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Netflix deploys new release model for Madagascar kids series
Netflix will release its upcoming kids series All Hail King Julien in installments, eschewing the…
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Tele2 Austria launches TV service
Tele2 Austria has launched a TV service as part of a new triple-play offering in…
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Com Hem sees strong TiVo growth
Swedish cable operator Com Hem’s TiVo advanced TV user base now stands at over a…
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New channels BBC Brit and BBC Earth to debut in Poland
BBC Worldwide is to launch the BBC Brit and BBC Earth channels in Poland on…
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Euronews to add sports programming with SportAccord
News channel Euronews has signed what it describes as “a historic collaboration” partnership with SportAccord…
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Rovi buys content discovery firm Fanhattan
Rovi Corporation has bought venture-backed content discovery and navigation firm, Fanhattan, in an all cash…
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Shakespeare’s Globe launches VoD platform
Now is not the winter of our discontent, as Shakespeare’s Globe today launches a dedicated…
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Mediaset unveils new structure, appointments for Italian channels
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has unveiled a new centralised organisational structure for its Italian channels under…
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Viacom hires digital chief for Northern Europe
Viacom International Media Networks has named Mathias Blum as head of digital media at its…
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Virgin Media adds new WiFi stations
Liberty Global-owned UK cable operator Virgin Media has started providing WiFi coverage in six new…
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Smart glasses face uphill struggle for adoption
Shipments of smart glasses are unlikely to exceed 10 million a year until 2018, according…
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Video news service Newstag appoints CTO
Stockholm-based crowd-curated video news service, Newstag, has appointed former Ericsson executive Mats Ekholm as its…
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Altice tables €7 billion bid for Portugal Telecom
Fresh from securing regulatory acceptance of Numericable’s takeover of SFR, telecoms investor Patrick Drahi’s Altice…
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Sky Deutschland back in the black, plans on-demand service
Sky Deutschland has returned to profit in the quarter to September and announced plans to…
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RTL buys US$107m majority stake in YouTube network StyleHaul
RTL Group has agreed to pay US$107 million (€85 million) to buy a controlling stake…
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UPC Czech Republic launches Horizon Go
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Czech Republic has launched the cloud-based multiscreen version of the…
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TVN and T-Mobile Polska to launch SVoD for T-Mobile customers
Polish broadcast group TVN has partnered with telecoms provider T-Mobile Polska to jointly launch a…
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Moriarty replaces Shortt at AMC
Mike Moriarty has been appointed managing director of AMC’s international channels business, replacing Dermot Shortt…
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Channel 4 launches mobile interactive video ads
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has launched a selection of its sales division’s interactive video ad…
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Beeline launches catch-up TV
Russian service provider VimpelCom, which operates under the Beeline brand, has launched a catch-up TV…
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Majority of BBC staff now outside London
The majority of BBC staff are now based outside of London for the first time…
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Abbe Raven retiring from A+E
Abbe Raven is to retire after 33 years at US-based cable business A+E Networks. Raven…
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Neelie Kroes signs off from European digital role
The retiring head of the European Commission’s digital policy, Neelie Kroes, saw out her last…
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Tele Columbus launches new triple-play offering
German cable operator Tele Columbus has launched a new triple-play offering aimed at attracting new…
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Roku adds Google Play Movies and TV store
Roku has added the Google Play Movies and TV store to its streaming players in…
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Spain’s R taps Arris for RFoG
Spanish cable operator R, which is based in the Galicia region, has signed a deal…
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Imagine Communications acquires OpenTV advanced advertising business
Imagine Communications has acquired Kudelski-owned OpenTV’s advanced advertising unit for an undisclosed sum. The broadcast…
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WWE gears up for UK OTT launch next month
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is due to launch its OTT offering WWE Network in the…
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Starz confirms global SVoD service plan for 2015
US premium cable net Starz will launch its planned international subscription on-demand service next year,…
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Sony reports significant increase in TV sales
Sony reported a “significant increase” in television sales in the three months ending September 30,…