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BT Sport reveals numbers, renews free offering

BT has confirmed that BT Sport will be free to subscribers for a second season…

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BBC iPlayer hits new record, requests up 18% in March

The BBC logged 320 million TV and radio requests through the iPlayer in March, up…

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Global pay TV market passes 900 million subscribers

The number of global pay TV subscribers increased by more than 5% in 2013, reaching…

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Vevo owners mull sale options

The owners of music video hosting service Vevo are reportedly close to hiring Goldman Sachs…

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Mediaset looking to decide future of pay TV platform by June

Mediaset vice-chairman Piersilvio Berlusconi confirmed that the Italian media company had received interest from international…

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TiVo passes 4.5 million subscribers

DVR maker TiVo said it has hit a record 4.5 million global customers for its…

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BSkyB could be looking at TV subs fall, say analysts

Analysts at Berenberg and Credit Suisse expect BSkyB to report a decline in traditional pay…

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Hulu steps up effort to block international users

Hulu has ramped up efforts to stop broadband users outside of the US accessing its…

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Study says viewers will pay more to binge

Research into binge-viewing claims 40% of viewers surveyed would pay more to be able to…

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MSOs outperforming Netflix-style services, says Amdocs survey

Multi-system operators (MSOs) outperform OTT players like Netflix for customer service, content and video quality,…

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Fine Living comes to the Balkans

Scripps Networks International has launched its Fine Living channel in the Balkans for the first…

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Canal+ Yomvi passes one million milestone

Spanish OTT service Canal+ Yomvi is now delivering its service to over a million devices,…

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Belgacom launches mini set-top box

Belgian telco Belgacom is launching a new low-price set-top box, called the V5 Mini, that…

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Satellite drive TV growth for Croatia’s T-HT

Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom saw its TV base grow by 6.3% in the…

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Technicolor unveils high frame-rate 4K box

Technicolor has used the Cable Show in the US this week to unveil what it says…

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Tata Elxsi launches RDK platform

Cable industry technology provider Tata Elxsi has launched a RDK reference development suite to support…

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Adap.tv extends StickyADS.tv partnership

AOL Platforms-owned video advertising specialist Adap.tv has struck an extended partnership with StickyADS.tv, the video…

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Ericsson appoints chief strategy officer

Ericsson has upped senior vice president and member of its executive leadership team, Rima Qureshi,…

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Netflix signs interconnect deal with Verizon

Netflix has signed an interconnect deal with US telecom operator Verizon in a bid to…

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DVD viewing drops to just 55% of UK adults

The proportion of adults in the UK that regularly watch DVDs, videos or Blu-ray discs…

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Game of Thrones tops illegal sharing list

New research into illegal sharing shows that over the course of one week a raft…

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Orange slows French revenue decline, sees TV growth

Orange saw its revenue decline slow in both fixed and mobile segments in its home…

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NTV+ in advanced talks to acquire Red Media

Russian pay TV operator NTV+ is in advanced talks to acquire local niche channel provider…

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Stofa CEO to quit company

Danish cable operator Stofa’s CEO Klaus Hoeg Hagensen is to resign his post after three…

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Verimatrix names Oetegenn as president

Content security provider Verimatrix has named chief sales and marketing officer Steve Oetegenn as the…

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Tom Toumazis returns to TV

Tom Toumazis, the former Disney distribution boss and Endemol CCO, is returning to the TV…

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Akado orders EuroDOCSIS gear from Sagemcom

Russian cable operator Akado has placed an order for EuroDOCSIS 3.0 customer premises equipment with…

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Vivendi names Twitter exec to board

Vivendi has nominated Twitter executive Katie Jacobs Stanton to join its supervisory board. Stanton is…

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Turner names new distribution chief

Turner Broadcasting has named Humphrey Black as its new vice-president, media distribution, EMEA. Black was…

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SeaChange teams up with Invidi for multiscreen advertising

Technology providers SeaChange International and Invidi Technologies have developed a joint software solution that they…