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Numericable to offer 4G free to subs for one year
French cable operator Numericable is making its 4G mobile service free of charge to existing…
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Russia’s Kartina VoD service and PeerTV launch OTT set-top
Russian expatriate-targeted on-demand service provider Kartina has launched the Kartina IQ set-top in partnership with…
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BBC Worldwide launches Top Gear Facebook app
BBC Worldwide has launched a Top Gear virtual Facebook app, to coincide with the start…
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Slovak Sport.TV2 delivers Premier League to freeSAT homes
Liberty Global’s satellite TV arm UPC DTH has added sports channel Slovak Sport.TV2 to its…
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Disney expands HD offering in German-speaking region
Disney XD and Disney Junior are launching in HD in the German speaking region for…
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Planet Knowledge VoD launches in UK and Ireland
Planet Knowledge, an on-demand joint venture between video-on-demand provider VOD365 and TV app provider Vonetize,…
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Cyfrowy Polsat adds HD version of news channel
Polish pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat has launched Polsat News HD on its platform. The…
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SES-8 satellite goes into operation
SES’s December-launched SES-8 satellite is now fully operational at the orbital location of 95 degrees…
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Motive Television joins the HbbTV Consortium
UK-based TV technology services firm Motive Television has joined the HbbTV consortium in a bid to…
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VimpelCom names sales chief
Russian service provider VimpelCom has named Filipp Sapronov as director of sales. Sapronov was previously…
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Vectra adds TV Republika
Polish cable operator Vectra is to add news and information channel TV Republika to its…
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Denmark’s NIMB TV launches UltraHD mobile unit
Danish broadcast production start up NIMB TV has launched what it claims to be the…
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Amino chooses Witbe for testing
Set-top box provider Amino has chosen quality assurance specialist Witbe’s technology to automate testing of…
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Comfortel teams up with CryptoGuard
Polish billing system provider Comfortel has chosen Swedish conditional access provider CryptoGuard as a partner. …
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IMG uses RRsat for SuperBowl
Sports media specialist IMG has used Israel-based RRsat to distribute coverage of Sunday’s American Football…
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BT Sport’s 2.5m subs deliver revenues and profits boost for telco
The customer base for BT’s sports channels passed 2.5 million by the end of the…
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Blinkbox re-launches UK VoD service with multiple studio deals
Blinkbox has signed deals with nine distributors as it brings back its ‘Try TV on…
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Numericable owner Altice launches IPO
Altice, the investment vehicle of Patrick Drahi and main shareholder of French cable operator Numericable,…
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Astra 2E goes into service as SES and Eutelsat settle dispute
SES’s Astra 2E satellite will go into service at the 28.2°/28.5° East orbital position from…
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TVN chooses Brightcove for online video
Polish broadcaster TVN has chosen Brightcove’s Video Cloud online video platform to manage and distribute…
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New film channel for Poland debuts with Cyfrowy Polsat
A new film channel for Poland from channel provider SPI international-owned Kino Polska, FilmBox Arthouse,…
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SimpleStream’s UK live TV app launches for tablets
Technology company SimpleStream has recorded 250,000 downloads of its live TV mobile streaming app, TVPlayer,…
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GOtv launches in Rwanda
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice’s digital-terrestrial pay TV service GOtv has launched in Rwanda….
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IMG Worldwide buys stake in LiveClips
Sports, fashion and media giant IMG Worldwide has acquired a minority stake in LiveClips, which…
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Dozhd under siege as prosecutors open investigation
Russian prosecutors have reportedly opened an investigation into whether independent TV channel Dozhd broke the…
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Baltcom begins offering electricity
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has begun offering electricity supply services to its customers, after initially…
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Sky reports ‘explosive’ connected TV growth
UK satellite TV operator Sky reported “explosive growth” in its connected TV subscriber base, adding…
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TiVo pays US$135 million for Digitalsmiths
DVR maker TiVo has agreed to pay US$135 million (€99.3 million) for cloud-based content discovery…
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At800 scales back UK DTT service disruption efforts
At800, the UK body set up to test for interference from 4G networks on DTT…
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Eutelsat and SES settle dispute at 28.5° East
Satellite operators Eutelsat and SES have settled their long-running dispute over the allocation of frequencies…