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Aspiro chooses Thomson Video Networks

Norwegian hosted video platform specialist Aspiro has chosen Thomson Video Networks to provide its ViBE…

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UPC Cablecom upgrades Italian-region networks

Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom has upgraded its network in parts of Italian-speaking…

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TV4 Group secures long-term deal for Swedish football

Swiss pay and free TV broadcaster TV4 Group has struck a deal with Svensk Elitfotboll…

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Vubiquity’s Potarazu to step down as CEO

Ramu Potarazu, the CEO of Vubiquity, the new name for technology company Avail-TVN following its…

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Hulu offering every episode of Star Trek until end-March

Hulu has made almost 700 episodes of sci-fi TV series Star Trek ever made available…

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BBC launches The Voice app

The BBC has launched a companion app for the second season of singing competition show…

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Sky pledges further content spend

Sky has said that it wants to better its £2 billion (€2.35 billion) annual content…

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IPTV subscriptions to pass 100 million

Worldwide IPTV subscription figures are expected to top 100 million in 2013 and hit 181…

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BBC orders original dramas for iPlayer

UK public broadcaster the BBC has ordered a strand of original dramas for its iPlayer…

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Hadopi analyses YouTube content

French anti-piracy regulator the Hadopi has published an analysis of content on YouTube in France…

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Lovefilm strikes deal for BBC kids series

Lovefilm has bought a raft of classic BBC kids content including iconic series Teletubbies. The…

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Numericable sees strong LaBox take-up

French cable operator Numericable signed up 121,000 subscribers to its LaBox advanced TV offering by…

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Online video will be worth €1 billion by year-end

Revenues from online video in western Europe will total €1 billion this year, according to…

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Daarsat broadcasting on Amos-5

A new satellite platform for Nigeria, Daarsat, is broadcasting on Spacecom’s Amos satellite platform at…

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B.net adds music channel

Croatian cable operator B.net, part of Telekom Austria-owned telecoms operator Vipnet, has added local music…

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ART/IND extends Intelsat deal

Lebanon-based channel aggregator ART/International Network Distribution (IND) has extended an agreement with satellite operator Intelsat…

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Intel testing OTT service among employees

Intel has begun testing its planned over-the-top TV service with employees in three areas on…

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Viacom makes two board appointments

Viacom has elected World Economic Forum advisor Cristiana Falcone Sorrell and TV journalist Deborah Norville to its…

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Juniper Networks invests in iStreamPlanet

Networking equipment firm Juniper Networks has invested in streaming technology specialist iStreamPlanet. Juniper invested the…

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MultiChoice launches new DStv Family pack

South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has introduced a new DStv Family pack, to launch…

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Baltcom strikes deal with MTG for TV3 and LNT

Latvian cable operator Baltcom has struck a deal with Modern Times Group to include the…

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Telefónica chooses Mariner xVu to monitor global video platform

Telefónica Digital has chosen Mariner Partners’ Mariner xVu as the exclusive end-to-end monitoring tool for…

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Emerging markets driving channel branding growth

The channel branding market, which includes everything from the basic inclusion of a channel logo…

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iPlayer boss: smart TVs must adopt common standards

The TV industry must adopt common standards for connected TVs or risk these devices becoming…

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HBO’s Zitter: 3D TV with glasses is dead, 4K is unlikely to succeed

3D TV – at least the version that requires glasses – is “dead”, while 4K…

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Volia launches off-net over-the-top TV service

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has launched a new interactive TV platform that will be available…

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Telefónica, Zon, Bouygues and Zitter amongst TV Connect awards winners

Spain’s Telefónica Digital, Portugal’s Zon TV Cabo and France’s Bouygues Telecom were the among the…

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Twitter impacts TV ratings, says Nielsen

The amount of buzz a TV show gets on Twitter directly correlates to audience figures,…

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YouTube hits one billion milestone

YouTube has reached a landmark one billion unique users per month with nearly half of…

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Poland’s nc+ goes live

Poland’s new TV platform nc+ goes live today, with the firm confirming that a ADB-manufactured…