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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…
Belarus operators launch DVB-T2 services
Belarus service providers Beltelecom and Cosmos TV Belarus are preparing for the rollout of DVB-T2-based…
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…
Fox passes 200 million
Fox International Channels (FIC)’s Fox entertainment channel has now passed over 200 million homes following…
Channel changes at TopTV
On Digital Media-owned South African pay TV operator TopTV has dropped three of its Top-branded…
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…
Facebook to offer TV data to networks
Facebook is reportedly upping its TV credentials by starting to offer data from the social…
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…
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…
Nat Geo replacing Adventure with culture-themed net
National Geographic Channels International is replacing its pay TV channel Adventure with themed around people…
Vevo launches in Germany
Music video service Vevo has launched today in Germany, marking its 13th country rollout to…
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…
TF1 could close LCI, says Paolini
French commercial broadcaster TF1 could close down news channel LCI unless it obtains approval to…
Canadian pension funds vie for Macquarie’s Arqiva stake
Two Canadian pension funds are reportedly looking to buy a 25% stake UK communications infrastructure…
Fox Channels hires new German chief
Fox International Channels has hired Marco de Ruiter as its senior VP, Germany, Austria and…
Viewsat targets MENA with second transponder
Satellite service provider ViewSat is doubling its broadcast capacity in the Middle East and North Africa…
Free launches 1Gbps internet for Freebox Révolution
French ISP Free has launched a 1Gbps internet service for Freebox Révolution subscribers. Free is…
New marketing chief for Tricolor TV
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV has named Yelena Nalobina as marketing director. The position…
Change at the top for Ren TV
Russian broadcaster Ren TV has named Irina Varlamova as its new director-general, replacing Aleksandr Ordzhonikidze,…
UPC Slovakia launches news package
Liberty Global-owned UPC Slovakia has launched a new TV package of nine news channels, comprising…
YouSee launches flexible broadband
Danish cable operator has launched Bredbånd med Bland Selv, its previously announced broadband offering that…
BAFTA opens up awards to web broadcasters
BAFTA has opened up its British Academy Television Awards and the technical British Academy Television…
Smartclip teams up with Euronews
Advertising technology provider Smartclip has teamed up with Euronews to deliver advertising for the news…
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…
Turner promotes Persson
Turner Broadcasting has promoted Cecilia Persson to the newly created role of vice-president, acquisitions and co-productions,…
ZyXEL joins MoCA
Networking and broadband systems provider ZyXEL has joined the Multimedia-over-Coax Alliance (MoCA) as an associate…
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…
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…
Orange Spain revamps TV service
Orange Spain has relaunched its TV service, delivering 25 HD pay TV channels and all…
Euro recovery drives positive TV ad revenue forecast
Europe’s economic recovery is spurring a global uptick in advertising revenues according to new research….