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EBU points to trade talks threat to TV and film businesses
The European Broadcasting Union says that including TV and film services in upcoming trade negotiations…
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Slovak Telekom to buy out Digi Slovakia
Slovak Telekom has agreed to buy 100% of Romania-based RCS & RDS’s local TV business…
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Rostelecom TV base grows 13%
Russian telco Rostelecom’s pay TV subscriber base increased by 13% year-on-year to 6.8 million in…
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Q&A: Simone Sassoli, vice-president, marketing & business development, RGB Networks
Ahead of next month’s ANGA COM in Cologne, Simone Sassoli, vice-president, marketing and business development,…
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US multi-channel video industry suffers first subscriber loss
US multi-channel video operators suffered their first industry-wide subscriber loss over a full-year period in…
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Canal+ launches Music Moments Spotify app
Pay TV operator Canal+ has launched a Spotify app to provide music recommendations. The app,…
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Encryption would boost HD in MENA, say industry players
The Middle East and North Africa region is still lagging behind advanced markets in the…
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SES signs capacity deal with Telekom Srbija
Satellite operator SES’s has extended its partnership with Telekom Srbija by signing a new multi-year…
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Akado adds Historya
Russian service provider Akado has added The Historya channel to its programming line-up. The channel…
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Pathé Thuis chooses Xstream Widevine implementation
Dutch online video-on-demand service Pathé Thuis has chosen Widevine implementation partner Xstream to provide Widevine…
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Com Hem names new business services unit chief
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has named Ante Baric as head of its new business…
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Denmark’s Saxo Bank launches Saxo TV
Danish investment bank Saxo Bank has launched an on-demand news and financial analysis service called…
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BBC to make web upgrades, merge Online and Red Button
The BBC Trust has recommended that the BBC make a number of improvements to its…
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MPEG-DASH deployments due before second half of 2014
More than 75% of MPEG-DASH deployments are due to take place either the second half…
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DirecTV the latest company linked to Hulu
US pay TV platform DirecTV is the latest company to be linked with a move…
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Netflix reportedly eyeing Netherlands, France, Belgium
Netflix is reportedly looking at the Netherlands, France and Belgium as new European launch markets,…
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YouTube: 100 hours of video uploaded per-minute
YouTube said that the video site now receives more than 100 hours of video uploads…
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WRN appoints former Arqiva MD as non-exec director
Broadcast services provider WRN Broadcast has appointed Nick Thompson, the former managing director of Arqiva’s…
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Sky revamps sports app
BSkyB has revamped its Sky Sports app for the iPad with a new multi-camera highlights…
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Beltelecom adds Belarus-3
Belarusian IPTV provider Beltelecom has added cultural and education channel Belarus-3 to its Zala TV…
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Du makes board appointment
United Arab Emirates-based IPTV and telecoms provider Du has appointed Hana Al Rostamani, an executive…
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Yahoo! to pay US$1.1 billion for Tumblr
US web portal Yahoo! has agreed to buy blog platform Tumblr for US$1.1 billion (€855…
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Time Warner Cable eyes Hulu stake
US cable giant Time Warner Cable is reportedly considering taking an equity stake in video-on-demand…
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Discovery buying another Scandinavian channel
SBS Discovery Media had inked a deal for Swedish channel TV11 from the TV4 Group….
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Mobile TV and video viewers to hit 2 billion
Globally, some 2 billion mobile and tablet users will watch TV and video on these…
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HBO Go goes live in Bulgaria
HBO’s on-demand service HBO Go has launched on Bulgarian cable operator Blizoo. The operator’s subscriber…
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Canal Touch now available on Windows 8 phones
Canal Plus has launched its mobile app, Canal Touch, on the Microsoft Windows 8 platform…
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TiVo launches iPad recommendations
US DVR specialist TiVo has updated its iPad app to include a ‘What to Watch…
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SES hit by impact of German analogue switchover
Satellite operator SES’s first quarter financials were hit by the impact of last year’s analogue…
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Morgan Stanley sees risks for Eutelsat
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has cut its rating of satellite operator Eutelsat’s stock back to…