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Three in five French DSL lines now bundled with TV
Some 12.8 million of France’s 21.5 million DSL lines installed were coupled with a TV…
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Russian public broadcast council names chairman
The newly formed Russian Public Television Council has named Oleg Tabakov, artistic director of the…
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CSA cracks down on interruption of programme credits
French media regulator the CSA has established a framework agreement setting out rules about the…
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Trace Sports goes mobile, makes Norwegian debut
Sports celebrity lifestyle channel Trace Sports has expanded its distribution following deals with mobile TV…
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LTV chief criticises new Latvian retransmission rules
New amendments to Latvia’s media law have been criticised as penalising public broadcaster LTV by…
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NTV Plus adds Travel Channel HD
Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus is adding Travel Channel HD to its programming line-up….
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VimpelCom making payment for services easier
Russian service provider VimpelCom, which operates under the Beeline brand, has introduced an automatic top-up…
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Eutelsat condemns Iranian jamming
Satellite operator Eutelsat has condemned the jamming of certain broadcasts from Iran. Following what Eutelsat…
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Connected TV services worth over $3 billion by 2016
The global market for services delivered via connected TVs will reach US$3.23 billion (€2.5 billion)…
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Hungary continues to grow digital TV subscriber base
Hungary’s leading pay TV operators had a collective digital subscriber base of 1.773 million at…
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Zeebox develops live companion app for X Factor
Companion screen social TV service provider Zeebox and its live video partner ShowCaster have developed…
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TF1 reportedly puts putative pay TV plan on ice
French news service BFM TV has reported that commercial broadcaster TF1 has put a plan…
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Rostelecom creates new media unit
Russian service provider Rostelecom has created a new department to manage media assets headed by…
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Top Secret faces closure threat after losing Rostelecom carriage
One of the few TV channels in Russia to give space to independent journalism is…
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Edgeware and Skytide enable multiscreen QoS analytics
Distributed video delivery specialist Edgeware and online video analytics company Skytide have launched a solution…
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Russian regulator calls for time to settle Telenor dispute
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has called on the Moscow Arbitration Court to postpone a hearing…
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Food available from Akado
Russian thematic channel Eda (Food) is now available on cable service provider Akado’s platform. Food…
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B&B TV chooses Thomson Broadcast for HD services
Thomson Broadcast has announced that B&B TV Communication, the entity responsible for the wireless-cable broadcasting…
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Eutelsat helps Albania deliver free broadband
The Albanian government is using capacity from satellite operator Eutelsat to connect 850 post offices,…
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BBC scales back Red Button video ahead of connected TV service
The BBC is to reduce the video offering on its Red Button service on Sky,…
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Discovery Networks to roll out dual-screen catch-up services
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is preparing to launch various second screen applications for its channel…
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Belgian cabler Telenet pledges extra €30 million for local content
Telenet will commit €30 million of new investment to local programming across the next four…
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YahLive boosts HD line-up with Russian news channels
UAE-based DTH operator YahLive has added two Russian news channels to its HD bouquet. The…
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ThinkAnalytics to bring recommendations to Microsoft Mediaroom
TV recommendation specialist ThinkAnalytics has joined the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV partner programme. The move means…
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CTC announces management changes
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has announced a series of management changes. Natalia Bilan, formerly head…
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Canal Plus presents case against competition watchdog
Canal Plus yesterday presented its case against the ruling by the French competition authority on…
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Yamgo appoints non-exec directors for mobile ad push
Mobile TV network provider Yamgo has appointed two new non-executive directors, which it said would…
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SACD condemns EC ‘procrastination’ over content creation tax
French content creators group SACD has expressed strong concern at what it sees as procrastination…
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Sky Italia launches dedicated James Bond channel
Sky Italia is launching a new channel dedicated to James Bond movies. The Sky Cinema…
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Sony Turbo makes Russian debut
Sony’s male-skewed entertainment channel Sony Turbo has launched in Russia on pay TV operator Akado’s…