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Sesame Street VoD service goes live

Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, has launched Sesame Go, a new…

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FIC continues Nat Geo People rollout

Fox International Channels said will launch its new Nat Geo People channel in a total…

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ADB partners with ContentWise for multiscreen recommendations

Software provider ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcast) has signed a global partnership deal with content discovery…

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SES signs broadband deal with Germany’s Orbitcom

SES Broadband Services has signed a deal with German internet service provider Orbitcom, with the…

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i24news launches on Swisscom TV

Israel-based international news channel i24news has launched in Switzerland on the Swisscom TV platform.  The…

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NAB’s Smith and Haim Saban raise alarm on spectrum and call for new broadcast standard

US broadcasters must take on the threat to their spectrum, which is coveted by wireless…

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Global IPTV subscribers reach 92.7 million

Global IPTV subscriber numbers reached 92.7 million at the end of 2013, a year-on-year increase…

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Globecast unveils OTT service delivery packages

Media services provider Globecast is using NAB to introduce a new OTT offering encompassing live,…

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Pay TV market subscriber numbers grow by 6.3%

The overall number of digital subscribers for the leading 100 pay-TV services in the world…

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Lithuania’s TEO ups two execs in company restructure

Lithuanian telco TEO has upped two of its senior execs as part of a planned…

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Vice and FremantleMedia launch online food network

Vice Media and FremantleMedia yesterday launched in beta their new online food channel, called Munchies. …

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Imagine Communications buys Digital Rapids

Software and networking solutions firm Imagine Communications has acquired Digital Rapids, in a deal it…

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Envivio debuts cloud-based processing, launches G5 encoder

Compression specialist Envivio has used the NAB Show to unveil new cloud-based video processing solutions,…

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Adobe and thePlatform partner on online TV services

Adobe and white-label video publishing company thePlatform have formed a strategic relationship to offer online…

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Cisco and Sony collaborate on 4K live streaming

Cisco and Sony claim they are first firms to publicly demonstrate live delivery of full-frame…

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YouTube updates Xbox One app

YouTube has updated its app for Microsoft’s Xbox One games console, making it easier for…

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Arqiva partners with Eutelsat to expand UK DTH capacity

UK communications infrastructure firm Arqiva has signed a long-term satellite capacity agreement with Eutelsat Communications…

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Vivendi agrees €17 billion SFR sale to Altice/Numericable

Vivendi has agreed to sell French telco SFR to Altice/Numericable, which has fended off competition…

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Yahoo! to take on Netflix with fresh online content push

Yahoo! is reportedly planning to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon by acquiring…

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Discovery sees room for traditional pay TV growth in Europe

Discovery will continue to focus on traditional pay TV rather than new digital initiatives in…

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Sky exec to head BT’s TV unit

Delia Bushell has been appointed managing director of BT TV, the UK telco’s growing pay…

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Harmonic signals shift to software-based world with VOS announcement

Harmonic has signalled a shift in long-term strategy towards software-based compression and workflow at the…

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Ericsson chooses Elemental for first EVE integration

Video compression specialist Elemental used its press event at the NAB Show on Saturday to…

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Some 44% of consumers watch movies and TV shows daily via the web

Some 44% of consumers now watch full-length movies and TV shows over the internet on…

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CNBC launches on UPC in Eastern Europe

Central and Eastern European satellite TV provider UPC has launched business and financial news channel…

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Broadcast equipment and services market reaches US$63 billion

The global market for professional broadcast equipment and services reached US$63 billion (€45.9 billion) in…

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Channel 4 and Xbox partner on new drama series

UK broadcaster Channel 4 is partnering with Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios to launch a new…

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Kudelski Group completes Conax deal

Swiss digital security firm The Kudelski Group has completed its acquisition of Oslo, Norway-based rival…

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SatLink launches DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird

SatLink Communications has launched a new DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite.  The platform…

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MTG, Sony sign content deal

Modern Times Group and Sony Pictures Television have signed a multi-year content deal. The agreement…