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France Telecom becomes Orange

France Telecom will today ask its shareholders to approve the adoption of Orange as the…

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News Corp board approves split

News Corp’s board has approved the company’s split into separate media and publishing businesses and…

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CNN and Buzzfeed partner on YouTube channel

News network CNN has partnered with viral content site Buzzfeed on a new YouTube channel,…

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Tesco’s Clubcard TV signs ITV deal

Clubcard TV has picked up a raft of classic ITV drama series and cooking shows….

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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…

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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,…

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Cyfrowy Polsat unveils LTE offerings

Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a series of 4G mobile internet offerings….

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Belgium tops SES Benelux growth table

The number of Belgian homes receiving TV signals from SES’s Astra satellites grew by 19%…

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EBU moves forwards with UHDTV discussions

The EBU plans to hold a series of meetings and workshops through to the end…

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Telefónica, Megafon target OTT with partnership

Spanish telco Telefónica has signed a strategic partnership with Russian telecoms firm MegaFon, in a…

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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…

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Euronews extends North American reach with Enovative TV

International news channel Euronews has expanded its distribution in North America after launching its service…

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Volia adds legal channel

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added Pravo TV, a channel focusing on legal issues, rights…

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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…

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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…

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Sky Deutschland bullish over growth

Sky Deutschland is on-target to become EBITDA positive for the first time this year, benefitting…

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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…

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BBC shuts down “wasteful” Digital Media Initiative

The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative (DMI), which was designed to bring…

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Intertrust launches ExpressPlay cloud-based content protection

DRM consortium Intertrust Technologies has launched ExpressPlay, a cloud-based content protection system that it says…

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Multiscreen viewing hits 62%

Mobile web users now spend more time per day consuming media on their mobile device…

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LaBox boost for Numericable

French cable operator Numericable’s first quarter results were boosted by the success of its LaBox…

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Romania sees TV service provider growth, digital progress

Romanian TV retransmission services including cable, satellite and IPTV systems served over six million homes,…

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Boxee plans expansion but no European launch

US cloud DVR service Boxee is planning to roll out its October-launched Boxee TV service…

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Live streaming added to HBO Go in Poland

Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has added new functionality to the HBO Go service…

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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…

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CBS Studios International in deal with Amedia

CBS Studios International is to supply content for Russian linear channel and subscription video-on-demand provider…

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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…

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Trace Sports launches in Israel

Trace Sports has launched in Israel on the HOT cable network. The channel, which is…

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UPC Austria launches combined HD package

Cable operator UPC Austria has launched a new HD package combining its existing HD Extra…

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Akado moves forward with reorganisation

Russian service provider Akado is reorganising and simplified its structure, combining a range of operating…