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Orange adds TV subs but fails to counter telephony decline

Orange added 992,000 TV customers in the year to March, giving it a total of…

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France Télévisions unveils Pluzz VàD

France Télévisions yesterday officially launched its new video-on-demand service Pluzz VàD, complementing its existing Plus…

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Negative parliamentary report won’t hit News Corp’s credit rating


Moody’s says that it will not change its rating on News Corp, in the wake…

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Swiss Teleclub boosts HD channel line-up


Teleclub is launching a raft of high-definition channels. The Swiss pay TV platform will add…

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Optimus Clix adds 3D movies

Portuguese IPTV provider Optimus Clix has added 3D on-demand movies to its offering, available to…

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Telenor chairman Norvik quits over TV2 sale controversy

Telenor chairman Harald Norvik has resigned over a disagreement with the Norwegian ministry of trade…

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Telenet boosts triple-play base but sees customer total decline

Belgian cable operator Telenet added 27,700 triple-play customers in the first quarter, taking its triple-play…

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Orange to launch TV Check in UK

Orange is to launch its TV Check iPhone application in the UK this month, and…

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Major games will drive connected TV, says Electronic Arts

Major games rather than casual games will give a boost to gaming on connected TVs,…

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SeaChange licenses Aprico IPR

TV technology provider SeaChange International has agreed to license Aprico’s content recommendation source code and…

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New chief for SFR

Vivendi has named Michel Combes as the new chairman and CEO of telco and IPTV…

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Bouygues acquires DartyBox

Bouygues Telecom has acquired consumer electronics retail group Darty’s telecom activities. Bouygues will offer Darty’s…

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TV4 launches Fakta XL

Sweden’s TV4 will launch a new channel, TV4 Fakta XL, in August. The channel, which…

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Michael Eisner raising US$800m for production company


Former Disney boss Michael Eisner has reportedly recruited JP Morgan to help him raise US$800…

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Amazon to produce kids, comedy series

Amazon Studios, the nascent production arm of the online retail giant, is moving into kids…

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BSkyB eclipses Virgin Media as UK’s top triple-play provider

UK pay TV group BSkyB reported strong results this morning, adding 15,000 TV subs and…

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Canal Plus condemns reported CSA proposals as threat to European content creation

Canal Plus has reacted angrily to a report in Le Point magazine that revealed regulator…

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A quarter of TVs shipped now internet-connected

Approximately 25% of TV sets shipped last year were internet-connected, with the proportion set to…

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Global IPTV subs pass 60 million

Global IPTV subscribers numbered close to 60 million by the end of last year, according…

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Dailymotion moves into crowd-sourced content creation

France-based online video site Dailymotion has teamed up with online payment specialist Flattr to allow…

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Sony Movie Channel launches in the UK

Sony will launch its Sony Movie Channel in the UK this week on the Sky…

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Maxdome teams with Accedo for TV apps

German video-on-demand provider Maxdome has partnered with Accedo Broadband to deliver connected TV apps for…

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Swisscom sees solid TV growth

Swisscom had 655,000 IPTV customers at the end of the first quarter, up 39.7% year-on-year….

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Harris to divest broadcast communications business

Harris is to divest its broadcast communications business. According to the broadcast communications division’s president,…

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Netherlands sees digital growth, KPN gains ground

The number of TV subscribers across all networks in the Dutch market was 7.7 million,…

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Middle East pay TV channels stand at 143

The number of pay TV channels in the Middle East region stood at 143 at…

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Time Warner increases stake in CME

US media company Time Warner has increased its stake in pan regional European broadcaster Central…

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EpicTV teams up with Tvinci

EpicTV, operated by Finnish service provider Elisa, has chosen over-the-top TV technology company Tvinci to…

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Zee TV launches two channels in UAE


Indian broadcaster Zee TV is launching two channels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The…

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Discovery acquires digital production company

International factual channel operator Discovery Communications is close to acquiring digital production company Revision3. Discovery…