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HomePlug Alliance completes Netricity interop event
Powerline technology standards body the HomePlug Alliance has completed what it describes as the world’s…
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Liberty Global boss Fries calls for ‘scale in the cable industry’
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has called for “scale in the cable industry” in order…
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Telefónica could abandon Canal+ acquisition over content restrictions
Telefónica could abort its acquisition of pay TV service Canal+ if the country’s competition regulator…
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Girls creator in BBC digital experiment
The writer of HBO drama Girls, Lena Dunham, is among names attached to BBC Taster,…
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GS Group consolidates units to create Russian TV tech leader
Russian technology provider GS Group is consolidating its digital TV software activities under a single…
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BBC announces more iPlayer commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new programming commissions that will appear exclusively on…
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NBCUniversal pulling channels out of Russia
The channels arm of NBCUniversal is pulling out of the Russian market, citing the challenging…
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Nigeria’s ACTV signs multi-year deal with Spacecom
Nigerian pay TV operator ACTV has signed a multi-year contract to use Israel-based Spacecom’s Amos-5…
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Germany’s ChitramTV taps Comigo for Android set-tops
Germany-based ethnic minority-focused service provider ChitramTV has tapped Comigo to provide Android-based set-top boxes to…
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Walmart’s Vudu Spark streaming stick now on sale
US retail giant Walmart has started selling its own Chromecast-rivalling HDMI streaming stick, called the…
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Sports viewing on the web to grow tenfold
Viewing of broadband-distributed sports content is set to grow tenfold between 2015 and 2025, driven…
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A+E Networks names UK general manager
A+E Networks UK has named Heather Jones as general manager, UK, reporting to A+E Networks…
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TV4 Group ups Wiernik
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has promoted Catherine Wiernik to programming director,…
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Multimedia Polska boosts HD offer, begins switching off SD
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska is to boost its HD offering and begin the process…
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ER-Telecom launches TV everywhere
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has launched an expanded multiscreen…
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Beltelecom passes fibre subscriber milestone
Belarusian service provider Beltelecom has now signed up 300,000 customers to its GPON fibre network,…
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Tesco sells Blinkbox Music to Guvera
Tesco has sold Blinkbox Music to Australia-based music streaming service Guvera, less than a month…
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CBS AMC lands EMEA drama deal
CBS AMC Networks EMEA Channel Partnership has taken on a number of CBS Studios International-sold…
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FremantleMedia takes majority stake in MCN
FremantleMedia has upped its stake in European multichannel network Divimove to take majority control of…
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Portugal Telecom shareholders approve sale to Altice
Portugal Telecom’s shareholders have approved the sale of the company’s domestic assets to Altice, the…
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Almost a fifth of US homes tipped to take HBO’s OTT service
Roughly 17% of US broadband households would be likely to subscribe to HBO’s forthcoming over-the-top…
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Three enters exclusive takeover talks with O2
Hutchison Whampoa, the parent company of UK mobile operator Three, has entered exclusive negotiations with…
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Intel-based HDMI dongles hit UK market
Two providers have separately launched new high-end Intel-based HDMI dongle devices in the UK. Consumer…
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Walthelm to take expanded programming role at Sky Deutschland
Elke Walthelm has been promoted to senior vice-president of partner channels for Sky Deutschland, managing…
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Nangu.TV appoints new CEO
Media platform provider for IPTV and OTT services, Nangu.TV, has appointed former T-Mobile, Vodafone and…
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Toshiba agrees smart TV ad partnership with Smartclip
Toshiba has agreed a new partnership with video ad technology company Smartclip, which has secured…
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Dom.ru taps Nagra for content security
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has introduced comprehensive content protection…
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Russia completes transition to DVB-T2
Russia has completed the transition of its digital broadcasting infrastructure to DVB-T2 and closed down…
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MTIS adds Peretz
Belarusian service provider MTIS has added CTC Media-owned channel Peretz to its programming line-up. MTIS…
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SES picks Arianespace for SES-12 satellite launch
Satellite operator SES has selected Arianespace to launch its new hybrid communications satellite, SES-12, on…