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Russian operators struggle with new child protection requirements

Russian service providers have held meetings with the country’s communications regulator over plans to impose…

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Netflix adds ‘post-play’ to aid multiple episode viewing

Netflix has added a ‘post-play’ feature to its service to enable viewers to access multiple…

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Dajto gains Czech distribution

M77 Group-owned Czech pay TV services Skylink and CS Link have added new male-focused thematic…

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Ofcom confirms ATVOD’s regulatory role


Following a review, communications regulator Ofcom has decided the current arrangements for the co-regulation of…

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Belgacom takes on sponsorship of Division 2 football

Belgium’s Division 2 football league will become the Belgacom League as of August 22, with…

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CNBC names international sales chief

CNBC International has named Jason Webby as senior vice-president, sales. In this newly created international…

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TV4 extends hockey rights

Sweden’s TV4 Group has extended its deal to show Swedish Super League hockey along with…

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HBO joins the on-demand TV fight in the Nordic region

HBO is launching a multiplatform TV service in the Nordic territories, placing it directly in…

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UPC Ireland to offer 19 Sky HD channels

UPC Ireland is adding 21 HD channels to its line-up, including 21 from UK pay…

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Fox Networks boss David Haslingden stepping down

David Haslingden, president and chief operating officer of Fox’s channels division, has stepped down and…

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LG gets Knowhow

UK movies on-demand service Knowhow Movies is launching on LGs 2012 range of Smart TVs….

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SeaChange partners with TiVo

SeaChange and TiVo have launched a joint solution targeting cable operators looking to launch advanced…

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Telekom Austria sees IPTV boost in tough market

Telekom Austria’s A1TV service saw an 18.1% uptick in subscribers over the first half of…

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Deutsche Telekom wins another housing market deal

Deutsche Telekom has strengthened its position as a supplier of TV services to the German…

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Vision TV addes Arabic channels


A raft of Muslim and Arabic language channels will be available via British free-to-air digital…

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Virgin Media launches app on Spotify

Virgin Media has extended its relationship with Spotify with the launch of a new app…

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Akado names new operations director

Russian cable operator Akado has appointed Vladimir Alaev as its new operations director, replacing Yuri…

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ESPN launches multiplatform ESPNFC brand

Sports broadcaster ESPN has launched a new football brand called ESPNFC. ESPNFC replaces ESPNsoccernet as…

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UEFA awards football rights in Slovenia

UEFA has awarded 2012-15 UEFA Europa League media rights in Slovenia to SportKlub. Pay TV…

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VimpelCom grows broadband base

Russian service provider VimpelCom had 2.885 million fixed broadband customers at the end of June,…

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Ladlow takes charge of Challenge and Pick TV

UK pay TV platform BSkyB has promoted Stephen Ladlow to director of its Challenge and…

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UPC Slovakia adds Dajto

Cable operator UPC Slovakia has added male-focused channel Dajto to its line-up. The channel will…

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Change at the top for MGTS

Moscow network operator MGTS, which is majority owned by telco MTS, has named Andrei Ershov…

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Netflix confirms Scandi launch

Online video streaming service Netflix is to launch in Sweden and across the Nordic region,…

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Stream TV brings glasses-free TV to market

Stream TV Networks has partnered with Chinese TV technology company Hisense to launch a 3D…

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VOD revenues will hit US$6 billion by 2017

Revenues from video-on-demand services will reach US$6 billion (€4.9 billion) in 2017, according to new…

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Europsort hails digital Olympics

Sports broadcaster Eurosport’s Eurosport.com attracted almost 5.6 million daily visitors during the Olympic Games. Of…

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Ofcom reveals local TV licence bidders

UK regulator Ofcom has revealed the names of the organisations that have made a bid…

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Former BBC DG Thompson to helm New York Times

BBC director-general Mark Thompson is to become president of the CEO of The New York…

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Sky Plus app make iPad a remote control

BSkyB has updated its Sky Plus app and users can now use their Apple iPad…