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Five times more TV activity on Facebook than Twitter
The amount of TV-related social activity on Facebook is roughly times as much as all…
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TalkTalk adds 160,000 TV subscribers
UK telecom operator TalkTalk added 160,000 new TV subscribers to its YouView service in the three…
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DTT households to double by 2018
Digital-terrestrial households worldwide will double between now and 2018, driven principally by growth in emerging…
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South Africa’s Platco Digital to launch FTA DTH platform
Satellite operator SES has signed a contract with South African independent broadcaster e.tv to broadcast…
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Global tablet market continues to grow strongly
Global tablet sales grew 65% year-on-year in the second quarter to reach 51.9 million units,…
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Orange to invest in Dailymotion, will expand international user base
Orange’s CEO has confirmed the company will invest a further €30 million in developing video…
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Freesat adds 145,000 homes in the last year
UK free-to-air satellite TV provider Freesat has added 145,000 homes in the last 12 months…
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Swisscom mourns death of CEO Carsten Schloter
Swisscom is mourning the loss of its CEO Carsten Schloter, who was found dead at…
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Apple reports strong iTunes growth as profits slip
Apple reported “strong growth” in revenue from its iTunes, software and services division and recorded…
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ProSiebenSat.1 deal paves way for €3.4bn private equity exit
The private equity firms that control European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, KKR and Permira, will be free…
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China’s Alibaba Group develops smart set-top box
Chinese e-commerce business Alibaba Group has developed a smart TV operating system and aims to…
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Freeview MD joins UNICEF
Ilse Howling, the managing director of UK digital-terrestrial service Freeview, has been appointed to the…
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Ericsson signs deal with Prime Media Group
Ericsson has partnered with Australian broadcaster Prime Media Group, with the latter due to use…
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Česká Televize moves forward with HbbTV service
Czech public broadcaster Česká Televize has launched the second phase of an HbbTV pilot project…
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Blinkx launches beta version of video platform
Internet media platform Blinkx has launched a beta version of its video embedding platform Blinkx…
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AMC/Sundance Channel hires Latin American distribution chief
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has hired Gustavo Lopez as its VP, global distribution for Latin America,…
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Netflix reports subscriber bounce, more international plans
Netflix said that its relaunch of Arrested Development helped boost membership numbers in its second quarter,…
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Susan Elkington leaves Chellomedia
Susan Elkington has left Chellomedia after more than a decade at the company, DTVE sister…
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Al Jazeera America hires top US news talent ahead of launch
Al Jazeera America, the Qatar-owned news broadcaster’s forthcoming US channel, has hired former ABC News…
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Ofcom sets new public service license terms for ITV, Channel 5
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has ruled that ITV must deliver more regionalised news reports as…
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Yahoo!’s head of global media steps down
Yahoo!’s senior vice president of global media, Miyuki Rosen, is due to leave the company,…
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KPN sees strong IPTV growth
Dutch telco KPN added 82,000 IPTV customers in the second quarter, giving it a 24%…
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Telenor Broadcast turns in solid results
Telenor-owned DTH operator Canal Digital lost 3,000 subscribers in the second quarter to end June…
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EBU step closer to securing .radio domain
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has passed the initial evaluation by the Internet Corporation for…
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CSA launches consultation on sports highlights rules
French media regulator the CSA has launched a consultation on rules governing the distribution of…
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Zuku TV set to complete switch to SES-5, expands capacity
East African pay TV operator Zuku TV is set to complete the migration of its…
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Dave launches catch-up TV service on YouView
UKTV-owned entertainment channel Dave has launched a seven-day catch-up TV service on the YouView platform….
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Poland switches off analogue feed
Today marks the final stage of Poland’s analogue switch-off, according to the timetable laid out…
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Vivendi to sell Maroc Telecom stake to Etisalat
Vivendi has entered into exclusive negotiations with UAE telco Etisalat for the sale of its…
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Orange’s Richard hits out at EC on antitrust probe
Orange CEO Stéphane Richard has hit out at the European Commission for what he sees…