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Georgia seizes Maestro TV satellites, alleging opposition vote-buying plan

The Tbilisi City Court has seized several thousand satellite dishes imported by Georgian broadcaster Maestro…

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Alcatel-Lucent deploying GPON fibre network in Bulgaria

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it is working with Bulgarian telco Vivacom to deploy GPON fibre…

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English Club TV Channel to make African debut

The English Club TV Channel is launching in Africa using capacity on Spacecom’s Amos satellites….

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Network Ten reportedly to invest in Zeebox’s Australian venture

Australian broadcaster Network Ten is to become a shareholder in the Australian offshoot of former…

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EC takes plunge into copyright management reform

The European Commission has introduced contentious new proposals for a Directive on the collective management…

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DVB approves service-compatible 3D TV

Industry consortium the DVB has approved phase 2a of the DVB-3DTV specification, the so-called service…

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Canal Plus: competition authority acting unconstitutionally

Canal Plus has called into question the constitutional validity of the French competition authority’s powers…

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LG to use Smartclip for Smart TV ads

LG Electronics has chosen video advertising specialist Smartclip to monetise all ad inventory on its…

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Sky to launch international distribution arm

UK pay TV broadcaster BSkyB is eyeing the launch of an in-house distribution arm as…

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Stingray Digital acquires European music broadcaster

Stingray Digital, the operator of music-based VOD channels including Concert TV, The Karaoke Channel and…

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African Movie Channel to launch on African DTT network

The African Movie Channel (AMC) has struck a carriage deal with African DTT operator StarTimes….

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S4C closing HD channel

UK broadcaster S4C is closing its high-definition channel following swingeing budget cuts. The Welsh broadcaster,…

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Facebook gears up for Olympics coverage

Social network Facebook is working with TV rights holders including NBC in the US and…

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Cyfrowy Polsat launches third HD set-top

Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a new HD set-top box. The HD 3000…

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Christian TV package launches on Freeview

A bouquet of Christian thematic channels has launched via the UK’s Freeview HD service. The…

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Dubai Media launching six free sports channels for Olympics

Dubai Media is launching six free-to-air sports channels on the Arabsat platform to broadcast the…

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TV4 Group takes Ligue 1 rights

Swedish free and pay TV provider TV4 Group has secured rights to French Ligue 1…

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Tele Columbus adds SalveTV to digital tier

German cable operator Tele Columbus is making Thuringian local TV channel SalveTV available on its…

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Telekom Slovenia names TSMedia chief as new CEO

Telekom Slovenia has named Rudolf Skobe as its new CEO. Skobe, who is currently the…

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CME’s Fanda launching Saturday

Central and Eastern European broadcast group CME will launch its new male-skewing Czech channel Fanda…

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NBC Universal agrees deal to sell A+E Networks stake

US cable and media giant Comcast’s NBC Universal unit has agreed to sell its 15.8%…

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TivùSat registers 1.5 million active smartcards

TivùSat, the Italian free-to-air digital satellite service, has passed the 1.5 million customer mark. The…

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Multiscreen to equal set-top TV delivery for major operators in 2015

Almost half of all devices that receive TV services from the largest global pay TV…

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Emerging markets to take pay TV revenues to US$200 billion

Global pay TV revenues will reach US$200 billion (€163 billion) in 2017, an increase of…

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Playcast claims World first first for cable cloud gaming

Korean cable operator CJ Hellovision has teamed up with gaming specialist Playcast to launch what…

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Swisscom launches mood-based discovery with Jinni

Swisscom has integrated Jinni’s taste-and-mood based discovery engine into its TV platform for live channels…

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Food Network to expand to 24 hours on Freeview

The Food Network is to expand its programming hours on UK digital terrestrial television service…

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Liberty Global confirms Curran as Chellomedia president


Liberty Global has confirmed that Niall Curran will become president of its content and channels…

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BBC News boss leaves for RTÉ

The editor of the BBC News Channel, Kevin Bakhurst, has left the UK public broadcaster’s…

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Orange France gets mobile football rights

Orange has secured mobile broadcasting rights to French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 football matches…