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Spain’s Ono to broadcast Fight Sports channel
Spanish pay TV operator Ono will air the Fight Sports channel after signing a multi-year…
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Teleste signs €20 million access network deal with Altice Group
Video and broadband technologies firm Teleste Corporation has signed a five-year deal with multinational cable…
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Harmonic reaches encoder milestone
Video delivery infrastructure firm Harmonic has passed 100,000 channels shipped with its Electra broadcast encoder…
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Amazon buys Twitch for US$970 million
Amazon has agreed to buy Twitch, a video platform and community for videogame enthusiasts, for…
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Microsoft may be planning Chromecast rival
Microsoft could be about to launch a Chromecast rival, with evidence provided by one of…
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African OTT service Aflix goes live
Aflix, a Netflix-style premium OTT service featuring more than 2,000 hours of content, including new…
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Belgium’s BeTV launches Go offering ahead of Netflix arrival
BeTV, the pay TV unit formerly known as Canal+ Belgium and owned by Belgian French…
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Dish wants FCC to scrap Comcast-TWC deal
US satcaster Dish Network is petitioning media regulator the Federal Communications Commission to stop the…
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Gracenote appoints former M-GO chief as CEO
Video and music metadata specialists Gracenote has appointed John Batter, the former CEO of movie…
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TiVo targets non-cable subscribers with over-the-air DVR
TiVo has launched a limited edition, low-price TiVo Roamio over-the-air DVR, aimed at US customers…
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MTG’s Viaplay to offer Disney Movies on Demand in the Nordics
Modern Times Group-owned streaming service Viaplay has signed a deal with Disney Nordic to offer…
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Com Hem unveils free 50Mbps upgrade for all
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has introduced a free upgrade to 50Mbps for broadband customers…
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More kids pilots for Amazon
Amazon Prime Instant Video’s latest children’s programming pilots comprise three cartoons and a pair of…
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Price decline offsets German TV sales growth
The World Cup gave a boost to sales of TVs in Germany in the first…
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thePlatform extends BT support to YouView+ boxes
Comcast-owned online video platform specialist thePlatform has signed an expanded agreement with BT that will…
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Ukraine Today from 1+1 launches
Ukrainian commercial broadcaster 1+1 has launched its planned international news channel Ukraine Today. The English-language…
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Vodafone acquires Greek broadband provider
Vodafone Group has acquired a majority stake in Greek broadband service provider Hellas Online for…
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European Commission resumes Liberty Global review
The European Commission has reportedly resumed its review of Liberty Global’s planned takeover of Dutch…
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Netflix international base expected to account for fifth of total
Netflix is likely to see international subscription account for one fifth of its overall business…
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C4 boss slams US studios’ UK takeovers and tech giant threat
Channel 4’s CEO David Abraham has slammed the growing number of US studios owning UK…
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BBC director general: plenty of life left in the licence fee
The BBC’s director general Tony Hall has spoken out against the corporation switching to a…
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Replacement TV set sales to drive industry growth
Replacement flat panel TV sales will help to inject “renewed growth into global TV sales”…
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Aereo cable service appeal denied
A US court of appeals has struck a fresh blow to banned US TV streaming…
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Numericable extends ADSL reach through unbundling deal with SFR
Ahead of its planned acquisition of SFR, French cable operator Numericable has struck a local-loop…
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UPC Cablecom makes triple-play standard
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom is to make triple-play standard for all subscribers…
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Turner hires SBS Discovery exec as Nordic programming boss
Turner has recruited Karin Lindström as program director of its entertainment channels in the Nordic…
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Sky Deutschland to launch three new HD channels
Sky Deutschland is gearing up to launch three new high definition channels – two movie…
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Rostelecom sees strong TV growth
Russian telecom operator Rostelecom reached 2.4 million IPTV subscribers at the end of June, up…
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Poland’s Player.pl launches on PlayStation 4
TVN-owned video-on-demand service Player.pl has launched on PlayStation 4 consoles. TVN claims that the app,…
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Samsung unveils smart TV games and new Skype app at IFA
Samsung has unveiled new games for its smart TV platform and an updated version of…