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Canal Plus Cyfrowy adds Teletoon to line-up

Polish pay TV operator Canal Plus Cyfrowy has added new kids channel Teletoon Plus to…

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UPC Slovakia offers free HBO trial

UPC Slovakia will offer HBO’s premium channel portfolio free of charge to all digital subscribers…

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Logitech issues profit warning

Switzerland-based set-top provider Logitech, an early supporter of the Google TV platform, has issued a…

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ALi launches new “fast sleep” set-top chipset

Taiwan-based TV set-top box chipset manufacturer ALi Corporation has launched the M3911 networking media processor,…

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iPlayer debuts down under

The BBC’s online TV platform iPlayer has launched in Australia on iPads. An iPlayer app…

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Cablecom appeals against analogue carriage ruling

Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom has launched an appeal against the country’s Federal Administrative Court’s…

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BBC appoints global iPlayer MD

Former UKTV boss Matthew Littleford has been promoted to general manager, global BBC iPlayer after…

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KidsCo hopes original productions will please operators

NBCU, Corus and Cookie Jar-backed kids network KidsCo is making its first foray into original…

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Sports Tonight Live claims Freeview OTT first

A new sports channel has become the first OTT-delivered channel on the UK’s Freeview platform….

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Fox strikes Nat Geo Wild Spanish deals

Fox International Channels is launching Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Wild HD in Spain…

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Nickelodeon promotes Coolman

Nickelodeon has promoted Victor Coolman to director of programming and acquisitions for its German, Swiss…

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Beeline TV adds NTV Plus premium packages

Russian telco Vimpelcom has begun offering NTV Plus’s premium packages to its Beeline pay TV…

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Technicolor sells DRM stake

Broadcast services provider Technicolor has sold its stake in DRM specialist ContentGuard. Technicolor has agreed…

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Multimedia Polska adds Polo TV

Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has added Polo TV, a new music channel, to its…

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Lovefilm launches iPad streaming service

Online streaming service and DVD rental company Lovefilm is launching an application on the Apple…

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Samsung brings Maxdome to Blu-ray players

Samsung has signed a deal to bring Maxdome’s VOD platform to Blu-ray players and home…

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UPC Austria to offer Sky packages

UPC Austria customers in the cities of Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt will be able to…

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MacLellan announces NBCU exec roster

Kevin MacLellan has announced his executive team at NBC Universal International. MacLellan assumed the president,…

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Warner Bros’ Italian chief Ferrari steps down

Warner Bros’ long-serving Italian boss Paolo Ferrari is retiring after 21 years at the Hollywood…

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SPT appoints VP distribution for UK, Ireland and Africa

Sony Pictures Television has promoted Kylie Munnich to senior vice-president, distribution for the UK, Ireland…

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Eurosport launches HD for Asia Pacific

Eurosport has added a HD channel to its Asia Pacific portfolio. Eurosport Asia-Pacific HD will…

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Red Bee selected by NHK’s JSTV

Broadcast services company Red Bee Media has been selected to provide HD enabled post-production, media…

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Chello Central Europe in Hungarian DTT channels deal

Liberty Global-owned Chello Central Europe has secured a carriage deal with Hungarian DTT platform operator…

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MTIS increases sports line-up

Belarusian cable operator MTIS will add the NTV Plus Sport channel to its line-up. The…

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KidsCo increases Swiss reach

Children’s channel KidsCo has secured a multi-lingual carriage deal with Swiss cable operator Naxoo. The…

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Chello DMC to playout Fox’s new food channel

Broadcast services provider Chello DMC has been selected to provide playout, delivery services and content…

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Meheut says Canal Plus will contest TPS merger ruling

Vivendi president Bertrand Meheut has said Canal Plus will contest the French competition regulator’s decision…

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Global IPTV homes pass 50 million mark

IPTV services are being used by over 50 million households worldwide. The Broadband and IPTV…

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Canal Plus claims record viewing for Canalplus.fr

French pay TV operator Canal Plus’s Canalplus.fr portal recorded 45 million videos viewed in September,…

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Prisa’s debt load could mean TV assets put on the block

Spanish media company Prisa could be forced to put its stakes in Media Capital and…