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Hunt: Sky takeover would boost diversity
Jeremy Hunt, the UK culture secretary, has said News Corps takeover of pay TV operator…
CNBC launches on DT’s Entertain
Business and financial news channel CNBC will launch on Deutsche TelekomÂs IPTV platform Entertain tomorrow. ⨅
Mediaset in move to create single broadcast infrastructure company
Italian broadcaster Mediaset, Elettronica Industriale and DMT have entered exclusive negotiations to create a unified…
Swisscom expands VOD offer
Swisscom has boosted the VOD library on its Swisscom TV platform and made HD titles…
Vaizey seeks to clarify on net neutrality
Communications minister Ed Vaizey has said his speech on network neutrality last week was misinterpreted…
Mediapro makes fresh assault of Sogecable over football
There has been a renewed outbreak of hostilities between Spanish broadcasters Mediapro and Sogecable over…
Sistema moves forward with reorganisation of assets
The board of Moscow network operator MGTS has recommended the terms of a mandatory offer…
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…
MTV to provide mobile app for Samsung
MTV Networks has teamed up with Samsung to deliver a content application for mobile devices,…
France Televisions to retain pre-primetime advertising
French public broadcaster France Televisions will be able to retain advertising during the daytime after…
Murdoch says News Corp-Sky probe could jeopardise jobs
BSkyB and News Corp Europe and Asia chairman James Murdoch has said that any move…
Bloomberg chooses Arqiva for SNG
Bloomberg Television has chosen media services provider Arqiva to provide dedicated European SNG services including…
RTR-Planeta returns to Viasat in the Baltics
The Baltic version of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Companys RTR-Planeta channel is to…
German operators announce HD deals
German cable operators Kabel BW and Unitymedia have separately announced new channel carriage deals. …
TVBLOB with Fastweb ChiliTV now on sale
Italian over-the-top TV company TVBLOBs BLOBbox, offering ISP FastwebÂs ChiliTV OTT service, is now on…
Belgacom strikes deal with Blinkx
Belgian cable operator Belgacom has struck a deal with global video search engine Blinkx. …
Samsung Google TV announcement likely in January
Samsung will announce plans to make a TV incorporating the Google TV platform in January,…
Film1 On Demand for Ziggo
Liberty Global content arm Chellomedia has struck an agreement with cable operator Ziggo for the…
Telenet secures new finance
Belgian cable operator Telenets finance arm has completed the placement of Â100 million of senior…
Competition regulator to rule on Canal Plus exclusive agreements
Frances competition regulator has launched an investigation into pay TV operator Canal PlusÂs exclusive agreements…
Towercom chooses Thomson for Bulgarian DTT
Bulgarian transmission services provider Towercom has chosen Thomson Broadcast to provide transmitters for its DVB-T-based…
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,…
LG chooses Diva as Smart TV VOD partner
Switzerland-based video-on-demand aggregator Divas Viewster service, including its catalogue of Hollywood and independent movies, is…
Ono loses TV subscribers, wins on high-speed internet
Spanish cable operator Ono continued to see the number of TV subscribers dwindle in its…
Smart TV eyes Uganda for pay TV launch
Sweden-based Next Generation Broadcastings African pay TV service Smart TV is close to launching in…
Free grows subscriber base
French triple-play provider Free had 4.528 million subscribers at the end of September, up from…
BBC Worldwide sells Animal Planet stake
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, has sold its 50% stake…
Sky Deutschland wins praise for subscriber growth
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is expected to secure 60,000 new subscribers in its…
Domestic pay TV growth boosts Canal Plus
French pay TV provider Canal Plus posted revenues of 3.364 billion for the nine months…
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…