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BT Vision strikes Viacom channels deal

BT Vision has struck a deal with Viacom International Media Networks to bring MTV, Comedy…

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Netflix and OTT present ‘historic’ challenge to US pay TV

Traditional pay TV operators in the US are facing an unprecedented challenge and their growth…

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UltraViolet content partners choose Dolby Digital Plus

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros Home Entertainment are to encode movies…

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HD Plus taps Nagra for Replay service

SES-backed German satellite offering HD Plus is using content security technology from Nagra for its…

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Comedy Central to show Facebook series on TV

Comedy Central in Italy will start showing web series Amici@Letto on its linear channel early…

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Humax to launch Opera store on set-tops

Set-top supplier Humax is to launch the Opera TV Store on its new set-top boxes…

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ArirangTV launches VOD app on Samsung Smart TV

Korean international channel ArirangTV has launched a video-on-demand application on Samsung’s Smart TV platform –…

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Fuel TV launches on OSN

Action sports channel Fuel TV has launched on Middle East pay TV provider OSN. The…

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Adap.tv hires former Yahoo! finance chief

Video advertising specialist Adap.tv has named former Yahoo! finance chief Timothy Morse as its chief…

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Access launches new version of browser

TV technology company Access has launched the NetFront Browser NX 3.0 at the Consumer Electronics…

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Rostelecom looks to pay TV to compensate voice decline

Russian service provider Rostelecom expects pay TV and fixed broadband growth to partially compensate a…

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GlobeCast to provide monitoring for YahLive

Media services provider GlobeCast is to provide Abu Dhabi-based satellite TV platform operator YahLive with…

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Former SES World Skies CEO Bednarek dies at 55

Robert Bednarek, the former CEO of SES World Skies and a member of the SES…

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Romtelecom makes HBO channels available to all in promo

Romanian pay TV provider Romtelecom is to make HBO and HBO Comedy available to all…

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Irdeto’s Schouten joins online payment specialist GlobalCollect

Christopher Schouten, senior marketing director at content security specialist Irdeto has left the company to…

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Eutelsat launches 4K TV demo channel

Satellite operator Eutelsat is launching a 4K TV demonstration channel on the Eutelsat 10A satellite….

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Samsung unveils new Smart TV features, chooses Red Bee for discovery

Consumer electronics giant Samsung is using the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week…

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Sky Deutschland expands partnership with NBC Universal

Sky Deutschland has extended its distribution partnership with NBC Universal in a deal that will…

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KDG restricts pubcaster availability in carriage fee dispute

Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has restricted the availability of public broadcast channels from ARD and ZDF…

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Digital TV forecast to boom in Africa

Digital TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa will quadruple in the period to 2018, according to…

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Netflix inks ’unprecedented’ Warner Bros TV deal

Netflix has bagged rights to eight series distributed by Warner Bros. The deal between the…

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Roku adds new content and device partners

US firm Roku, maker of highly popular streaming video devices of the same name, has…

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Cisco unveils Videoscape Unity pre-integrated offerings

Cisco has used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to unveil Videoscape Unity, its…

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Blinkx teams up with KoldCast TV

Video search engine Blinkx has teamed up with internet short film and documentary provider KoldCast…

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Octoshape teams up with Nagra

Cloud streaming specialist Octoshape has teamed up with TV technology and conditional access specialist Nagra…

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Lagardère Active acquires online ticketing firm

Lagardère’s media arm Lagardère Active has acquired France’s leading discount online ticketing specialist BilletReduc.com. BilletReduc.com,…

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Hulu CEO Kilar to leave this quarter

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and chief technology officer Rich Tom are to leave the US…

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Polaroid launches tablet for kids

Polaroid has launched a US$150 (€115) tablet aimed at kids at the Consumer Electronics Show…

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TF1 will retain 49% Eurosport stake, says Paolini

TF1 aims to retain a 49% stake in Eurosport and, thanks to its new partnership…

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BBC launches free sport app

UK public broadcaster the BBC has launched a free sport app for iPhone and iPod…