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Spacecom to provide capacity for African Cup of Nations
Israel-based satellite operator Spacecom has been chosen to provide broadcast services on Amos-5 at 17°E…
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SCTE and ANGA to provide bursaries for ANGA COM
The UK’s Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTE) has teamed up with German cable operators association…
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Virgin Media teams up with Telegraph to promote sports offering
UK cable operator Virgin Media has struck a partnership with Telegraph Media Group (TMG) to…
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Nair named as co-chair of Energy 2020 programme
Liberty Global chief technology officer Balan Nair has been named as co-chair of the US…
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Discovery founder Hendricks to launch factual SVoD service
Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks has launched a subscription-on-demand service for factual programming named CuriosityStream….
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Disney’s Maker studios strikes Vimeo deal
Disney-owned multichannel network Maker Studios has signed a deal to with Vimeo to debut content…
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Vodafone Spain slams Telefónica Canal+ acquisition
Spain’s competition watchdog must prohibit Telefónica’s acquisition of pay TV operator Canal+ or at least…
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Amazon pilots go live in the US, UK and Germany
Amazon’s first original pilot season for 2015 has gone live on Amazon Instant Video in…
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SVT closes ‘biggest ever’ BBC package deal
SVT has closed what the Swedish pubcaster describes as its “biggest ever package deal” with…
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Viacom’s Dauman extends contract
Philippe Dauman has extended his contract as president and CEO of US media giant Viacom…
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DNA extends DTT offering
Finnish service provider DNA has committed to add new channels, including HD services, to its…
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UPC Poland launches full Horizon service
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Poland has launched the full Horizon advanced TV platform, with…
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Estonian regulator opens competition for TV licences
Estonian regulator the Technical Surveillance Authority has announced a public competition for two new licences…
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More than a third of US homes to buy a smart device this year
Some 37% of US broadband households intend to buy one or more smart devices in…
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Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch to deliver MIPTV keynote
Sky’s group chief executive Jeremy Darroch is due to deliver a ‘Media Mastermind Keynote’ at…
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Netflix set to lose Discovery/Hasbro content
Content from Discovery and Hasbro US joint venture is set to disappear from Netflix’s US…
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Google to stop making Google Glass for now
Google is to stop producing its Google Glass product and is moving the Google Glass…
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Ericsson exec Johan Wibergh to join Vodafone as CTO
Ericsson’s executive vice president and head of segment networks, Johan Wibergh, is due to join…
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Vivendi to create new content unit headed by Canal+’s Belmer
Vivendi is creating a new content unit to be headed by Canal+ CEO Rodolphe Belmer,…
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Netflix hits December streaming peak
December 28 was the largest streaming day of the year in 2014, topping what is…
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Discovery names new Eurosport chief
Discovery has recruited Peter Hutton to run Eurosport and given the sports channel’s current CEO,…
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Netflix and BBC in talks on US deal
Some library shows from BBC Worldwide could leave Netflix with several titles up for renewal. US…
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Turner names CEE distribution chief
Turner Broadcasting System has named Dominik Tzimas as distribution director, central and eastern Europe and…
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Music companies round on UPC Ireland over illegal downloads
The Irish subsidiaries of Sony Music, Warner Music and Unviersal Music have called for legal…
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BBC to overhaul mobile news access, up video focus
The BBC is set to introduce “significant changes” to the BBC News site and mobile…
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Piksel makes three senior hires in EMEA push
OTT TV technology specialist Piksel has hired three new senior executives from FilmFlex and Ooyala…
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Web browsing and other smart TV services in decline, says uWand
Watching catch-up TV from smart televisions is on the rise, but other services like gaming,…
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Turner’s TruTV joins TVPlayer in the UK
Turner Broadcasting-owned UK entertainment channel TruTV has gone live over-the-top streaming platform TVPlayer. The new…
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Streambox demos live 4K broadcast with Celebro Media Studios
Mobile video delivery specialist Streambox has partnered with London-based 4K TV studio, Celebro Media Studios, to…
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ITU management team to be inaugurated
The new management team at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will be formally inaugurated tomorrow…