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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…
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Thomson launches new encoder
Thomson Video Networks has launched a new quad-channel multi-standard version of its ViBE EM4000 MPEG…
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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…
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Portugal Telecom launches TV Everywhere with 60 channels
Portugal Telecom has launched a new mobile TV service that delivers 60 live TV channels…
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Orange makes changes to communications team
Xavier Couture has been appointed deputy CEO in charge of communications and the France Telecom-Orange…
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New BBC boss considers Worldwide revamp
Incoming BBC director general George Entwistle is considering a strategic repositioning of the public broadcaster’s…
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Mediaset Italia launches on KPN and Caiway
Mediaset Italia will get distributed in the Netherlands following the agreement of carriage deals with…
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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…
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Jane Johnson out at Sky Living
Jane Johnson, the ex tabloid newspaper editor brought in to run Sky Living last year,…
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Russian law amendment could turn broadcasters into ‘foreign agents’
Mikhail Fedotov, head of the Russian Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights, has…
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Lattelecom lets customers create channel packages
Latvian telco Lattelecom is launching a service that lets subscribers customise their TV packages. Customers…
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Volia reaches internet landmark
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has announce that it now has over half a million internet…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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Triple-play growth boosts Ziggo revenues
A growing triple-play subscriber base helped Ziggo increase second quarter revenues by 6.3% to €386.5…
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MobiTV licenses nDVR solution
Mobile TV and video-on-demand technology specialist MobiTV has launched a licensable network DVR solution. The…
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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…
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Analysts expect reduced Netflix earnings
Analysts expect Netflix to report disappointing second quarter results next week. Forbes reports that analysts…
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News Corp shareholders put pressure on Murdoch
Several shareholders of media giant News Corp have signed a letter calling for Rupert Murdoch…
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Zon adds Olympic channel to Restart service
Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia is to add the RTP Olympic Channel in HD…
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Netia adds TVN Meteo to online TV service
Polish IPTV provider Netia is adding weather channel TVN Meteo to its Netia Player online…
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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…
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DNA cable subs hovering around 600,000
DNA-owned Finnish cable operator Welho TV had 597,000 TV subscribers at the end of June,…
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Viewers get ready for online Olympics
Ahead of the London Games, new research says that 13% of Britons will watch coverage…
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Hispasat tests NovelSat system
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has carried out a series of tests with satellite modulation specialist…
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Management changes for Baltcom
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has named András Piller as a member of its board, charged…
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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…
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BBC wins Olympic broadcast rights until 2020
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the BBC the exclusive broadcast rights in the…
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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…