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BSkyB secures Premier League rights in Ireland
BSkyB has secured live rights to English Premier League football in Ireland for the next…
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Volia expands reach of HD package
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has launched HDTV services in the city of Vinnytsia in west-central…
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Vodafone to offer fixed line and TV services in new markets
Vodafone aims to launch new services including pay TV and broadband, CEO Vittorio Colao has…
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BT buys ESPN’s UK and Irish channels
BT Group has agreed to buy ESPN’s UK and Ireland channels business, in a move…
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LG buys HP webOS to boost connected TVs
LG has agreed to buy HP’s webOS software in a deal that it said would…
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Mobile and tablet viewing jumps 100%
Viewers spent 100% more time watching streamed video on tablets and mobile phones than in…
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French VOD titles see strong growth
The number of films available on video-on-demand in the French market is continuing to expand,…
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Numericable adds new channels to multiscreen offering
French cable operator Numericable has added seven new channels to its multiscreen offering, taking the…
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Africa boosts Canal Plus numbers as total for France declines
A strong performance by Canal Plus Overseas in Africa helped compensate for a flat performance…
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Half of CEE mobile owners “interested in mobile TV”
Half of mobile phone owners in five central and eastern European countries have expressed a…
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Motorola launches “virtualized” HTML5 browser
Motorola has made its DreamGallery middleware available on an expanded range of devices thanks to…
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Latvia’s Baltcom acquires eight smaller operators
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has acquired eight smaller telecom service providers. The eight companies acquired…
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Sunrise to make base TV pack available free to internet subs
Swiss service provider Sunrise Telecom is to make its new basic TV package available at…
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BBC Knowledge block to air on Retequattro
Mediaset-owned Italian free-to-air channel Retequattro is to air a one-hour block of programming from the…
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beIN Sport France chooses Strong set-tops
Al Jazeera-owned sports channel provider beIN Sport France has chosen Strong to provide two HD…
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DTVE hires new deputy editor
Digital TV Europe has hired Andy McDonald as its new deputy editor, working across DTVE’s…
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Numericable owners reportedly looking at outright acquisition of SFR
French cable operator Numericable is preparing to make an offer to acquire SFR, according to…
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Ericsson launches LTE broadcast platform
Technology giant Ericsson is launching a new LTE broadcast platform to address demand for TV…
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Tele Columbus looks to future as Vodafone eyes KDG
German cable operator Tele Columbus has said it will focus on growing its base independently…
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IPTV market leads Russian pay TV growth
The Russian IPTV market grew by 62% over the last year, compared with growth of…
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RTL sees massive growth for online and on-demand
Pan-European broadcast group RTL has said that its European online and on-demand platforms collectively were…
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Volia adds two new channels
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added Bollywood channel Zee TV and Russian TV movies and…
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MultiChoice Africa takes additional capacity
MultiChoice Africa has signed up for new capacity with satellite operator Eutelsat to expand its…
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UPC DTH adds Sport2 HD
Liberty Global-owned satellite pay TV provider UPC DTH has added sports channel Sport2 HD to…
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Blinkx names engineering and operations chief
Internet media platform Blinkx has named Gerry Louw as senior vice-president, engineering and operations. According…
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TTC completes consolidation of subsidiaries
Russian service provider TransTeleCom (TTC) has completed the consolidation of 18 regional subsidiaries previously owned…
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Dailymotion eyes new territories for SVOD following Turkish deal
Video sharing site Dailymotion plans to expand its premium offerings to other territories following its…
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AB Group names date for SVOD launch
French channel provider AB Group is to launch subscription video-on-demand offering Jook Video, on March…
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Nielsen to begin measuring online viewing
US-based rating agency Nielsen is to begin measuring online viewing in what is seen as…
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Smart TVs to take over half of TV market by 2015
Uptake of connected TV is soaring and over half of new TVs will be smart…