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UKTV hires NBCUniversal exec for Watch
Adam Collings has joined UKTV from NBCUniversal and will oversee programming at its Watch channel….
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SBS Discovery joins Nordisk Film & TV Fund
Norway’s second-largest commercial broadcaster SBS Discovery and its flagship channel TVNorge are joining the Nordisk…
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EC opens in-depth investigation into Orange Jazztel acquisition
European regulators are to open an in-depth investigation into Orange’s proposed acquisition of Spanish service…
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Eurochannel launches in Slovakia with Antik
Movie channel Eurochannel has launched in Slovakia on Košice-based Antik Telecom’s platform. Eurochannel offers a…
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UPC Cablecom brings forward triple-play offering
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom has brought forward plans to promote a new…
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BBC Worldwide launches pre-school app
BBC Wordwide has teamed up with Scary Beasties to launch an app targeted at pre-school…
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Dailymotion signs Unified Streaming deal
French video site Dailymotion has selected Unified Streaming, a cross-platform streaming technologies firm, to power…
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BT TV launches multiscreen buy-to-keep and TV everywhere
BT TV has begun offering buy-to-keep movies on multiple devices in addition to the set-top…
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S4C joins BBC iPlayer as first third-party channel
Welsh-language channel S4C has joined the BBC iPlayer service. The move marks the first time…
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Vision247 adds new channels to connected Freeview service
Hybrid TV technology and aggregation specialist Vision247 has added to the raft of channels it…
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Net neutrality rules should make room for IPTV, says EC chief
Rules governing net neutrality in the EU as part of the Telecom Single Market will…
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US live TV viewing slides as broadband-only household numbers increase
The number of broadband-only households in the US has climbed by 112% year-on-year, with the…
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Sky sells Sky Bet stake at £800m valuation to focus on pay TV growth
Sky has agreed to sell a controlling stake in Sky Bet to CVC Capital Partners,…
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Seachange moves to SaaS model, launches new OTT platform
Seachange will look to partner with or acquire new application developers and internet-of-things solutions providers…
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Tele2 Russia teams up with SPB TV to launch OTT TV service
Russian mobile operator Tele2 has teamed up with technology provider SPB TV to launch an…
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TV4 Group reaps online rewards from cross-platform initiatives
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 Group has seen a 111% increase in online video streams after…
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Thomson demos five HD channels in one DTT mux
Thomson Video Networks is conducting what it says is France’s first demonstration of the video…
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Teo makes OTT service available to all
Lithuanian telco Teo has made its OTT service, Interneto.tv, available to users who haven’t signed…
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Paris court fines Dailymotion €1.3m for copyright infringement
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has welcomed a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal to…
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Telenor and TeliaSonera merge Danish operations
Norway-based operator Telenor has agreed struck a deal with Nordic telco TeliaSonera to merge their…
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Canada’s Bell undercuts Netflix with CraveTV
Canadian telco and TV firm Bell is undercutting Netflix with its C$4 (€2.84) a month…
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Ericsson opens new media and broadcast centre in France
Ericsson has opened a new broadcast and media services facility in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, that…
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STV Player launches on Xbox 360
STV Player, the online catch-up service for Scottish broadcaster STV, is now available as an…
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TiVo’s Digitalsmiths launches analytics platform
TiVo-owned search and recommendations provider Digitalsmiths has launched a new reporting and analytics platform called…
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Volia upgrades backbone network
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has completed the latest phase in the modernization of its backbone…
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BBC mulling subscription model for international version of Store
BBC Store, the forthcoming electronic sell-through service from BBC Worldwide, will likely be rolled out…
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UK pay TV customers watch just 25% of available channels
Pay TV customers in the UK watch just 25% of the channels they pay for,…
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Former MTG boss steps down from Millicom to ‘return to media’
Former MTG boss Hans-Holger Albrecht is stepping down from his current post as president and…
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Streaming media devices bought by 10% of US homes in 2014
Some 10% of US broadband homes bought a streaming player or stick in the first…
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Discovery/Foxtel bid among Ten offers
Network Ten in Australia has confirmed it has received “non-binding, conditional proposals” relating to a…