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KIT digital to shed 300 jobs
TV software and services provider KIT digital is making over a fifth of its employees…
OSN makes senior appointments
Middle east and north African pay TV operator OSN has appointed new directors of digital…
UPC Direct boosts offering
UPC has added three new channels to its DTH platform in Hungary. Muzsika TV, Sorozat…
UEFA awards Swiss football rights
European football body UEFA has awarded media rights for the 2012-15 Champions League and Europa…
SES-5 fully operational
Satellite operator SES has announced that the SES-5 satellite is now fully operational at the…
Sky Deutschland to air bulk of Champions League games
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has secured rights to air most of the matches…
France 24 joins Cambodian DTT network
French news channel France 24 has launched on Cambodia’s DTT network. The French-langauge version of…
Entertainment One to sell DreamWorks movies to UK/Benelux TV
Canada-based producer and distributor Entertainment One will sell DreamWorks’ feature films to broadcasters in the…
Sportcast chooses Volicon
Italy’s Sportcast is using the Volicon Observer digital video logging and monitoring system to provide…
Shazam exceeds quarter billion users, extends to all shows
Shazam, the app service that lets people use their mobile phones to receive additional content…
Polish regulator approves merger of ‘n’ and Cyfra Plus
Polish competition regulator UOKiK has approved the merger between Canal Plus’ Polish subsidiary Cyfra Plus…
BBC Worldwide names consumer digital technology chief
BBC Worldwide has appointed Michael Fleshman as senior vice-president, consumer digital technology. Fleshman, former chief…
Hadopi responds to Filippetti criticism
France’s online piracy watchdog the Hadopi has defended its record in the wake of criticisim…
High TV 3D makes Belgian debut on Telenet
3D channel High TV has launched in Belgium on Telenet’s cable platform. The channel, which…
English Club TV heads to Cubovision
English-language educational channel English Club TV has launched on Telecom Italia’s Cubovision VOD service. The…
Channel change for Swedish DTT
Pay TV broadcaster Canal Plus has renamed a number of its channels that are available…
Deutsche Telekom selects Accedo to manage TV Apps
Deutsche Telekom has chosen Accedo’s cloud-based app management service to support the new TV App…
Tele Columbus launches new HD package
German cable operator Tele Columbus has launched a new HD package, DigitalTV Plus HD, replacing…
Russian Perviy launches new Smart TV apps for LG
Russian channel Perviy HD has launched three applications for LG’s Smart TV platform focused on…
Skylink launches new package
M77 Group-owned Czech pay TV platform Skylink has launched a new package with nine channels…
UTH rebrands and refocuses Muz as You
Russian channel provider UTH Russia is to rebrand its music channel Muz in the autumn…
Sky welcomes 4oD and increases Sky Go offer
UK pay TV operator is adding Channel 4’s online catch-up platform 4oD to its on-demand…
Spotify could launch video unit, redistribute HBO Nordic
Online music service Spotify could be about to create a new video entertainment unit with…
BT selects Humax over Pace for YouView launch
When BT launches its YouView offering in the next few weeks it will use boxes…
Virgin Media revamps on-demand platform
Virgin Media is relaunching its on-demand movies service as Virgin Movies. The service is available…
Turner’s EMEA staff at risk of redundancy
Turner Broadcasting’s international boss Gerhard Zeiler has appointed a five-strong management team that will conduct…
Nancy Dubuc to run all A+E Networks channels, programming
A+E Networks has promoted Nancy Dubuc to president of entertainment and media in a move…
Dailymotion to pay TF1 but not responsible for postings
Online video site Dailymotion has been ordered by a Paris court to pay €270,000 in…
MTS sees pay TV growth
Sistema-backed Russian service provider MTS had 2.9 million pay TV subscribers at the end of…
Elion adds Russian channels to DVR service
Estonian service provider Elion has added five Russian-language channels to its network DVR service, joining…