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Virgin secures debt deal

UK MSO Virgin Media has secured a £675m (€750m) credit line. The amount is payable…

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Comstar launches double-play promotion

Russian service provider Comstar-UTS’s regional subsidiary Comstar Regions is to launch a marketing campaign to…

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Unitymedia ups broadband speed

German cable operator Unitymedia has increased the speed of its entry-level broadband service from 10Mbps…

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Freeview HD launches, new channel expected by end of year

Freeview has officially launched its HD service, which will be backed by a £6m (€6.7m)…

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Numericable passes low-cost offer milestone

French cable operator Numericable has now signed up over 300,000 subscribers to its Service Unique…

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Thema launches new German bouquet for France

Distributor Thema has launched a new bouquet of German channels in France. Le Bouquet Allemand…

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UPC Romania introduces low-cost tariff

The Romanian division of UPC has launched a low-cost analogue TV package costing RON15 (€3.70)…

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Fine Living gets South Africa carriage

Scripps Networks and Chellomedia joint-venture channel Fine Living Network has secured a carriage deal with…

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Sky preparing its defences against likely Ofcom ruling

With UK pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB facing the imminent threat of regulator Ofcom forcing it to…

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VimpelCom names broadband chief

Russian service provider VimpelCom has named Alexei Krainov as director of broadband access, responsible for…

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Scaglia resigns from Fastweb board

Italian broadband service provider Fastweb has announced that Silvio Scaglia has resigned from its board…

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Belgacom to broadcast Belgium’s first 3D football match

Belgacom has announced plans to broadcast a live football match in 3D on May 8….

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Com Hem eyes 10,000 households in Hyresbostäder

Swedish cable operator Com Hem has signed a deal with a housing association in Hyresbostäder…

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CableTel increases Discovery line-up

Bulgarian cable operator CableTel is making Discovery Channel available across the Eurocom network it recently…

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Virgin Media introduces new quad-play, adds ITV time-shift channels

Virgin Media is to launch a range of new mobile phone offers next month to…

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Nat Geo to localise in Czech Republic and Slovakia

National Geographic Channel will launch a localized version of its channel for the Czech Republic…

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Sky acquisition speculation as Carphone Warehouse demerges TalkTalk

The UK’s Carphone Warehouse will demerge its phone retail and telecom provider arms today by…

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Over 20% of households will be HD by 2014

The number of high definition households is expected to reach 276 million by 2014, according…

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Astra 3B launch delayed

The launch of SES Astra’s latest satellite Astra 3B was postponed on Friday due to…

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Kudelski completes OpenTV acquisition

TV technology company Kudelski has completed the acquisition of OpenTV. At 17:00 New York time…

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UPC Direct to add new HD package for Czech Republic and Slovakia

Liberty Global’s DTH service UPC Direct will launch a new package of up to six…

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DTG names new technical council chair

The UK Digital TV Group (DTG), the industry technical standards body, has appointed Simon Fell…

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IPTV Association appoints president

Italy’s IPTV Association has named Irene Pivetti as its president. Telcos Fastweb, Telecom Italia and…

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Canvas makes key appointments

Project Canvas, the proposed UK video-on-demand joint venture, has named its chief technology officer and…

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Canvas may consider one further partner before deadline

Project Canvas’s partners have said they will accept one further new partner during the pre-launch…

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Execution Noble recommends “hold” on KDG

Analysts Execution Noble have initiated coverage of Kabel Deutschland (KDG) with a “hold” recommendation based…

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Mediaset to launch news channel

Mediaset has announced that it will launch a news channel. According to Pier Silvio Berlusconi,…

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ITV completes Friends Reunited sale

UK broadcaster ITV has completed the sale of social networking site Friends Reunited to Brightsolid…

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TeliaSonera chosen for TG4’s online TV service

TeliaSonera International Carrier has announced that it is powering Irish broadcaster TG4’s online TV service….

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Astra 3B ready for launch

SES Astra’s latest satellite Astra 3B is ready for launch later today. The satellite will…