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Paramount Comedy on Beeline TV

Paramount Comedy Channel has secured carriage on Russian IPTV platform Beeline TV. The deal will…

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FremantleMedia splits drama and digital media 


FremantleMedia has separated its drama and digital divisions and promoted Donna Wiffen to head of…

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AXN HD on Sky Deutschland

Action and adventure channel AXN HD is to launch on the Sky Deutschland platform tomorrow….

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TV4 channels on Boxer

Swedish broadcaster TV4’s TV4 HD and TV4 News channels are now available on the Boxer…

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Accenture acquires NSN IPTV business

Accenture has acquired the IPTV business of Nokia Siemens Networks and will use the NSN…

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TivùSat adds new users

Italian free-to-air digital satellite service TivùSat saw 55,000 new activations in July, taking the total…

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Netflix launches kids package on iPads

Netflix’s kids package Just for Kids has launched on the iPad in the UK and…

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Euronews launching local Greek and Hungarian channels

Euronews this morning unveiled plans to launch a 24-hour rolling news service in Athens, to…

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Volia to purchase pay TV operator Odek

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has received permission from the country’s competition regulator to acquire pay…

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Sundance Channel signs Spain and Romania deals

Sundance Channel is expanding its European distribution after parent company AMC/Sundance Channel Global signed deals…

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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…

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Eutelsat issues €300 million bonds

Satellite operator Eutelsat has successfully issued €300 million of 10-year senior unsecured bonds. The order…

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Canal Plus names D8 director

Canal Plus has appointed Xavier Gandon as director of programming at channels D8 and D17….

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Optimus Clix adds AXN Black and White

Portuguese IPTV service Optimus Clix has added two HD channels from Sony to its line-up….

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Fashion One makes Inea debut

International fashion and entertainment channel Fashion One has launched on Polish cable operator Inea’s network….

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Cosmos TV adds Setanta Sports

Belarusian pay TV operator Cosmos TV has added sports channel Setanta Sports to its line-up….

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Espial joins DASH Industry Forum

On-demand software company Espial has announced that its MediaBase on-demand video platform now supports adaptive…

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TalkTalk begins selling YouView TV bundles

UK ISP has officially launched its new YouView service, with its TalkTalk Plus TV package…

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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…

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Netgem creates connected home division

Set-top and interactive TV technology supplier Netgem has created a new connected home product division…

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Zeebox launches in US with major backers

Zeebox, the social TV company founded by former YouView and iPlayer chief technology officer Anthony…

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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…

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French government provisions for telecom tax ruling

The French government has made a budget provision of €1.3 billion pending a final ruling…

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European PSBs must be properly financed, forum attendees told

European governments must deliver sufficient funding to ensure that public service broadcasters fulfill their mission…

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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…

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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…

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CTC Media names new finance chief

Russian broadcaster CTC Media has named Nikolay Surikov as chief financial officer. Surikov was previously…

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UPC Austria ups internet speeds

Cable operator Austria has upped the internet speeds available with its FIT multi-play packages. The…

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Unitymedia launches 150Mbps internet in Frankenberg

Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia has launched a 150Mbps internet service in the town…

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France 24 launches Google TV service

France 24 has launched a multilingual TV service for the French Google TV platform. Google’s…