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Belgacom acquires rights to promoted teams’ games
Belgacom has acquired all broadcast rights to TV, mobile and the internet for the home…
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Swiss Sunrise names new technology chief
Swiss telco and IPTV provider Sunrise Telecom has named Rolf Kühne as its new chief…
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Orange and SFR unveil joint fibre plans for Marseille
Orange and SFR have unveiled plans to roll out fibre networks across Marseille and the…
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América Móvil takes stake in Telekom Austria
Latin American telecom operator América Móvil has acquired a 21% stake in Telekom Austria. The…
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BT preps interactive sports channel for EPL matches
BT will launch a new interactive sports channel to carry the live English Premier League…
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Play.com owner acquires Spanish video-on-demand service
The company behind Play.com has acquired Spanish video-on-demand streaming service Wuaki.tv. Rakuten, which also owns…
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Rovi research shows high demand for video apps on Smart TVs
Smart TV apps that deliver video content are among the most popular for UK consumers,…
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Africa’s iRokotv passes half million registered users in six months
African digital video service iRokotv, dubbed the “Netflix of Africa”, has reached 500,000 registered users…
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MTG secures key golf rights
Modern Times Group has signed a number of agreements to extend its exclusive broadcasting rights…
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Qtel reaches 60,000 subs
Middle Eastern pay TV operator Qtel has signed up 60,000 subscribers since its launch in…
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Sky Italia to launch Sky Arte HD
Sky Italia is launching flagship arts channel Sky Arte HD on its pay TV network….
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OTE launches new movie channel
Movie channel Village Cinema has made its debut in Greece on OTE’s pay TV services….
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Gulfsat boosts DTH capacity with Eutelsat deal
Middle eastern satellite services operator Gulfsat has signed a new deal for capacity on Eutelsat’s…
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MTG acquires stake in CEE production company
Pan regional European broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired a majority stake in central and…
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Sky retains Premier League rights, ESPN loses out
Sky has beaten off competition to secure the rights to live English Premier League (EPL)…
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Complexity stalling movement to home networking, say cable CTOs
Despite the deployment of home gateways designed to enable movement of content between devices in…
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TiVo partners with PayPal for interactive advertising
TiVo has partnered with PayPal to offer its users the ability to purchase products featured…
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Viaccess and Orca interactive to merge
Viaccess and its middleware subsidiary Orca Interactive are merging to create a new company called…
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Kenya gets new pay TV platform
StarTimes Media has launched a pay TV platform in Kenya. The service offers seven packages…
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Belgacom updates TV experience
Belgian telco Belgacom is upgrading its TV service to offer improved menus, increased readability, an…
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Vodafone Portugal chooses Appear TV for modular headends
Vodafone Portugal has deployed headend equipment from Appear TV. The solution combines analogue RF and…
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MoCA being trialled by European operators
The Multimedia-over-Coax Alliance (MoCA), which provides specifications for home networking over in-home coax, has announced…
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Montenegro joins Audiovisual Observatory
Montenegro has become the 38th member of the Council of Europe’s Audiovisual Observatory. Information about…
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Amino expecting to turn a first half profit
IP set-top specialist Amino Technologies expects to report a small profit during the first half…
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Former Disney exec to head Nickelodeon UK’s digital output
Nickelodeon UK has poached Suzie Adams from rival Disney to be responsible for all of…
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Sky’s acquisition of all Bundesliga rights in line with business plan, says Sullivan
Sky Deutschland’s acquisition of comprehensive rights to German top-tier football, including IP as well as…
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German cable needs to consolidate; Horizon launch planned for 1H13
The German cable industry needs to be given the opportunity to consolidate in order to…
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MTG’s Viaplay launches hybrid service with Netgem
Modern Times Group has selected France-based set-top and home gateway company Netgem to supply a…
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Voddler’s new social TV app allows synchronised viewing
Voddler, the Sweden-based online video service, has launched a social TV service for Nokia Lumia…
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BSkyB makes boardroom changes
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has made further changes to its board as part of…