberty Global’s pending…

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SeeSaw finally closes down

UK online TV service SeeSaw has closed down. The end of SeeSaw comes after Bebo…

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Ex-YouView technology chief Rose launches Zeebox

Former YouView chief technology officer Anthony Rose has launched his Zeebox social TV service on…

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Viasat takes on CTC distribution


Viasat has inked a deal with Russian broadcaster CTC and will handle the distribution of…

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PBS seals UK cable deal with Virgin

PBS’s UK service will be carried on cable after the US public broadcast service inked…

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Netflix renews ABC streaming deal

US streaming and rental service Netflix has renewed its programming deal with US network ABC….

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Mediaset and private equity group in Endemol talks


Mediaset and private equity fund Clessidra are discussing injecting €400-500 million of cash into debt-ridden…

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ITV gets French Open rights

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has won free-to-air rights to the French Open tennis championships. ITV…

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UPC Poland delivers 150Mbps in Lublin

Cable operator UPC Poland has launched high-speed internet services in the city of Lublin, giving…

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Telenet sees digital growth and analogue decline

Belgian cable operator Telenet saw its analogue TV base fall to 853,300 at the end…

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Disney to launch free-to-air in Russia

Disney is to begin broadcasting a free-to-air channel in Russia next year in partnership with…

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Zon sees Iris growth in solid third quarter

Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia added 20,000 subscribers to its high-end Iris triple-play offering…

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New 3D channel for Norway

High TV 3D, a 24-hour 3D channel for the Nordic region, has launched on Telenor…

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Belgacom sees TV growth despite loss of football exclusivity

Belgian telco Belgacom saw its TV base grow by 52,000 in the last quarter despite…

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Fox buys Viajar in Spain



Fox International Channels has bought Spanish travel channel Viajar. Fox acquired the channel from Spanish…

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Eros sells Bollywood fare to Middle East



Bollywood producer and distributor Eros has inked a video-on-demand deal and content deals with a…

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T-Hrvatski Telekom sees strong TV growth

Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom had 317,847 TV customers at the end of September,…

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History launches on Hungarian DTT

A+E Networks’ has inked a carriage deal for its History channel with Antenna Hungaria, which…

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NTV Plus offers enhanced 3D football

Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus has teamed up with Panasonic and UEFA to offer…

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Akado names commercial chief

Russian cable operator Akado has appointed Sergey Nazarov as vice-president responsible for commercial services and…

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Volia boosts HD offering

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has boosted its HD offering with the addition of Modern Times…

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Tele Columbus invests in Dresden headend

German cable operator Tele Columbus has installed a new headend in Dresden, providing services to…

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Virgin Media boasts strong TiVo take-up

UK cable operator Virgin Media has signed up 222,000 customers to its TiVo service to…

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Canal Plus Group in talks to acquire TVN

Canal Plus Group and Polish commercial broadcaster TVN have revealed that they are in exclusive…

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Strong Orange TV growth fails to offset revenue slide

France Telecom/Orange’s TV base, including both IPTV and satellite customers, grew by 26.5% year-on-year to…

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Viasat adds nine catch-up channels

Pan Nordic broadcaster Viasat has added nine channels to its online catch-up television service Viaplay….

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Al Jazeera to launch new sports channel

Al Jazeera Media Network is launching a sports news channel across the Middle East next…