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KDG sees premium TV growth
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland added 81,000 premium TV RGUs during the second quarter ending…
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ITV Studios rescues ITV during tough summer for ads
ITV’s production arm helped the UK commercial broadcaster increase revenues during the third quarter ending…
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Lagardère hit by production delays and ad downturn
Lagardère Active, the arm of the French conglomerate responsible for TV, radio and magazines, continued…
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FremantleMedia helps offset ad revenue declines at RTL
RTL said that the strong performance of its content division FremantleMedia and its German channels…
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Bulgaria’s Vivacom completes sale
Bulgarian telco and pay TV operator Vivacom has been acquired by newly registered company Viva…
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TVN co-founder’s son Walter succeeds father on ITI board
Piotr Walter is to join Polish broadcaster TVN Group’s supervisory board and the executive committee…
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Unitymedia adds 12 HD channels
German cable operator Unitymedia has added 12 new HD channels to its line-up. The operator…
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EBU chooses RRsat for content delivery
The EBU has selected content management company RRsat to provide digital media content delivery services…
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Beltelecom offers internet incentive to TV subs
Belarusian telco Beltelecom is offering the Comfort Mini internet package to its Zala TV customers…
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Civolution and SyncNow supply companion app for cinema
Digital watermarking specialist Civolution is to supply its SyncNow product to enable a second-screen application…
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Tremor Video boosts UK sales team
Online video systems specialist Tremor Video has named Michael Holden as national sales manager for…
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Channel 4 announces new 4oD services
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has announced a range of digital initiatives for its online…
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Google Play brings movies to Google TV in Europe
Google TV users in the UK, France and Germany will be able to download movies,…
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BBC news chiefs step aside as Patten begins search for new DG
Following the resignation of BBC director-general George Entwistle on Saturday, head of news Helen Boaden…
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Hungary continues to increase digital TV base
Hungary’s digital TV penetration increased to around 61.9% at the end of September from 61.4%…
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KDG to focus on Tele Columbus acquisition, will compete with Unitymedia
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is not planning further acquisitions in the immediate future…
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OTE reports TV gains in Greece and Romania
Greek telco OTE has seen significant increases in pay TV subscribers in its home country,…
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Analysts gloomy on outlook for CME
Influential credit ratings agency Moody’s says that the outlook for Time Warner-backed CME is challenging…
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Swisscom offers TV free of charge to all DSL subs
Swisscom is to provide its digital TV service free of charge to its DSL customers…
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VimpelCom mulling split of fixed and mobile activities
Russian service provider VimpelCom is considering splitting its fixed and mobile businesses, according to local…
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OFIVE TV joins French bouquet on Amos 5
African entertainment channel OFIVE TV is joining the French-language bouquet on Spacecom’s Amos satellite fleet….
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Eutelsat 21B makes successful launch
Satellite operator Eutelsat has confirmed the successful launch of 21B. The satellite launched at 21:05…
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TF1 and M6 appeal against Canal Plus FTA acquisitions
French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have filed an appeal against the competition authority’s approval of…
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Dutch FilmWorks chooses Technicolor for DAM and workflow
Dutch film and TV distributor Dutch FilmWorks has chosen Technicolor to provide digital asset management…
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AB Group to launch French SVOD service in January
France’s AB Group plans to launch a subscription video-on-demand service called Jook Video in January….
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Numericable triple-play boosted by La Box
French cable operator Numericable triple-play subscriber numbers have received a boost from the success of…
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EBU DG calls for tighter regulation of sports rights
Extending the list of sports rights that are reserved for free-to-air channels and tightening regulation…
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CME quiet on channel sale rumours
Time Warner backed Central and Eastern European broadcast group CME is considering selling Nova TV…
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Globo launching new channel for Portugal
Brazilian media group Globo has teamed up with Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia…
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SES sees record contract backlog
Satellite operator SES reported its contract backlog had reached an all-time high of €7.2 billion…