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Desmond moves closer to Five acquisition

British publishing baron Richard Desmond has moved closer to acquiring commercial broadcaster Five from RTL…

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Euronews boosts sales team

Pan-European news channel Euronews has boosted its sales team. Euronews has named Rob Baird…

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Telecinco expects advertising uptick

Spanish broadcaster Telecinco is expected to see its net advertising revenues rise by over 50%…

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France Telecom to launch Deezer Premium music service

France Télécom/Orange has taken a stake in music streaming service Deezer and has announced plans…

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ITN Productions to supply AOL with video content

ITN Productions, the UK news broadcaster’s production arm, is to provide AOL with digital video…

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Digit-Alb to buy Nickelodeon content

MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has struck a deal to sell content from kids channel Nickelodeon…

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Ukraine clears channels for launch

National Geographic and Discovery Communications moved a step closer to launching new channels in Ukraine…

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France 24 launches new iPhone app

France 24 has launched a new iPhone app that offers location-specific news services. The…

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Sky set to sell Easynet

BSkyB has agreed to sell its business-to-business telco arm Easynet Global Services to a private…

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Arqiva expands Fox services

Broadcast services provider Arqiva has added two further channels to the playout services it…

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UPC Slovakia launches promo channel

UPC Slovakia has launched a promotional channel to highlight the range of products and services…

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CSA announces plans for new services on digital-terrestrial platform

French media regulator the CSA has announced a series of new initiatives to expand the…

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Astra delivers broadband to Hungary

Satellite operator SES Astra has signed an agreement with Hungarian IT services provider RG Networks…

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Hispasat boosts profits

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has posted a 2009 full-year profit of €70.6m, up 50.3% year-on-year,…

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Canal Digital revenues up despite sub losses

Revenues from Telenor’s Canal Digital pay-TV platform were up NOK62m (€7.7m) year-on-year to NOK1.7bn during…

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MTG reports mixed results

Modern Times group saw growth across the majority of its business during the second quarter,…

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Mediaset will appeal EU’s Italian DTT ruling

Mediaset said it will appeal yesterday’s European Commission ruling that Sky Italia can enter the…

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Prisa revenues fall but profits rise

Spanish media group Prisa has posted a net profit of €60.88m for the first half…

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Estonia’s Elion sees accelerating TV subscriber growth

Estonian telco Elion has increased its digital TV subscriber base by 25,000 year-on-year to 113,400….

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Sky Sports 1 and 2 launching on UK DTT

Top Up TV, the operator of the pay-TV component of the UK digital terrestrial service…

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Dutch football channel to launch in HD

The Dutch football league’s Eredivisie Live channel will launch in HD for the coming season,…

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CTC Media chooses Omneon for playout

Production and playout specialist Omneon has announced that Russian broadcaster CTC Media is using Omneon…

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Desmond “will take Five back into Canvas”

UK newspaper and magazine publisher Richard Desmond will take free-to-air commercial broadcaster Five back into…

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UK OFT to probe Sky’s Virgin deal

The UK Office of Fair Trading will examine pay-TV operator BSkyB’s deal to acquire the…

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TeliaSonera grows TV base

Swedish and Finnish telco TeliaSonera’s digital TV subscriber base grew by 131,000 year-on-year to 800,000…

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Polish pay-TV providers team up to boost satellite capacity

Polish pay-TV operators Canal Plus Poland and Cyfrowy Polsat have joined forces to change the…

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T-VIPS appoints German sale manager

TV transport technology company T-VIPS has appointed Lutz Germer to regional sales manager, Germany. …

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Eutelsat appoints CTO

Satellite operator Eutelsat has appointed David Bair as chief technology officer. Bair joins from Echostar…

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French broadcasters contest France Télévisions subsidy

French commercial broadcasters TF1, M6 and Canal Plus have lodged a complaint at the European…

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Virgin Media confirms Sky Sports HD launch

Virgin Media has confirmed it will launch Sky Sports 1 HD and Sky Sports 2…