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Numericable holding firm on existing offer for SFR
Numericable owner Altice has no intention of raising its offer for Vivendi’s SFR following Bouygues’…
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Sony closing down Crackle in UK
Sony Pictures Television is closing its online channel Crackle in the UK at the end…
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Teo restructures management
Lithuanian telco and TV service provider Teo’s chief sales officer and chief financial officer are…
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21st Century Fox delisting in Australia
21st Century Fox has secured approval from the Australian Security Exchange to delist from the…
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Astra 5B successfully launched
SES’s Astra 5B and Hispasat’s Amazonas 4A have been successfully placed in orbit by an…
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Cyfrowy Polsat launches LTE promotional offer
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has introduced a promotional offer allowing subscribers to test…
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EBU secures skating rights
The European Broadcasting Union and the International Skating Union have signed anew exclusive media rights…
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Euronews supplying content to MSN Arabia
Euronews is to supply content for MSN Arabia and North Africa. The Lyon-based news broadcaster…
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ITV takes stake in Cirkus
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has take a stake in Sweden-based online TV provider Cirkus. Cirkus…
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Virgin Media CEO rules out TiVo-Horizon migration
Virgin Media’s CEO Tom Mockridge has ruled migrating the firm’s TiVo TV service to Liberty…
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Netflix boss calls for net neutrality to be strengthened
Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings has called for net neutrality to be “defended and…
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Arris lines up 4K set-tops and HDMI streaming sticks for 2015
TV technology provider Arris is planning to launch 4K set-tops and an operator-friendly streaming stick…
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Bouygues makes new offer for SFR
French conglomerate Bouygues has upped the stakes in its battle with Numericable and Altice for…
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Discovery founder John Hendricks retiring
Pay TV pioneer John Hendricks is to retire from Discovery Communications almost three decades years…
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UK internet ‘frustratingly slow’, says Which?
Some 63% of people experience problems with their broadband, while 45% claim they suffer slow…
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Es’hailSat moves forward with plan for second satellite
Qatar-based satellite operator Es’hailSat has issued a request for proposals for a second satellite. The…
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Tricolor TV to launch new Siberian service in April
Russian pay TV leader Tricolor TV is to begin broadcasting its new service for Siberia…
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PlayStation Network moves into original drama
Sony’s Playstation Network has moved into original drama with an adaptation of comic book Powers….
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Samsung unveils 4K TVs and UHD video pack
Samsung has unveiled its 2014 home entertainment product line-up, which includes a range of curved…
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Finns turn on to HD
Forty per cent of Finnish TV viewers surveyed by service provider DNA now watch HD…
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ER-Telecom sees strong TV growth
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, had 2.566 million TV customers…
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New kids channel for Freeview
UK free-to-air platform Freeview has added a new children’s channel to its line-up for the…
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Ukraine launches YouTube news service
Ukrainian free-to-air channel Ukraine has launched a YouTube news service. The service carries key news…
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Magyar Telekom chooses Zenterio
Magyar Telekom has deployed interactive TV software provider Zenterio’s TV Operating System on two new…
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Norwich local channel Mustard TV to launch on Monday
Mustard TV, the new local TV channel for Norwich in the UK, is launching on…
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YouView plans Red Button support and more content
Connected BBC Red Button support and the addition of content from “major international brands” are…
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BBC’s Taylor outlines iPlayer plans
The BBC iPlayer catch-up service will be extended from seven days to a 30-day window…
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Multichoice clashes with SA government over digital switchover plans
South Africa-based pay TV operator Multichoice has become embroiled in a war of words with…
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India and IPTV drive SES reach
Satellite operator SES now reaches 291 million homes worldwide, including 151 million European homes, representing…
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Virgin Media tops TV Connect Awards winners
Virgin Media, Portugal Telecom, Sky Deutschland, Arris and Ericsson were among the winners at last…