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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…