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Vivendi completes Maroc Telecom sale
Vivendi has completed the sale of its majority stake in Maroc Telecom to UAE-based Etisalat…
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Eurosport names communications chief
Eurosport has named Géraldine Filiol as deputy managing director for international communications, marketing and external…
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Turner to launch UK free-to-air channel
Turner Broadcasting UK is launching a new general entertainment free-to-air channel, truTV – it’s first…
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Channel 5 taps Digital Element for on-demand geolocation
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has tapped Digital Element’s IP geolocation technology, NetAcuity, to manage…
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Solid result for Numericable
French cable operator Numericable saw its net profit for the first quarter rise by almost…
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Russian government planning open access rules
The Russian ministry of communications is planning to implement new open access rules covering the…
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Vodafone Portugal strikes deal with dstelecom
Vodafone Portugal has struck a partnership with local service provider dstelecom to provide its fixed-line…
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M6 requests compensation for lost bonus channel
Commercial broadcaster M6 has reportedly requested an indemnity payment of €90 million plus interest from…
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BBC outlines ‘new iPlayer’ rollout plan
The BBC is going ahead to make the new version of iPlayer it has been…
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‘Sky Europe’ would boost content and save on tech, infrastructure
A merged Sky Europe comprising BSkyB, Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia would be able to…
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Brightcove to roll out next generation web player
Brightcove is working on a next generation web player that it will roll out as…
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Cablevision’s Yvette Kanouff joins Cisco
Cablevision Systems’ executive vice president of corporate engineering and technology Yvette Kanouff is joining Cisco to…
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Nagravision and OpenTV sue Apple for patent infringement
Kudelski subsidiaries Nagravision and OpenTV have filed claims for three patent infringements against Apple in…
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New name and content for Telecom Italia’s Cubovision
Telecom Italia Media has changed the name of its Cubovision OTT TV offering to TIMvision….
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Viacom poaches Fox, Discovery execs for Europe
Viacom has added a pair of executives to its southern Europe team, one from Discovery…
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AB Group switches channels to full HD
France’s AB Group is to make its full portfolio of channels available to distribution partners…
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HbbTV names task force chief
Steve Morris, systems architect at TV technology company Espial, has been named a member of…
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Lagardère hit by lower TV production, soft ad market
Lower TV production year-on-year pushed revenues for Lagardère’s media arm down for the first quarter….
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Hispasat and Intelsat team up for Latin American position
Satellite operators Hispasat and Intelsat have teamed up to provide better reach in the growing…
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Rightster unveils Engage
Online video distribution specialist Rightster has launched Engage, a premium offering to manage video across…
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Skylink shuts off more CryptoWorks channels
M7 Group-owned Czech and Slovak pay TV provider Skylink is moving ahead with its plant…
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BSkyB in talks to create European pay TV giant with Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia
BSkyB has confirmed it is in preliminary talks about acquiring 21st Century Fox’s 57% stake…
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Canal+ reportedly in talks to take Dailymotion stake
Canal+ Group is in talks with Orange to take a stake in Dailymotion, according to…
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Virgin extends Sky channel distribution deal
Virgin Media has signed a new five-year agreement with Sky that will allow it to…
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Magine establishes Germany as its largest market
Cloud-based over-the-top TV service, Magine now has more customers in Germany than in its home…
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Time Warner linked to web operator Fullscreen
US media giant Time Warner is reportedly seeking to follow the likes of Disney, RTL…
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Liberty Media to spin-off cable assets
Liberty Media is to spin-off its cable assets into a separate publicly-traded business. The company…
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Ericsson completes Red Bee buyout
Ericsson has completed its acquisition of Red Bee Media, adding 1,500 new employees to its…
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New co-CEOs for Comcast’s thePlatform
Comcast-owned online video technology company thePlatform has named Marty Robers and Jamie Miller as co-CEOs,…
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ER-Telecom rolls out advanced set-top in 55 cities
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has launched its new advanced…