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Iceland’s 365 strikes UEFA deal
Icelandic broadcaster 365 Media has renewed its deal with UEFA for the UEFA Champions League…
Group M slashes UK ad forecasts
Media agency Group M has slashed its UK advertising forecasts for the television industry. The…
July lusophone launch for Fox Movies
Fox International Channels is to launch its Fox Movies channel in Portugal, Angola and Mozambique…
Scottish digital switchover completed
UK transmission service provider Arqiva has now completed digital switchover in Scotland. The Black Hill…
BBC iPlayer now available to BT Vision TV viewers
The BBC iPlayer catch-up service is now available via the TV to customers of BT…
OPTA: now no need for regulation of TV market
Changing conditions mean that there is no need to regulate the cable TV market in…
Low prices in CEE countries could threaten pay TV model
Very low prices in some central and eastern European markets, including Romania, could threaten the…
Hunt expected to give green light to Sky takeover next week
UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is expected to approve News Corps planned takeover of pay…
Blizoo faces challenges of filesharing and churn
Some 60% of the international traffic on Bulgarian cable operator Blizoos internet platform takes the…
Spacecom pre-sells US$12.5 million Amos-5 capacity
â¨â¨Spacecom has pre sold capacity on its Amos-5 satellite to an existing customer to the…
Intelsat looks to Ukraine and Russia for DTH growth
Ukraine and Russia offer the best prospects for growth in DTH in the central and…
Romtelecom looking to further develop web TV service
Romtelecoms new web TV service has generated 770,000 unique visitors since it launched in March,…
Civolution teams with SeaChange for VOD watermarking
â¨â¨TV technology provider SeaChange International and content security specialist Civolution have combined to offer video…
Carlyle makes Sagemcom bid
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has confirmed that it is in talks to buy…
EC concern over Belgian cable regulation
â¨â¨The European Commission has expressed concern about proposals by Belgian regulators to regulate broadcasting and…
Al Jazeera eyes Orange Sport
International news channel operator Al Jazeera has made preliminary moves to acquire Orange Sport. The…
Lovefilm inks Sony Bravia deal
Lovefilm, the DVD service and online video platform, has inked a deal that will allow…
LG signs Rovi DivX licensing deal
â¨â¨Digital TV technology company Rovi and consumer electronics outfit LG Electronics have signed licensing agreements…
Hulu reportedly for sale
US online video service Hulu has reportedly been approached by an un-named potential buyer, according…
Cable and DTH still best media investment prospects in CEE
Cable and DTH still represent a solid investment prospect in central and eastern Europe, while…
Unitymedia continues cable upgrade
Unitymedia has upgraded its network in Philippsthal, eastern Hesse. From June 30, the German cable…
Investigation Discovery heads to Holland
International factual channel operator Discovery Networks International is to launch its Investigation Discovery channel in…
AEPOC stops largest incident of card sharing piracy
A joint police and AEPOC operation has foiled the actions of a card-sharing pirate in…
MTG renews Champions League deal
Pan-Scandinavian broadcaster Modern Times Group has extended its deal to air the UEFA Champions League…
ComHem acquires Canal Digital’s cable network
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has acquired local cable and IPTV operator Canal Digital Cable…
Netstream chooses Agama for IPTV monitoring
Digital TV quality assurance specialist Agama Technologies has announced that Swiss wholesaler Netstream had deployed…
Connected TVs to reach 10 million German homes by 2012
A third of German TV viewers watch programmes via PC, and one in ten watches…
ITV Player launches on Android
British commercial broadcaster ITV has launched a catch-up application for Android-operated mobile phones. The network…
Datagroup to offer broadband with Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat
Ukrainian telco Datagroup has signed a deal with EutelsatÂs broadband affiliate Skylogic to deliver broadband…
BravaHDTV adds Orange, talks up 3D channel
Music channel BravaHDTV has launched on Orange TV in France in the new Musique Classique…