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Axel Springer’s takeover of N24 gets green light
Germany’s competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, has cleared Axel Springer’s acquisition of German news and documentary channel…
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Eircom sets TV customer target
Irish telco Eircom has set a June 2014 target of 24,000 customers for its recently-launched…
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Beltelecom adds to channels on Zala TV
Belarus telco Beltelecom has added a number of channels to its Zala TV IPTV platform….
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DNA adds to pay TV base
Finnish telco DNA now has over 300,000 pay TV customers across its cable and terrestrial…
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HomeGrid names new chair and VP
The HomeGrid Forum has named Barbara Stark as its new chair and David Thorne as…
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Eutelsat sees strong bookings for Winter Olympics
Eutelsat has said that 5,000 hours of transmissions have been booked by TV channels and…
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ABS-2 satellite successfully launched
Asia Broadcast Satellite’s ABS-2 satellite successfully launched into space yesterday from the Guiana Space Centre…
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Amazon launches second wave of original pilots
Amazon’s production arm Amazon Studios has debuted a host of new original programme pilots spanning…
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ChannelFlip founders both step down
The co-founders of Shine Group-owned online multi-channel network ChannelFlip, Justin Gayner and Wil Harris, are…
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English Club TV signs Cyprus deal with PrimeTel
English-language ‘edutainment’ channel The English Club TV Network has signed a deal with Cyprus-based operator…
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Arqiva acquires Capablue
UK media and communications infrastructure supplier Arqiva has acquired connected TV, video-on-demand and content solution…
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Sky Deutschland hails ‘milestone’ year, further growth expected
Sky Deutschland said it expects subscriber growth of 400,000 to 450,000 people this year and…
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Time Warner chief hails UltraViolet and HBO Go growth
Use of UltraViolet ‘digital lockers’ grew by 65% last year, while HBO Go, the premium…
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BBC Trust calls for review into YouView investment
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has called on the broadcaster to “carefully review…
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Google appoints ad boss as new head of YouTube
Google has moved its senior vice president of ads and commerce, Susan Wojcicki over to…
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Swisscom TV reaches one million
Swisscom’s TV base passed the one million mark in 2013 after growing by over a…
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Breaking Bad on-demand drives Sony’s TV numbers
Sony has said that subscription video-on-demand deals for Breaking Bad drove a significant increase in…
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OTT and cord shaving ‘not a threat to broadcast model’
The rise of OTT and ‘cord shaving’, cutting down on pay TV services, will not…
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Digital boost for TV4 but C More drags
Pay TV unit C More acted as a drag on TV4 Group’s 2013 financials, but…
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Viewsat reports record MENA growth
Satellite service provider ViewSat reported record growth in the Middle East and Africa last year,…
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TDC TV growth compensates YouSee decline
Danish telco TDC added 5,000 TV customers to its own-brand IPTV offering and 4,000 to…
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DNA combines all TV units under Welho brand
Finnish telecom operator DNA is combining all its TV and fixed-network broadband services in a…
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Numericable teams up with IBM for cloud
French cable operator Numericable has teamed up with IBM to launch a cloud-based service targeted…
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Ghanaian win for Digital TV Labs
Ghana’s National Communications Authority has appointed the UK’s Digital TV Labs as an accredited test…
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TVN’s x-news offers TVP content
X-news, the online news service operated by Polish broadcaster TVN’s TVN Media unit, which provides…
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BT launches digital movie store on YouView
BT has launched an electronic sell-through service, allowing YouView users the option to buy digital…
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YouView partner structure in doubt as funding talks near end
UK pay TV operators BT and TalkTalk could emerge as the major shareholders in web-connected…
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Channel 4’s viewer database hits 10 million people
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has reached a milestone 10 million registered viewers, which it says…
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KPN sets out IPTV, 4G and bundled offering focus
Dutch telco KPN said that its focus is now on 4G, IPTV and multiplay bundles,…
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EC to create European audiovisual media regulators group
The European Commission has formally established a new group of EU regulatory authorities covering audiovisual…