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TiVo driving Virgin Media growth
Virgin Media ended September with 1.14 million TiVo subscribers, meaning 30% of the UK cable…
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HD boosting Tricolor’s subscriber numbers
Russia’s leading pay TV operator Tricolor ended September with 8.55 million subscribers after adding 750,000…
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RCS & RDS adds Voyo OTT platform
Romanian cable operator RCS & RDS has added Voyo, the OTT service from broadcaster CME,…
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KPN’s TV market share reaches 20%
A growing IPTV subscriber base has seen Dutch telco KPN increase its TV market share…
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Spanish pubcaster combines internet and TV units
RTVE has merged its online division with its main TV unit. The two were previously…
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Cable Europe names executive chairman
Cable industry association Cable Europe has named Matthias Kurth as executive chairman. Kurth, who will…
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Ukrainian regulator licenses IPTV services
The Ukrainian National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting has awarded four new IPTV licences…
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Com Hem to provide services over Luleå city network
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has signed an agreement with Lunet, the city network operator…
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Nonstop turns to Levira for Netflix content preparation
Turner Broadcasting-owned Nonstop Entertainment has hired Estonian media services provider Levira to prepare its content…
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Dune HD integrates with Beenius middleware
Set-top box manufacturer Dune HD has announced that its devices have been certified by middleware…
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Record month for iPlayer, TV platform and games console use grows
BBC iPlayer recorded a record month in September, with use of the service on TV…
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Netflix recruiting for international service
Netflix is looking for a range of language specialists, leading market watchers to speculate it…
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Canal Plus’s Belmer speaks against change to SVOD window
Canal Plus chief Rodolphe Belmer has spoken out against any significant changes to the ordering…
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Swisscom launches new TV app
Swisscom has launched a new TV app, which now offers access to over 80 live…
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Ziggo extends Wi-Fi hotspot trial
Dutch cable operator Ziggo is to extend its existing Wi-Fi hotspot trial across the city…
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KDG providing free Wi-Fi in Berlin
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has teamed up with the Berlin-Brandenburg media authority to launch…
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French filmmakers denounce EC’s lack of support
French filmmakers have denounced the refusal of the European Commission to accept the principle of…
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CTC Media names business support chief
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has named Konstantin Khachaturov as head of business support and a…
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ALi to provide reference platform for Russian DTT
Set-top chipset provider ALi Corporation has joined forces with the Moscow Scientific-Research Television Institute (MNITI)…
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Rostelecom names government relations chief
Russian telco Rostelecom has named former deputy minister of communications Naum Marder as vice-president of…
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Davie replaces Smith as BBC Worldwide chief
John Smith is to step down after eight years as CEO of BBC Worldwide, and…
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MTG hit by higher churn and investment costs
Modern Times Group’s third quarter results disappointed investment analysts, with higher churn among premium pay…
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Enlarged role for Belmer at Canal Plus
Rodolphe Belmer has been named as director-general of Canal Plus Group and a member of…
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New look and new international service for Poland’s ipla
Cyfrowy Polsat-owned Polish OTT service provider ipla has begun implementing a number of changes to…
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TV Numeric in receivership
French digital-terrestrial pay TV service provider TV Numeric has been placed in receivership. The company…
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Multimedia Polska moves into insurance business
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska is branching out into home insurance, sold via its digital…
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EBU technology chief calls for joint defence of broadcast spectrum
The EBU’s director of technology and innovation, Lieven Vermaele, has called for joint action in…
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Ukraine will keep to DSO timetable
Ukraine will definitely switch off analogue broadcasting in mid-2015, according to Vladimir Manzhosov, chairman of…
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Strong results for Telenet
Belgian cable operator Telenet pulled in 22,800 new triple-play net additions in the third quarter,…
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Ziggo hit by competition and lower marketing activity
Dutch cable operator Ziggo attracted 20,000 new subscribers to its All-in-1 bundle in the third…