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Connected TV needs higher degree of regulation, says Ofcom chief
Connected TV services are “TV-like experiences” and should be subject to a higher degree of…
IP Vision/Fetch TV enters administration
IP Vision, the company behind the Fetch TV OTT/DTT platform, has entered administration. In a…
Canal Plus to close down TPS Star
Canal Plus is to close down its TPS Star channel on April 4, according to…
Red Bee and Civolution develop companion app for FX UK
Media platform provider Red Bee Media is to produce the first companion device app for…
EPG slots could be used to incentivise PSBs, says Vaizey
UK culture minister Ed Vaizey has told the Oxford Media Convention that a green paper…
Sky Italia adds 13 HD channels
Sky Italia is to add 13 HD channels to its offering, taking the total HD…
Discovery launches TLC in Baltic States
Discovery Group is to replace Discovery Travel & Living with female-focused lifestyle channel TLC in…
Tricolor nears 10 million subscribers
Russia’s leading DTH operator Tricolor was present in 9.5 million households at the end of…
Sundance to launch in Portugal
The Sundance Channel is to launch in Portugal after AMC/Sundance Channel Global, AMC Networks’ international…
Volia adds Hockey as it ramps up sports output
Ukrainian pay TV operator Volia is adding the Hockey channel to its line-up. The channel…
Cablecom adds HD public channels
Cablecom is adding HD versions of the six Swiss public channels to its platform. The…
Blinkx gets patent for ‘moving thumbnail’ technology
Online video search engine provider Blinkx has been awarded a patent by the US Patent…
Akamai appoints EMEA chief
Content delivery network specialist Akamai has appointed Mark Vargo as senior vice-president and general manager,…
Euronews launches Moscow office
International news broadcaster Euronews is launching a Moscow office as it looks to expand its…
Locatel teams up with Philips for HbbTV-based hospitality product
Locatel, a specialist in media technology for the hospitality sector, has teamed up with Philips…
Bouygues set for launch of Sensation
French service provider Bouygues Telecom is to launch the next generation of its Bbox, the…
A+E will roll out Lifetime this year
A+E networks will launch its female-skewing Lifetime channel in at least two major territories this…
Al Jazeera in exclusive negotiations for French football
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera has enterted into exclusive negotiations with the French professional football league,…
Red Bee launches social TV guide RedDiscover
Media services company Red Bee has launched RedDiscover, a set of technologies brought together to…
Telcos near 100 million pay TV subscriber mark
Globally, telco operators had 94 million pay TV customers at the end of September 2011,…
Strong year for Multimedia Polska
Multimedia Polska ended 2011 with 1.5 million RGUs, up 147,000 year-on-year. The cable operator said…
French competition chief strikes out at criticism on Canal Plus case
French competition regulator chief Bruno Lasserre has attacked former competition chief Guillaume Cerutti’s criticisms of…
DT planning HD channel expansion
Deutsche Telekom is planning to expand the HD offering on its Entertain TV platform with…
BBC World News on SFR
BBC World News, the international news channel operated by the British public broadcaster, has extended…
Ginx TV launches on Melita Cable
Video game broadcaster Ginx TV is launching in Malta after striking a deal with pay…
Xstream Facebook apps stream content to social network
Danish streaming company Xstream has begun offering Facebook video-on-demand applications as part of its online…
ProSiebenSat.1 HD channels on NetCologne
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has struck a deal with Cologne, Bonn and Aachen area service provider…
NovelSat completes tests on new satellite broadcast technology
Satellite technology company NovelSat has completed testing of its NS3 proprietary satellite modulation technology with…
Bouygues to launch cloud gaming service via IPTV box
French telco Bouygues Telecom is launching a console-quality cloud-based gaming service. The service, Bbox Games,…
Ofcom to borrow additional spectrum for Olympics
UK media and telecoms regulator Ofcom plans to commandeer additional spectrum to cope with an…