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Free offering full range of AB HD channels
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free is now offering the full range of conent provider AB…
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BSkyB enlists Agama for Now TV, Sky Go quality assurance
BSkyB has extended its quality assurance agreement with Agama, using the latter’s monitoring solution to…
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Stanley takes on digital role at Warner Bros
Warner Bros Home Entertainment UK, Ireland, Spain and Nordics home entertainment group chief John Stanley…
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RTR returns to Latvian pay TV offerings
Russian channel RTR is returning to Latvian service providers’ programming line-ups following a three-month ban…
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Telefónica buys into Italian Premium as Mediaset sells in Spain
Mediaset has agreed to sell an 11.11% stake in its Italian pay TV unit to…
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RTL says “confiscatory” Hungarian ad tax will hit profits
RTL said this morning that a new tax on advertising in Hungary will severely impact…
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UK divided on scrapping licence fee
Roughly half of Britons would support abolishing the BBC licence fee, even if it means…
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Russia passes pay TV ad ban
Russia’s State Duma has passed a bill banning advertising on cable and satellite pay TV…
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TeliaSonera buys Tele2 Norway
Nordic service provider TeliaSonera has bought mobile telco Tele2’s Norwegian operations for an enterprise value…
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Constantin seeks slice of Bundesliga rights
Constantin Media chairman Dieter Hahn wants to take part in the next round of bidding…
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EMEA leading global pay TV subscriber growth
Global pay TV subscriptions grew by 5.2% in the year to March and by 1.4%…
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Freesat sues Amazon for trademark infringement
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat is suing Amazon for trademark infringement over its use of…
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A&E set for Germany, Iberia, Africa launches
A&E is to launch in 10 million homes across Europe and Africa this fall. The…
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Tablet shipments to outstrip PCs in 2015
Tablet shipments will outstrip PC shipments next year, despite experiencing a slowdown in 2014, according…
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Eutelsat 3B satellite now deployed
Eutelsat’s 3B satellite is now fully deployed and is providing commercial services at 3° East…
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QVC Extra launches on local TV multiplex
Home shopping channel QVC Extra has launched on the Freeview digital-terrestrial TV platform in the…
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Innowave licenses RDK software
Portuguese TV technology provider Innowave has licensed the RDK software stack to bring its TV…
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Mirada places shares to drive growth in OTT market
TV technology provider Mirada has proposed to place a £3.5 million (€4.4 million) share offering…
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IPTV subscriptions top 100 million
Global IPTV subscriber numbers topped 100 million for the first time in the first quarter…
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One in seven TV viewers get social media recommendations
One in seven TV viewers now get recommendations about what to from social media, with…
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Turner names Africa entertainment channels chief
Turner Broadcasting System has appointed Gulliermo Farré to the new role of head of general entertainment…
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Half of pay TV subscribers aware of TV Everywhere, says CTAM
Just 49% of multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) customers aged 18 to 64 are aware…
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Yellow Sun shines for PanaTV in UK, US
A Johannesburg-based online TV service has acquired UK and US streaming rights to the Nollywood…
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Netflix ahead in terms of content, says Piper Jaffray
Netflix is ahead of rival Amazon by “a wide margin” when it comes to licensing…
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BBC launches ‘virtual’ local radio stations
The BBC has launched the first of a string of planned ‘virtual’ local radio stations,…
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Panasonic unveils 4K TV pricing
Panasonic has released details of its new AX800 series of Ultra High Definition 4K TVs,…
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BBCWW names commissioning VP for BBC Brit and Earth
BBC Worldwide has upped executive producer Julie Swanston to vice-president of commissioning in Worldwide’s channels…
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Belgacom unveils €10 Belgian football offer
Belgacom has unveiled pricing for its football offering, after securing the non-exclusive rights to broadcast…
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Beltelecom adds two to Zala TV
Belarus service provider Beltelecom has added two new channels to its programming line-up. The operator…
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Mediaset likely to sell Canal+ stake, holding out for ‘strategic partnership’
Mediaset executive vice-president Piersilvio Berlusconi has given the strongest indication yet that his group will…