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Paramount Comedy on Beeline TV
Paramount Comedy Channel has secured carriage on Russian IPTV platform Beeline TV. The deal will…
FremantleMedia splits drama and digital media
FremantleMedia has separated its drama and digital divisions and promoted Donna Wiffen to head of…
AXN HD on Sky Deutschland
Action and adventure channel AXN HD is to launch on the Sky Deutschland platform tomorrow….
TV4 channels on Boxer
Swedish broadcaster TV4’s TV4 HD and TV4 News channels are now available on the Boxer…
Accenture acquires NSN IPTV business
Accenture has acquired the IPTV business of Nokia Siemens Networks and will use the NSN…
TivùSat adds new users
Italian free-to-air digital satellite service TivùSat saw 55,000 new activations in July, taking the total…
Netflix launches kids package on iPads
Netflix’s kids package Just for Kids has launched on the iPad in the UK and…
Euronews launching local Greek and Hungarian channels
Euronews this morning unveiled plans to launch a 24-hour rolling news service in Athens, to…
Volia to purchase pay TV operator Odek
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has received permission from the country’s competition regulator to acquire pay…
Sundance Channel signs Spain and Romania deals
Sundance Channel is expanding its European distribution after parent company AMC/Sundance Channel Global signed deals…
MTG uses Envivio to bring Viaplay to set-tops
Modern Times Group has selected technology company Envivio’s Muse software-based encoding solutions to extend its…
Eutelsat issues €300 million bonds
Satellite operator Eutelsat has successfully issued €300 million of 10-year senior unsecured bonds. The order…
Canal Plus names D8 director
Canal Plus has appointed Xavier Gandon as director of programming at channels D8 and D17….
Optimus Clix adds AXN Black and White
Portuguese IPTV service Optimus Clix has added two HD channels from Sony to its line-up….
Fashion One makes Inea debut
International fashion and entertainment channel Fashion One has launched on Polish cable operator Inea’s network….
Cosmos TV adds Setanta Sports
Belarusian pay TV operator Cosmos TV has added sports channel Setanta Sports to its line-up….
Espial joins DASH Industry Forum
On-demand software company Espial has announced that its MediaBase on-demand video platform now supports adaptive…
TalkTalk begins selling YouView TV bundles
UK ISP has officially launched its new YouView service, with its TalkTalk Plus TV package…
DTG makes UK connected TV spec openly available
The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) has made its HbbTV-based connected TV specification openly available…
Netgem creates connected home division
Set-top and interactive TV technology supplier Netgem has created a new connected home product division…
Zeebox launches in US with major backers
Zeebox, the social TV company founded by former YouView and iPlayer chief technology officer Anthony…
SES successfully launches Astra 2F for UK and Ireland
SES has successfully launched its Astra 2F satellite, which will serve the 28.2°/28.5° East position…
French government provisions for telecom tax ruling
The French government has made a budget provision of €1.3 billion pending a final ruling…
European PSBs must be properly financed, forum attendees told
European governments must deliver sufficient funding to ensure that public service broadcasters fulfill their mission…
Sweden’s Filmnet launches, Denmark’s YouBio to follow
A new subscription over-the-top TV services launched in the Nordic region at the end of…
General Satellite to supply majority of Tricolor TV set-tops
Over half of Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV’s set-top boxes will be supplied by…
CTC Media names new finance chief
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has named Nikolay Surikov as chief financial officer. Surikov was previously…
UPC Austria ups internet speeds
Cable operator Austria has upped the internet speeds available with its FIT multi-play packages. The…
Unitymedia launches 150Mbps internet in Frankenberg
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia has launched a 150Mbps internet service in the town…
France 24 launches Google TV service
France 24 has launched a multilingual TV service for the French Google TV platform. Google’s…