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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…
Numericable launches YouTube HD on LaBox Fibre
French cable operator Numericable has made YouTube available in HD as part of its LaBox…
Spanish operators agree to share fibre
Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange have agreed a deal to share fibre optic infrastructure in buildings…
European industry players offer support for UHDTV logo
European broadcasters, consumer and professional electronics manufacturers, satellite operators and national HD Forums have agreed…
Bidders line up for Hulu deadline
Bidders including DirecTV and AT&T in partnership with Peter Chernin are still said to be…
Dailymotion to stream summer of festivals
Dailymotion has launched a dedicated space for its coverage of music festivals over the summer….
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…
VimpelCom consolidates subsidiaries
Russian service provider VimpelCom has completed the acquisition and integration of a number of regional…
Tricolor TV tops Moscow digital league
Russian DTH pay TV provider Tricolor TV is now the leading digital pay TV service…
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…
Farncombe launches digital TV testing solution
TV technology consultancy firm Farncombe has launched a device testing solution, based on the assets…
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…
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…
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…
Ofcom to make high-speed broadband switching easier
UK regulator Ofcom has unveiled new proposals to make it easier for consumer to switch…
YuMe to launch IPO
US-based online video advertising specialist YuMe is to launch an IPO that it hopes will…
BT secures more football
BT has secured a two-year deal for rights to show live Football Conference matches. Under…
Telekom Austria hails broadband record
Telekom Austria has announced that it has achieved data rates of over 1Gbps over its…
Romtelecom makes appointments
Romtelecom has made a series of executive appointments. The Romanian service provider has named Gunnar…
New investors for Rostelecom
The Russian Direct Investment Fund and Deutsche Bank together have acquired a minority stake in…
Channels changes for Top TV
South Africa-based pay TV operator Top TV has lost two channels from its offering, according…
Virgin Media’s digital entertainment head steps down
Virgin Media’s executive director of digital entertainment, Cindy Rose, is stepping down from the company…
Discovery launches new brand in CEE, boosts HD offering
Discovery has launched new HD channels including a new brand – Discovery Turbo Xtra HD…
Pay TV revenues rocket, but cable hits plateau
Worldwide pay TV revenues rocketed to US$184 billion (€141 billion) in 2012, according to new…
Xbox boss leaves for Zynga
The head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Don Mattrick, is leaving to join casual games firm…
BBC under fire over severance payments
Spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the BBC paid senior managers…
Tata Communications and Harmonic deliver cloud-based transcoding
Media services provider Tata Communications has teamed up with video technology provider Harmonic to create…
Turner hires Disney’s Patricia Hidalgo
Turner has hired Patricia Hidalgo as its chief content officer, EMEA, filling a role vacated…
EBU names new technology and innovation chief
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has named Simon Fell as its new director of technology…
Eutelsat strikes new deals with RSCC, Tricolor TV
Satellite operator Eutelsat has struck a new 15-year deal witih Russian satellite operator RSCC to…