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Hunt: Sky takeover would boost diversity

Jeremy Hunt, the UK culture secretary, has said News Corp’s takeover of pay TV operator…

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CNBC launches on DT’s Entertain

Business and financial news channel CNBC will launch on Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV platform Entertain tomorrow. 
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Mediaset in move to create single broadcast infrastructure company

Italian broadcaster Mediaset, Elettronica Industriale and DMT have entered exclusive negotiations to create a unified…

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Swisscom expands VOD offer

Swisscom has boosted the VOD library on its Swisscom TV platform and made HD titles…

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Vaizey seeks to clarify on net neutrality

Communications minister Ed Vaizey has said his speech on network neutrality last week was misinterpreted…

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Mediapro makes fresh assault of Sogecable over football

There has been a renewed outbreak of hostilities between Spanish broadcasters Mediapro and Sogecable over…

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Sistema moves forward with reorganisation of assets

The board of Moscow network operator MGTS has recommended the terms of a mandatory offer…

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Portuguese high-speed universe grows

The number of households passed by fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-building networks in Portugal stood at 1.4…

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MTV to provide mobile app for Samsung

MTV Networks has teamed up with Samsung to deliver a content application for mobile devices,…

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France Televisions to retain pre-primetime advertising

French public broadcaster France Televisions will be able to retain advertising during the daytime after…

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Murdoch says News Corp-Sky probe could jeopardise jobs

BSkyB and News Corp Europe and Asia chairman James Murdoch has said that any move…

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Bloomberg chooses Arqiva for SNG

Bloomberg Television has chosen media services provider Arqiva to provide dedicated European SNG services including…

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RTR-Planeta returns to Viasat in the Baltics

The Baltic version of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company’s RTR-Planeta channel is to…

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German operators announce HD deals

German cable operators Kabel BW and Unitymedia have separately announced new channel carriage deals. …

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TVBLOB with Fastweb ChiliTV now on sale

Italian over-the-top TV company TVBLOB’s BLOBbox, offering ISP Fastweb’s ChiliTV OTT service, is now on…

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Belgacom strikes deal with Blinkx

Belgian cable operator Belgacom has struck a deal with global video search engine Blinkx. …

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Samsung Google TV announcement likely in January

Samsung will announce plans to make a TV incorporating the Google TV platform in January,…

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Film1 On Demand for Ziggo

Liberty Global content arm Chellomedia has struck an agreement with cable operator Ziggo for the…

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Telenet secures new finance

Belgian cable operator Telenet’s finance arm has completed the placement of €100 million of senior…

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Competition regulator to rule on Canal Plus exclusive agreements

France’s competition regulator has launched an investigation into pay TV operator Canal Plus’s exclusive agreements…

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Towercom chooses Thomson for Bulgarian DTT

Bulgarian transmission services provider Towercom has chosen Thomson Broadcast to provide transmitters for its DVB-T-based…

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Netris adds closed-circuit TV to OTT platform

Russian IPTV middleware provider Netris has added closed-circuit television capability to its over-the-top TV platform,…

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LG chooses Diva as Smart TV VOD partner

Switzerland-based video-on-demand aggregator Diva’s Viewster service, including its catalogue of Hollywood and independent movies, is…

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Ono loses TV subscribers, wins on high-speed internet

Spanish cable operator Ono continued to see the number of TV subscribers dwindle in its…

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Smart TV eyes Uganda for pay TV launch

Sweden-based Next Generation Broadcasting’s African pay TV service Smart TV is close to launching in…

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Free grows subscriber base

French triple-play provider Free had 4.528 million subscribers at the end of September, up from…

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BBC Worldwide sells Animal Planet stake

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, has sold its 50% stake…

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Sky Deutschland wins praise for subscriber growth

German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is expected to secure 60,000 new subscribers in its…

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Domestic pay TV growth boosts Canal Plus

French pay TV provider Canal Plus posted revenues of €3.364 billion for the nine months…

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TV4 strikes TV11 deal with Com Hem, unveils new football JV

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has struck an agreement with cable operator Com Hem for the…