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ONO shareholders weigh up IPO vs Vodafone
ONO’s shareholders are to meet this Thursday to decide whether to press ahead with plans…
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BBC appoints culture department veteran as BBC Trust director
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has appointed culture department veteran Jon Zeff as…
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Bouygues in deal to sell mobile net to Free to secure SFR
Bouygues Telecom has entered into exclusive talks with Iliad Telecom to sell its mobile telecom…
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Live TV dominates kids TV viewing
New research suggests that almost 90% of UK kids TV viewing is of live programming….
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BBC lobbying for licence fee hike
The BBC will push for an inflation-based increase in its annual licence fee, according to…
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beIN Sport to roll out across MENA with Pace
Al Jazeera-owned beIN Sport has chosen Pace to deliver home media servers and HD set-top…
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T-Hrvatski Telekom launches new motorsport offering
Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom is to show Formula 1 motor-racing on its MAXtv…
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Ukrainian channels forced off cable in Crimea
Crimean cable operators have switched off Ukrainian channels following armed intervention by pro-Russian separatist forces…
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PayWizard and Conax form multiscreen pact
TV payment firm PayWizard has partnered with content security specialist Conax to provide to provide…
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Piksel restructures commercial and solutions operations
Video services firm Piksel has restructuring of its commercial and solutions operations into a “global…
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FilmoTV to launch first French SVOD service for Playstation
French subscription video-on-demand service FilmoTV has partnered with multi-screen app firm Dotscreen to launch what they…
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Du joins Europe-Southeast Asia cable consortium
UAE-based service provider du has joined an international consortium of telcos committed to building a…
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Sport 2 HD on Skylink
M7 Group-owned Czech and Slovak pay TV service Skylink has added the Sport 2 HD…
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Bouygues: SFR acquisition will enable doubling of fibre investment
The acquisition of SFR by Bouygues Telecom would re-establish a competitive French telecom market and…
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Orange looks to fixed line consolidation in Spain
Orange will look to take an active part in any consolidation in the Spanish fixed…
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Ad revenue in UK hits record high
TV ad revenue in the UK reached a record high of £4.63 billion (€5.59 billion)…
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Cohen: budgets may threaten BBC Four future
The BBC’s director of television has warned arts channel BBC Four could go the same…
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Vimeo investing US$10m in indie VOD service
US-based Vimeo is to pump US$10 million (€7.2 million) in new funding into its on-demand…
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CTC Media gets ready for Love
Russia’s CTC Media is set to launch a new female-skewing network called CTC Love at…
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Arabsat and Telesat sign commercial satellite agreement
Middle East satellite operator Arabsat and Canada’s Telesat have signed a commercial agreement that will see…
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Eutelsat rebrands Satmex as Eutelsat Americas
Satellite operator Eutelsat has renamed Satmex, which it acquired at the beginning of this year,…
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VimpelCom boost from fibre growth
Russian service provider VimpelCom’s fixed line business was boosted by growth in fibre-to-the-building subscribers and…
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Ukrainian broadcasters join to appeal to Russians for “responsible coverage”
Ukrainian broadcasters have grouped together to write an open letter to their Russian counterparts asking…
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Channel 4 ups head of factual to Jay Hunt deputy
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has promoted head of factual Ralph Lee to deputy chief creative…
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Telefónica closes in on Prisa, launches Movistar Fusión TV offering
Shares in Prisa have surged on reports that Telefónica is close to signing a deal…
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Bouygues takes on Numericable as it tables offer for SFR
Bouygues has thrown its hat into the ring in the battle for control of Vivendi-owned…
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BBC confirms BBC Three 2015 closure plan
UK public broadcaster the BBC has confirmed that it is putting plans in motion to…
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Orange sees French quad-play growth
Orange saw its quad-play base in France rise to over a third of its broadband…
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OTT service WhereverTV heads for European smart TV
US-based over-the-top subscription TV service WhereverTV has signed up with German white label smart TV…
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RTL reports significant profit growth
RTL reported “significant profit growth” in 2013 with EBITA reaching a record full-year high, primarily…