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France Telecom becomes Orange
France Telecom will today ask its shareholders to approve the adoption of Orange as the…
News Corp board approves split
News Corp’s board has approved the company’s split into separate media and publishing businesses and…
CNN and Buzzfeed partner on YouTube channel
News network CNN has partnered with viral content site Buzzfeed on a new YouTube channel,…
Tesco’s Clubcard TV signs ITV deal
Clubcard TV has picked up a raft of classic ITV drama series and cooking shows….
A+E hires Universal Channels exec for distribution role
A+E Networks UK has hired Katarzyna Jablonska as its director of distribution. Jablonska joins from…
Yahoo! reportedly bids up to US$800m for Hulu
Yahoo! has bid between US$600 million (€460 million) and US$800 million for video-on-demand site Hulu,…
Cyfrowy Polsat unveils LTE offerings
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a series of 4G mobile internet offerings….
Belgium tops SES Benelux growth table
The number of Belgian homes receiving TV signals from SES’s Astra satellites grew by 19%…
EBU moves forwards with UHDTV discussions
The EBU plans to hold a series of meetings and workshops through to the end…
Telefónica, Megafon target OTT with partnership
Spanish telco Telefónica has signed a strategic partnership with Russian telecoms firm MegaFon, in a…
Deutsche Telekom invests in multi-screen video startup
Deutsche Telekom has lead a €500,000 seed funding round in Berlin and Amsterdam-based startup Vigour.io…
Euronews extends North American reach with Enovative TV
International news channel Euronews has expanded its distribution in North America after launching its service…
Volia adds legal channel
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added Pravo TV, a channel focusing on legal issues, rights…
Liberty Global unifies e-fulfilment for Netherlands and Germany
Liberty Global has contracted logistics specialist Norbert Dentressangle to provide e-fulfilment services for the company…
Set-top box under threat from connected TVs, operator apps
Web-delivered content via apps and smart TVs will eventually result in the demise of the…
Sky Deutschland bullish over growth
Sky Deutschland is on-target to become EBITDA positive for the first time this year, benefitting…
EU Parliament calls for TV, film to be left out of US trade talks
The European Parliament has called for TV and film services to be left out of upcoming…
BBC shuts down “wasteful” Digital Media Initiative
The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative (DMI), which was designed to bring…
Intertrust launches ExpressPlay cloud-based content protection
DRM consortium Intertrust Technologies has launched ExpressPlay, a cloud-based content protection system that it says…
Multiscreen viewing hits 62%
Mobile web users now spend more time per day consuming media on their mobile device…
LaBox boost for Numericable
French cable operator Numericable’s first quarter results were boosted by the success of its LaBox…
Romania sees TV service provider growth, digital progress
Romanian TV retransmission services including cable, satellite and IPTV systems served over six million homes,…
Boxee plans expansion but no European launch
US cloud DVR service Boxee is planning to roll out its October-launched Boxee TV service…
Live streaming added to HBO Go in Poland
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has added new functionality to the HBO Go service…
Opera takes latest step into connected TV world with AdMarvel
Opera Software has taken its latest step into developing new products for smart TVs by…
CBS Studios International in deal with Amedia
CBS Studios International is to supply content for Russian linear channel and subscription video-on-demand provider…
Sunrise TV growth fails to halt revenue decline
Swiss service provider Sunrise Telecom’s TV base has grown to over 50,000 homes just over…
Trace Sports launches in Israel
Trace Sports has launched in Israel on the HOT cable network. The channel, which is…
UPC Austria launches combined HD package
Cable operator UPC Austria has launched a new HD package combining its existing HD Extra…
Akado moves forward with reorganisation
Russian service provider Akado is reorganising and simplified its structure, combining a range of operating…