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Canal Digital decline continues for Telenor
Telenor’s Canal Digital satellite pay TV unit saw its subscriber base decline further in the…
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Telefónica in €725 million bid for control of Digital+
Telefónica has made a €725 million bid for a controlling stake in Prisa-backed Spanish pay…
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Liberty adds 250,000 Horizon and TiVo customers
Liberty Global added more than 250,000 next-generation Horizon TV and TiVo customers in Q1, in…
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Credit Suisse: Sky faces earnings risk as football auction looms
The next round of auctions for rights to English Premier League football will be critical…
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Sky Deutschland reports strong customer growth
Sky Deutschland reported strong customer growth and record retention levels in Q1, but said its…
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IPTV subscribers to overtake DTH in Western Europe
The number of paying IPTV subscribers in Western Europe will overtake pay satellite TV (pay…
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OTT subscribers are ‘most voracious’ TV Everywhere customers
Despite industry fears of ‘cord cutting’ or ‘cord trimming’, subscribers to OTT services like Netflix…
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Swisscom sees strong growth for cloud DVR service
Swisscom has attracted 30,000 users for its advanced TV platform a month after launch, while…
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KPN in first Dutch trial of LTE broadcast
Dutch telco KPN has carried out a trial of LTE broadcast technology using Ericsson’s platform….
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BBC Trust chairman Patten steps down
The chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of UK pubcaster the BBC, has…
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Discovery names Turnbull Fatafeat boss
Discovery Networks International has appointed Hearst Magazines director Amanda Turnbull as managing director of its…
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Alticast names industry veteran as EMEA chief
Interactive TV technology specialist Alticast has named former Technicolor and Alcatel-Lucent executive Tiaan Schutte as…
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MTG appoints Liberty exec for emerging pay TV markets role
Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed Liberty Global executive Rotem Hakim as its director of…
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Telenet changes its mind on retail box support
Liberty Global-owned cable operator Telenet has rowed back on an unpopular move to discontinue support…
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TIMA takes capacity from Eutelsat
Facilities and content service provider The International Media Associates (TIMA) has signed a three-year contract…
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Arris expects big uplift in second quarter
Technology provider Arris expects a significant boost in revenues in the second quarter with an…
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Netflix now streaming in 4K
Netflix says that it is now streaming in Ultra HD 4K quality over the web,…
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Vodafone and Kabel Deutschland begin marketing common offerings
Vodafone Deutschland and its cable subsidiary Kabel Deutschland are to offer their first joint product…
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Freesat now reaches 1.84 million UK homes
UK free-to-view satellite platform Freesat reported “strong quarterly growth” in the first quarter of 2014,…
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EBU concerned over plans to dismantle Israeli public broadcaster
The European Broadcasting Union has today expressed concern over plans to disband the Israeli Broadcasting…
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Movie pirates still likely to pay to see films, says new research
Viewers who illegally download movies also love going to the cinema and don’t mind paying…
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Sky Deutschland streams live football in UHD
Sky Deutschland claims to have done a world first by broadcasting a football match live…
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Your Family Entertainment launches English-language channel for Africa
German broadcaster Your Family Entertainment has teamed up with East African broadcaster and pay TV…
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TDC reports TV and broadband subscriber growth
Danish telco TDC reported growth in TV and broadband subscriber bases in the first quarter…
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PrimaCom hires new CTO
German cable operator PrimaCom has named Unitymedia executive Ludwig Modra as its new chief technology…
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Com Hem sees TiVo boost amidst mixed results
Approximately one in eight of Swedish cable operator Com Hem’s digital TV subscribers take its…
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Elemental to stream Vienna State Opera performance in 4K
Video compression specialist Elemental is due to power a 4K stream of a performance from…
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Tele Columbus gives free tablet to new broadband subs
German cable operator Tele Columbus is to give free tablet PCs to new customers for…
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NetCologne launches free public WiFi
Cologne city carrier NetCologne has launched a free public WiFi network in the German city. …
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Blinkx acquires LYFE Mobile
Internet media platform Blinkx has acquired mobile targeted advertising specialist LYFE Mobile in an all-cash…