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Tele Columbus runs Easter HD promotion with ProSiebenSat.1
German cable operator Tele Columbus is making four ProSiebenSat.1 HD channels available to watch for…
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Sky launches buy-to-keep movies and DVDs by mail
Sky is branching into buy-to-keep digital movie sales and DVDs-by-mail with a revamp to its…
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BT Sport eyes UK Chromecast launch
BT is reportedly planning to make its BT Sport channels available via Google’s recently launched…
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Netflix makes Luxembourg move ahead of France launch
Netflix is reportedly due to run the planned French version of its service, which is…
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DTT taking off in Latin America
Digital terrestrial television is booming in Latin America and will be in 94.5% of homes…
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FremantleMedia finance chief joins Audio Network
FremantleMedia’s former chief finance officer Ian Ousey has taken the CFO role at Audio Network…
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BBC Worldwide CEO re-joins BBC executive board
BBC Worldwide CEO and director of global, Tim Davie, is re-joining the BBC’s executive board…
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CBS Reality launches on Freeview in the UK
Factual channel CBS Reality has launched in the UK on digital-terrestrial platform Freeview, making it available…
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CNBC makes two international appointments
Business and financial news broadcaster CNBC has made two executive appointments to its international team. …
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GS Group unveils satellite and terrestrial set-top
Russian technology investment firm GS Group is due to launch a new set-top-box that it…
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Amazon, Netflix sued by ex-content buyer
Amazon and Netflix are being sued for US$1 million-plus by a former employee of both…
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Eurochannel launches on Montage TV in Nigeria
Entertainment network Eurochannel has launched in Nigeria via new pay TV provider Montage TV. The…
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Twitter buys social TV analytics firms SecondSync and Mesagraph
Twitter has acquired UK-based social TV analytics firm SecondSync and France’s Mesagraph in its latest…
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Turner poaches BBC Worldwide’s McDonough
Turner Broadcasting System has poached BBC Worldwide’s Ian McDonough to lead its new Northern Europe…
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Bouygues extends offer for SFR
France’s Bouygues has extended its improved offer to acquire Vivendi-owned telco SFR until April 25…
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Naspers pay TV chief leaving
Eben Greyling, the CEO of South African conglomerate Naspers’ pay TV arm, owner of MultiChoice,…
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Mobile devices to account for 50% of online video views by 2016
Watching content on mobiles and tablets will account for half of all online video views…
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Kipco reveals plans to float OSN this year
Middle East investment group Kuwait Projects Co (Kipco) has said it plans to take pay…
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Sky Deutschland rolls out Snap OTT service to Samsung Galaxy devices
Sky Deutschland has today launched an Android version of its Snap OTT service for Samsung…
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Ziggo ups broadband speeds
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has increased the speed of its internet offerings, raising the speed…
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Lattelecom fails to strike deal with MTG
Latvian service provider Lattelecom has failed to strike a distribution deal with Modern Times Group…
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European Sky channels showing Pope’s canonisation in 3D
Sky’s dedicated 3D channels in Italy, Germany and the UK will broadcast the upcoming canonisation…
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Masstech acquires PlayBox assets
Masstech Group has acquired the products and technology assets of channel-in-a-box playout specialist PlayBox Technology….
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Bouygues Telecom adds OCS channels
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has added the Orange Cinéma Séries channels to its Bbox…
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Tele Columbus boosts offering
German cable operator Tele Columbus has boosted its offering of HD home shopping channels by…
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Hulu names head of content
US online TV service Hulu has named Craig Erwich as head of content. Erwich, who…
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European Audiovisual Observatory appoints new chairman
The European Audiovisual Observatory has appointed UNI MEI head Johannes Studinger as its new chairman….
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UPC Polska promotes FilmBox HD channels
Liberty Global-owned cable TV operator UPC Polska is to make SPI’s FilmBox, FilmBox HD, FilmBox…
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Twitter hashtags drive TV interactions, says Thinkbox
People search for Twitter hashtags on the social network because they have seen them on…
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Court rejects Canal+ call for suspension of football bidding
Canal+ has failed to secure an immediate suspension of the French Professional Football League (LFP)’s…