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CSA calls for local TV candidates
French media regulator the CSA has called for applicants to launch digital-terrestrial local TV services…
Thomson launches new encoder
Thomson Video Networks has launched a new quad-channel multi-standard version of its ViBE EM4000 MPEG…
Canal Plus: OK to FTA channels but severe measures on TPS merger
France’s competition authority has approved Canal Plus’s acquisition of Bolloré-owned free-to-air channels Direct 8 and…
Portugal Telecom launches TV Everywhere with 60 channels
Portugal Telecom has launched a new mobile TV service that delivers 60 live TV channels…
Orange makes changes to communications team
Xavier Couture has been appointed deputy CEO in charge of communications and the France Telecom-Orange…
New BBC boss considers Worldwide revamp
Incoming BBC director general George Entwistle is considering a strategic repositioning of the public broadcaster’s…
Mediaset Italia launches on KPN and Caiway
Mediaset Italia will get distributed in the Netherlands following the agreement of carriage deals with…
Murdoch steps down from newspaper board ahead of stock split
Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from the boards of News International’s various UK newspapers ahead…
Jane Johnson out at Sky Living
Jane Johnson, the ex tabloid newspaper editor brought in to run Sky Living last year,…
Russian law amendment could turn broadcasters into ‘foreign agents’
Mikhail Fedotov, head of the Russian Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights, has…
Lattelecom lets customers create channel packages
Latvian telco Lattelecom is launching a service that lets subscribers customise their TV packages. Customers…
Volia reaches internet landmark
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has announce that it now has over half a million internet…
CIS government chiefs set to approve Mir-24 channel project
CIS heads of government are to discuss the launch of a pan-CIS news channel at…
Pay TV growth slows in Netherlands as digital increases
The Netherlands was home to 7.7 million pay TV subscribers at the end of June….
MTG says pay TV revenues offsetting downturn in free-to-air
Modern Times Group has reported a 2% increase in half year revenues of SEK6.8 billion…
Triple-play growth boosts Ziggo revenues
A growing triple-play subscriber base helped Ziggo increase second quarter revenues by 6.3% to €386.5…
MobiTV licenses nDVR solution
Mobile TV and video-on-demand technology specialist MobiTV has launched a licensable network DVR solution. The…
Google offers little insight on future of Motorola
Google-owned Motorola Mobility turned in an operating loss of US$233 million (€190 million) on revenues…
Analysts expect reduced Netflix earnings
Analysts expect Netflix to report disappointing second quarter results next week. Forbes reports that analysts…
News Corp shareholders put pressure on Murdoch
Several shareholders of media giant News Corp have signed a letter calling for Rupert Murdoch…
Zon adds Olympic channel to Restart service
Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia is to add the RTP Olympic Channel in HD…
Netia adds TVN Meteo to online TV service
Polish IPTV provider Netia is adding weather channel TVN Meteo to its Netia Player online…
ER-Telecom toasts 4.5 million subs
Russian telco ER-Telecom ended June with 4.5 million subscribers. The telco added 600,000 new customers…
DNA cable subs hovering around 600,000
DNA-owned Finnish cable operator Welho TV had 597,000 TV subscribers at the end of June,…
Viewers get ready for online Olympics
Ahead of the London Games, new research says that 13% of Britons will watch coverage…
Hispasat tests NovelSat system
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has carried out a series of tests with satellite modulation specialist…
Management changes for Baltcom
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has named András Piller as a member of its board, charged…
Streaming habits vary across Europe, but PC still rules
Streaming via a PC is more popular than connected TVs and other devices across Europe’s…
BBC wins Olympic broadcast rights until 2020
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the BBC the exclusive broadcast rights in the…
Estonia’s Elion nears 150,000 IPTV subs
Estonian IPTV operator Elion ended June with 146,500 TV customers. The telco added 4,000 new…