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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…
Swiss Sunrise names new technology chief
Swiss telco and IPTV provider Sunrise Telecom has named Rolf Kühne as its new chief…
Orange and SFR unveil joint fibre plans for Marseille
Orange and SFR have unveiled plans to roll out fibre networks across Marseille and the…
América Móvil takes stake in Telekom Austria
Latin American telecom operator América Móvil has acquired a 21% stake in Telekom Austria. The…
BT preps interactive sports channel for EPL matches
BT will launch a new interactive sports channel to carry the live English Premier League…
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…
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,…
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…
MTG secures key golf rights
Modern Times Group has signed a number of agreements to extend its exclusive broadcasting rights…
Qtel reaches 60,000 subs
Middle Eastern pay TV operator Qtel has signed up 60,000 subscribers since its launch in…
Sky Italia to launch Sky Arte HD
Sky Italia is launching flagship arts channel Sky Arte HD on its pay TV network….
OTE launches new movie channel
Movie channel Village Cinema has made its debut in Greece on OTE’s pay TV services….
Gulfsat boosts DTH capacity with Eutelsat deal
Middle eastern satellite services operator Gulfsat has signed a new deal for capacity on Eutelsat’s…
MTG acquires stake in CEE production company
Pan regional European broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired a majority stake in central and…
Sky retains Premier League rights, ESPN loses out
Sky has beaten off competition to secure the rights to live English Premier League (EPL)…
Complexity stalling movement to home networking, say cable CTOs
Despite the deployment of home gateways designed to enable movement of content between devices in…
TiVo partners with PayPal for interactive advertising
TiVo has partnered with PayPal to offer its users the ability to purchase products featured…
Viaccess and Orca interactive to merge
Viaccess and its middleware subsidiary Orca Interactive are merging to create a new company called…
Kenya gets new pay TV platform
StarTimes Media has launched a pay TV platform in Kenya. The service offers seven packages…
Belgacom updates TV experience
Belgian telco Belgacom is upgrading its TV service to offer improved menus, increased readability, an…
Vodafone Portugal chooses Appear TV for modular headends
Vodafone Portugal has deployed headend equipment from Appear TV. The solution combines analogue RF and…
MoCA being trialled by European operators
The Multimedia-over-Coax Alliance (MoCA), which provides specifications for home networking over in-home coax, has announced…
Montenegro joins Audiovisual Observatory
Montenegro has become the 38th member of the Council of Europe’s Audiovisual Observatory. Information about…
Amino expecting to turn a first half profit
IP set-top specialist Amino Technologies expects to report a small profit during the first half…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BSkyB makes boardroom changes
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has made further changes to its board as part of…