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New potential bidders line up for Digitürk

Türk Telekom, Dogan Holding and Dogus Group have emerged as potential buyers for troubled pay…

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Numericable launches YouTube HD on LaBox Fibre

French cable operator Numericable has made YouTube available in HD as part of its LaBox…

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Spanish operators agree to share fibre

Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange have agreed a deal to share fibre optic infrastructure in buildings…

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European industry players offer support for UHDTV logo

European broadcasters, consumer and professional electronics manufacturers, satellite operators and national HD Forums have agreed…

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Bidders line up for Hulu deadline

Bidders including DirecTV and AT&T in partnership with Peter Chernin are still said to be…

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Dailymotion to stream summer of festivals

Dailymotion has launched a dedicated space for its coverage of music festivals over the summer….

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UPC Cablecom moves forward with consolidation in Suisse-Romande

Liberty Global-owned UPC Cablecom has taken control of Carouge cable network Télécarouge in the French-speaking…

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VimpelCom consolidates subsidiaries

Russian service provider VimpelCom has completed the acquisition and integration of a number of regional…

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Tricolor TV tops Moscow digital league

Russian DTH pay TV provider Tricolor TV is now the leading digital pay TV service…

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Comarch supplying billing software for Austria’s simpliTV

Poland-based OSS and BSS provider Comarch is supplying billing software for the new Austrian digital-terrestrial…

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Farncombe launches digital TV testing solution

TV technology consultancy firm Farncombe has launched a device testing solution, based on the assets…

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BBC to air Wimbledon finals in 3D, hails Glastonbury digital record

The BBC has confirmed that it will broadcast the final stages of this year’s Wimbledon…

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Google takes stake in Vevo as YouTube renews deal

YouTube has renewed its agreement with music streaming site Vevo and YouTube’s owner Google has…

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Liberty Global unlikely to counter-bid for Kabel Deutschland

Liberty Global is unlikely to make a fresh counter-offer for Kabel Deutschland following Vodafone’s €7.7…

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Ofcom to make high-speed broadband switching easier

UK regulator Ofcom has unveiled new proposals to make it easier for consumer to switch…

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YuMe to launch IPO

US-based online video advertising specialist YuMe is to launch an IPO that it hopes will…

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BT secures more football

BT has secured a two-year deal for rights to show live Football Conference matches. Under…

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Telekom Austria hails broadband record

Telekom Austria has announced that it has achieved data rates of over 1Gbps over its…

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Romtelecom makes appointments

Romtelecom has made a series of executive appointments. The Romanian service provider has named Gunnar…

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New investors for Rostelecom

The Russian Direct Investment Fund and Deutsche Bank together have acquired a minority stake in…

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Channels changes for Top TV

South Africa-based pay TV operator Top TV has lost two channels from its offering, according…

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Virgin Media’s digital entertainment head steps down

Virgin Media’s executive director of digital entertainment, Cindy Rose, is stepping down from the company…

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Discovery launches new brand in CEE, boosts HD offering

Discovery has launched new HD channels including a new brand – Discovery Turbo Xtra HD…

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Pay TV revenues rocket, but cable hits plateau

Worldwide pay TV revenues rocketed to US$184 billion (€141 billion) in 2012, according to new…

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Xbox boss leaves for Zynga

The head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Don Mattrick, is leaving to join casual games firm…

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BBC under fire over severance payments

Spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the BBC paid senior managers…

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Tata Communications and Harmonic deliver cloud-based transcoding

Media services provider Tata Communications has teamed up with video technology provider Harmonic to create…

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Turner hires Disney’s Patricia Hidalgo

Turner has hired Patricia Hidalgo as its chief content officer, EMEA, filling a role vacated…

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EBU names new technology and innovation chief

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has named Simon Fell as its new director of technology…

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Eutelsat strikes new deals with RSCC, Tricolor TV

Satellite operator Eutelsat has struck a new 15-year deal witih Russian satellite operator RSCC to…