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Red Bee metadata on the Horizon
Broadcast services provider Red Bee Media has been selected by UPC Broadband, Liberty Global’s European…
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On Demand Group names Riome as MD
SeaChange International-owned video-on-demand specialist On Demand Group (ODG) has named Stephen Riome as its new…
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Channel 4 takes more capacity on Astra for HD
Satellite operator SES has struck a new long-term contract with UK broadcaster Channel 4 to…
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DTS partners with Adobe for connected TV surround sound
Digital TV audio specialist DTS has announced a partnership with Adobe to deliver its surround…
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thePlatform names engineering chief
Comcast-owned white-label video publishing specialist thePlatform has appointed Mike Horwitz as vice-president of engineering. Horwitz…
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Microsoft reportedly in talks with Lovefilm for XBox Live service
Microsoft is in talks to offer online pay TV services via the Xbox 360 games…
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CS Link owner M7 acquires rival SkyLink service
Luxembourg-based M7 Group has acquired Czech and Slovak satellite pay TV provider Skylink, according to…
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DTG’s D-Book 7 approves HbbTV specs
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the standards organisation that represents over 100 UK TV companies,…
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4oD continues to grow
4oD, the on-demand platform operated by UK broadcaster Channel 4, attracted 31 million long-form views…
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Nagra to buy Sigma’s SIS platform for advanced advertising
Interactive TV specialist Nagravision has announced plans to ramp up its advanced advertising business in…
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Free-to-air LCI would send “bad signal” on future of pay TV
Allowing TF1-owned information channel LCI to go free-to-air would send “a very bad signal” about…
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Fox to deliver The Walking Dead on free VOD service in Russia
Fox International Channels (FIC) has signed a deal to provide the second series of its…
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Canal Plus Cyfrowy adds Teletoon to line-up
Polish pay TV operator Canal Plus Cyfrowy has added new kids channel Teletoon Plus to…
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UPC Slovakia offers free HBO trial
UPC Slovakia will offer HBO’s premium channel portfolio free of charge to all digital subscribers…
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Logitech issues profit warning
Switzerland-based set-top provider Logitech, an early supporter of the Google TV platform, has issued a…
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ALi launches new “fast sleep” set-top chipset
Taiwan-based TV set-top box chipset manufacturer ALi Corporation has launched the M3911 networking media processor,…
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iPlayer debuts down under
The BBC’s online TV platform iPlayer has launched in Australia on iPads. An iPlayer app…
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Cablecom appeals against analogue carriage ruling
Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom has launched an appeal against the country’s Federal Administrative Court’s…
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BBC appoints global iPlayer MD
Former UKTV boss Matthew Littleford has been promoted to general manager, global BBC iPlayer after…
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KidsCo hopes original productions will please operators
NBCU, Corus and Cookie Jar-backed kids network KidsCo is making its first foray into original…
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Sports Tonight Live claims Freeview OTT first
A new sports channel has become the first OTT-delivered channel on the UK’s Freeview platform….
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Fox strikes Nat Geo Wild Spanish deals
Fox International Channels is launching Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Wild HD in Spain…
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Nickelodeon promotes Coolman
Nickelodeon has promoted Victor Coolman to director of programming and acquisitions for its German, Swiss…
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Beeline TV adds NTV Plus premium packages
Russian telco Vimpelcom has begun offering NTV Plus’s premium packages to its Beeline pay TV…
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Technicolor sells DRM stake
Broadcast services provider Technicolor has sold its stake in DRM specialist ContentGuard. Technicolor has agreed…
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Multimedia Polska adds Polo TV
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has added Polo TV, a new music channel, to its…
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Lovefilm launches iPad streaming service
Online streaming service and DVD rental company Lovefilm is launching an application on the Apple…
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Samsung brings Maxdome to Blu-ray players
Samsung has signed a deal to bring Maxdome’s VOD platform to Blu-ray players and home…
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UPC Austria to offer Sky packages
UPC Austria customers in the cities of Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt will be able to…