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CBeebies app goes live on Windows Phone 8

BBC pre-school network Cbeebies has rolled out its recently released CBeebies Playtime mobile app to…

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Belarus operators launch DVB-T2 services

Belarus service providers Beltelecom and Cosmos TV Belarus are preparing for the rollout of DVB-T2-based…

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UPC Cablecom acquires stake in e-fon

Liberty Global-owned UPC Cablecom has acquired a 49% stake in Swiss voice-over-IP phone business telephony…

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Fox passes 200 million

Fox International Channels (FIC)’s Fox entertainment channel has now passed over 200 million homes following…

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Channel changes at TopTV

On Digital Media-owned South African pay TV operator TopTV has dropped three of its Top-branded…

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Ericsson–Red Bee takeover referred to Competition Commission

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred Ericsson’s buyout of Red Bee Media…

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Facebook to offer TV data to networks

Facebook is reportedly upping its TV credentials by starting to offer data from the social…

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Vivendi teams up with EchoStar for Brazilian pay TV plan

Vivendi’s Brazilian telecom subsidiary GVT has formed a partnership with EchoStar Technologies to create a…

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Toshiba to halve TV staff, plans 4K focus

Toshiba said it will halve its TV staff from 6,000 to 3,000 and shut down…

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Nat Geo replacing Adventure with culture-themed net

National Geographic Channels International is replacing its pay TV channel Adventure with themed around people…

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Vevo launches in Germany

Music video service Vevo has launched today in Germany, marking its 13th country rollout to…

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Bouygues launches new B.TV app for 4G mobile

Bouygues Telecom has launched a new version of B.TV, its mobile TV application, to accompany…

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TF1 could close LCI, says Paolini

French commercial broadcaster TF1 could close down news channel LCI unless it obtains approval to…

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Canadian pension funds vie for Macquarie’s Arqiva stake

Two Canadian pension funds are reportedly looking to buy a 25% stake UK communications infrastructure…

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Fox Channels hires new German chief

Fox International Channels has hired Marco de Ruiter as its senior VP, Germany, Austria and…

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Viewsat targets MENA with second transponder

Satellite service provider ViewSat is doubling its broadcast capacity in the Middle East and North Africa…

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Free launches 1Gbps internet for Freebox Révolution

French ISP Free has launched a 1Gbps internet service for Freebox Révolution subscribers.  Free is…

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New marketing chief for Tricolor TV

Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV has named Yelena Nalobina as marketing director. The position…

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Change at the top for Ren TV

Russian broadcaster Ren TV has named Irina Varlamova as its new director-general, replacing Aleksandr Ordzhonikidze,…

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UPC Slovakia launches news package

Liberty Global-owned UPC Slovakia has launched a new TV package of nine news channels, comprising…

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YouSee launches flexible broadband

Danish cable operator has launched Bredbånd med Bland Selv, its previously announced broadband offering that…

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BAFTA opens up awards to web broadcasters

BAFTA has opened up its British Academy Television Awards and the technical British Academy Television…

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Smartclip teams up with Euronews

Advertising technology provider Smartclip has teamed up with Euronews to deliver advertising for the news…

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Exset teams up with MStar for developing markets set-top

Exset, a specialist in TV systems for developing markets has teamed up with set-top technology…

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Turner promotes Persson

Turner Broadcasting has promoted Cecilia Persson to the newly created role of vice-president, acquisitions and co-productions,…

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ZyXEL joins MoCA

Networking and broadband systems provider ZyXEL has joined the Multimedia-over-Coax Alliance (MoCA) as an associate…

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BBC iPlayer requests up by a fifth in August

Viewers made 234 million programme requests through the BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service in August, up…

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Sky to add 12 channels to its catch-up service

UK satellite TV provider Sky is due to add 12 more channels to its Catch…

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Orange Spain revamps TV service

Orange Spain has relaunched its TV service, delivering 25 HD pay TV channels and all…

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Euro recovery drives positive TV ad revenue forecast

Europe’s economic recovery is spurring a global uptick in advertising revenues according to new research….