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UPC Slovakia reaches high-speed broadband milestone

Cable operator UPC Slovakia has passed the milestone of 100,000 high-speed broadband customers. The operator…

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UKTV secures fourth DTT slot

UK channels group UKTV has secured a deal for a fourth channel spot on the…

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Sweden and Hungary lead media concentration table

Sweden and Hungary show the greatest level of media concentration amongst 11 countries surveyed by…

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Sunrise edges forward with IPTV

Swiss telco Sunrise said it had signed up “several ten thousand” customers to its IPTV…

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Armenia moves forward with satellite plan

Armenia is moving forwards with plans to launch its first satellite and has reportedly signed…

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Channels line up for second Russian multiplex

Some 12 Russian TV channels have applied to take part in the country’s second digital…

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Vectra offers devices to attract subscribers

Polish cable operator Vectra is offering a tablet, notebook computer or Xbox Kinect console to…

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Orange enters operator CDN market in alliance with Akamai

Orange has formed a strategic alliance with CDN provider Akamai Technologies to develop solutions for…

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Lovefilm gets DHX content

Lovefilm has signed a deal with DHX Media that will bring an additional 2,000 kids…

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MTS, Stream-TV see pay TV growth

Russian service provider MTS has seen a year-on-year growth of 200,000 subscribers in its pay…

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Rostelecom increases IPTV subs

Russian telco Rostelecom ended September with 6.4 million TV customers, an increase of 11% year-on-year….

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Fransat to carry six HD DTT channels

Eutelsat’s free-to-air DTH platform for the French market, Fransat, is adding six new HD channels…

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Kudelski launches ‘cyber security’ unit

Content security specialist Kudelski has launched a new ‘cyber security’ division called Kudelski Security. The…

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Harmonic names Ventura as channels chief

Technology company Harmonic has named Lauren Ventura as vice-president of channels. Ventura was previously a…

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JCC to get BBC Worldwide content

Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) has struck a deal with BBC Worldwide whereby it will…

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Gulli follows tablet launch with In ze Boîte app

Lagardère-owned kids channel Gulli has launched a multi-device games application, In ze Boîte, which includes…

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China and India to drive fixed broadband growth

The number of fixed broadband homes globally will reach 745 million in 2017, up from…

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Astra 2F in commercial service

SES’s Astra 2F satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and is now fully operational and…

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YouTube sees itself as TV platform, says partnership chief

YouTube sees itself “very much as a platform” and believes that “online video will push…

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NBC closing international channels and cutting jobs

NBC Universal is closing several of its international channels and has placed a group of…

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Stofa launches online platform with C More

Danish cable operator Stofa is launching a new online TV service, featuring content from pay…

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BT considering up to three sports channels

UK telco BT could launch three sports channels next year to cope with the amount…

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MTG extends Viasat reach with Polsat

Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a deal with broadcaster Modern Times Group that…

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Viggle buys social TV leader GetGlue

TV loyalty service Viggle has agreed to acquire social TV app provider GetGlue for US$25…

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Omneon co-founder Kaplan to leave Harmonic

Omneon co-founder and CEO Lawrence Kaplan is to leave Harmonic, which acquired Omneon in 2010,…

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BSkyB makes bond placement

UK pay TV provider BSkyB has made a private bond placement with institutional investors to…

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Turner chooses Levira for Scandi playout

Turner Broadcasting has chosen Estonia-based media services provider Levira to provide playout of Cartoon Network’s…

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SFR launches operator CDN offering

Vivendi-owned French network service provider SFR has launched what it says is the country’s first…

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Spacecom signs Amos-6 deal

Satellite operator Spacecom has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to plan, manufacture,…

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Orange Poland launches 3D TV triple-play offer

Orange Poland is launching a promotion that lets new customers buy a 3D TV for…