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News brief: Viacom raising US$500 million
Viacom is raising US$500 million (€385 million) via a new bond offering. The US-listed media…
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Netflix launches ISP speed index
Online video service Netflix has launched the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a new website that…
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Avail-TVN and On Demand Group become Vubiquity
US video services group Avail-TVN and its subsidiary, UK-based On Demand Group, have announced a…
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Intelsat reorganises senior management team
Satellite operator Intelsat has reorganised its senior management structure. Intelsat has promoted deputy chairman and…
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Andorra Telecom launches VOD service
Andorra’s public telecoms operator is launching a new video-on-demand service that will let customers stream…
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Globecast strikes Arise News deal
France Telecom-Orange subsidiary GlobeCast has signed a multiyear deal to provide HD playout, uplink and…
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Senegal’s Excaf Télécom upgrades to Conax Contego
Senegalese service provider Excaf Télécom has upgraded the content security solution provided by Conax to…
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Czech publisher buys Metropol TV
Czech publisher Mlada Fronta has moved into the broadcasting space by acquiring regional Czech television…
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Elemental teams up with Deltatre
Video technology provider Elemental Technologies has teamed up with digital media and production specialist Deltatre…
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Aviion releases new version of OTT platform
Croatian over-the-top TV technology specialist Aviion has launched version 4.0 of its Aviion OTT platform….
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Europe moves closer to digital switchover
Twenty-two of the EU’s 27 member states have now completed digital switchover, as have the…
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More cable consolidation expected
Liberty Global’s US$23.3 billion (€17.9 billion) buyout of Virgin Media could lead to more consolidation…
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News Corp split will see cash boost for publishing arm
News Corp has unveiled details of how it plans to split into two separate publishing…
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Set-tops will remain core part of Cisco’s business, says Andersen
The set-top will remain key to Cisco Systems’ video portfolio following the acqusition of NDS,…
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MYTF1 app passes five million downloads
French broadcaster TF1’s MYTF1 on-demand app for smartphones and tablet computers has passed the five…
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Telekom Austria’s Vipnet acquires Digi TV Croatia
Telekom Austria Group’s Croatian subsidiary Vipnet has acquired RCS&RDS’s local satellite TV platform Digi TV,…
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New movie channel for Russia
A new Russian movie channel, Kino TV, has launched in trial mode on ER-Telecom’s Dom.ru…
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Télédiffusion d’Algérie renews Eutelsat deal for DTT coverage
Algerian national broadcasting company Télédiffusion d’Algérie has extended its contract for capacity on the Eutelsat…
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Malaysia takes Astro-On-The-Go global
Malaysian pay TV operator has started to roll out its subscription VoD service Astro-On-The-Go (AOTG)…
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New promo campaign for Ipla
Polish pay TV platform Cyfrowy Polsat is to cross-promote its Ipla TV over-the-top sister service…
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BBC to boost women’s football coverage
The BBC is to increase its coverage of women’s football with the introduction of two…
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KDDI expands Video Pass with Saffron
Japanese telco KDDI has launched its Video Pass video-on-demand service on iOS devices for the…
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Liberty Global to move forwards with mobile plans
Liberty Global’s plan to roll out a more advanced mobile product in many markets in…
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Numericable adds France Télévisions VOD and catch-up
French cable operator Numericable has added public broadcaster France Télévisions’ video-on-demand service Pluzzvad to its…
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Cable operators look to wireless access as next frontier
Wireless access is now emerging as the next frontier for cable operators, and operators want…
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UK retransmission ruling is ‘significant moment’
A court ruling stating online ‘rebroadcaster’ TVCatchup.com illegally transmitted live UK terrestrial TV channels represents…
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ONO looks to attract TiVo subs with free trials
Spanish cable operators ONO is moving ahead with plans to allow its customers to take…
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TiVo plans Euro expansion
TiVo aims to build on its success in the UK and Spain with more European…
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Lagardère Active sees boost from cost-cutting and TV channel profitability
Lagardère Active, the media arm of the French conglomerate, saw an improvement in its like-for-like…
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Sunrise grows TV base
Swiss alternative telecom operator Sunrise had 38,000 IPTV customers at the end of last year,…