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France’s Free makes Twitter available on TV
French ISP Iliad Telecom has made Twitter available to TV screens via its Freebox Révolution…
Eastern Europe TV revenues will near US$10 billion by 2016
Eastern European pay TV revenues will increase from US$7.5 billion (€5.6 billion) in 2010 to…
TV4 launches ‘freemium’ Play service on iPads
Swedish broadcaster TV4 has launched an iPad app for its TV4 Play on-demand service, following…
Online video revenues growing fast
Online video revenues are set to triple this year, according to a report by Futuresource…
Minimax gets Slovenian deal
Minimax, the kids channel operated by Liberty Global’s content division Chello, has launched in Slovenia…
Sky, ESPN net Scottish soccer rights
BSkyB and ESPN have inked a five-year deal for rights to soccer matches from the…
Yourfamily launches in Bulgaria
German channel provider Your Family Entertainment has launched its kids and family entertainment channel Yourfamily…
MTS grows pay TV base
Russian quad-play service provider MTS has grown its domestic pay TV subscriber base by 4%…
OSN chooses KIT Digital for multiscreen deployment
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has chosen technology supplier KIT Digital to provide the…
Oelde gets high-speed internet from Unitymedia
German cable operator Unitymedia has launched high-speed internet services in the town of Oelde and…
France looking to extend Hadopi law to cover streaming
Following French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s call for a tightening up of the country’s Hadopi anti-piracy…
Mediaset launches new Premium Play service
Italian pay TV operator Mediaset has launched a new premium service that will allow customers…
Netflix and Fox revive Arrested Development
Video streaming and delivery service Netflix is teaming with Fox to bring back comedy series…
All video content distributors should contribute to creation, says CSA’s Boyon
The growth of online and connected TV services presents a challenge to the finance of…
M7 takes new capacity for French-language channels in Belgium
Luxembourg-based pay TV platform operator M7 Group M7 has taken additional capacity on SES’s Astra…
Trace strikes deal for Turkish sports channel
France-based niche content provider Trace has signed a deal with Turkish sports production company Enda…
BSkyB names new independent directors
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has named Martin Gilbert and Matthieu Pigasse as independent non-executive…
Deutsche Telekom technology chief to leave early
Deutsche Telekom’s innovation and technology director Edward Kozel is to leave the company at the…
New parliamentary channel on UPC Ireland
UPC Ireland has launched a new digital channel that will cover the country’s Parliament. The…
Oregan supplying platform for Dixons TVs
Online TV middleware provider Oregan Networks is supplying its Onyx web services platform for Logik,…
AsiaSat 7 set for launch
AsiaSat 7, the Hong Kong-based satellite operator’s latest satellite, is scheduled for launch on November…
Digital Rapids joins Akamai NetAlliance programme
Video technology company Digital Rapids has joined content delivery network provider Akamai’s NetAlliance solution partner…
Roku to launch in UK next year
Connected TV set-top provider Roku has become the latest US over-the-top video specialist to announce…
ONO launches Disney 3D
Spanish cable operator ONO has launched Disney 3D content to its TiVo-enabled set-tops. ONO viewers…
Bouygues Telecom and Orange strike deal for TF1 channels
French service provider Bouygues Telecom and Orange/France Telecom have struck deals with French commercial broadcaster…
Panasonic to offer direct billing for Viera Connect Market
Panasonic has teamed up with e-commerce specialist Digital River to deliver direct billing functionality on…
Williams to chair new BBC Trust international committee
The UK government has appointed Lord Michael Williams of Baglan to the BBC Trust, the…
New Film Europe Channel launches in Slovakia and Czech Republic
A new pay TV channel dedicated to European movies, Film Europe Channel, has launched in…
Eutelsat denies it is jamming its own signals
Satellite operator Eutelsat has categorically denied reports that it is interfering with its own satellite…
SFR launches interactive app for kids
Vivendi-owned French service provider SFR has teamed up with publisher Nathan to launch Dokéo TV,…