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Telenor Broadcast posts increased EBITDA

Telenor Broadcast contributed organic revenues of NOK2.237 billion (€275 million) to the Nordic telco’s top…

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Virgin Media begins taking orders for 100Mbps

UK cable operator Virgin Media has begun taking pre-registration orders for its 100Mbps internet service….

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BBC Worldwide takes to the skies

BBC Worldwide has secured a deal with British Airways to supply programming in a branded…

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Sky News HD for Middle East and Asia

BSkyB’s Sky News HD channel is to be distributed in the Middle East and Asia…

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Kabel BW posts strong results

German cable operator Kabel BW has reported revenues of €409.3 million for the first nine…

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Akado completes DOCSIS upgrade

Russian service provider Akado has completed to modernisation of its DOCSIS cable network in Moscow….

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French investor Caille launches lifestyle channel

French investor Jean Philippe Caille, who runs investment firm Idealp, has launched a thematic TV…

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Arqiva renews EchoStar deal

Broadcast services provider Arqiva has signed a new agreement with US DTH pay-TV provider EchoStar…

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Cartoon Network and Nick sign up for BinWeevils ‘social VOD’

UK kids portal BinWeevils has signed deals with Cartoon Networks and Nickelodeon to include their…

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Perform acquires cricket rights

Sports media company Perform has struck a deal with Cricket Australia to stream content from…

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SES posts profit boost

Global satellite operator SES posted a 19% increase in net profit for the third quarter…

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Zucker eyes higher int’l revenues for NBCU

NBC Universal’s outgoing chief executive Jeff Zucker hopes that the company’s international business could generate…

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Virgin sees subscriber boost, launches 100mps broadband

UK cable operator Virgin Media recorded 14,800 new TV subscribers as part of its third…

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Mid Europa consolidates cable in former Yugoslavia with Bosnian acquisitions

Investment company Mid Europa Partners is to combine a number of cable operators across the…

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Rotana to launch Egyptian entertainment channel

Middle Eastern media group Rotana is launching an entertainment channel in Egypt as it looks…

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TVN third-quarter profits beat expectations

Polish broadcast group TVN has posted a net profit of PLN61 million (€16 million) for…

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Orange looks to Eurosport and ESPN for sports channels sale

France Telecom is in negotiation with Eurosport and Disney’s ESPN for the possible sale of…

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Virgin Media snags NBCU content for VOD service

Virgin Media has inked a deal with NBC Universal for a slew of its TV…

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Swisscom strikes deal for Geneva fibre network

Swisscom has concluded a definitive agreement with Geneva Industrial Services to build a fibre network…

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Vectra eyes Multimedia Polska

Polish cable operator Vectra, which had been named as a possible buyer for Mid Europa…

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Akado extends TV reach with ProektSvyazTelekom

Russian service provider Akado hs launched digital TV services over the network of Moscow area…

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Europa Network chooses Mirifice

Spanish over-the-top operator Europa Network has chosen monitoring specialist Mirifice’s MiriMON system  to ensure the…

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Regulator’s conditions may scupper Spanish pay TV move

Spanish competition regulator the CNC has imposed strict conditions on Telecinco and Telefónica’s possible acquisition…

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Belgian court sentences Sky Deutschland pirates

A Belgian court has convicted four individuals of selling pirated cards to access Sky Deutschland’s…

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France 24 launching French-language channel in Asia

News channel France 24 has taken additional C-band capacity on the AsiaSat 5 platform to…

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Bouygues launches triple-play on Numericable network

French service provider Bouygues Telecom is to launch a triple-play offer, Bbox Fibre, over cable…

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RTL2 launches on SES Astra’s HD+

The high-definition version of German free-to-air channel RTL2 will launch on SES Astra’s HD+ service…

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TeliaSonera grows IPTV base in all markets

Nordic telco TeliaSonera said that it grew its IPTV base in all markets in the…

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Netflix could launch outside North America next year

Video rental company Netflix may invest US$50 million (€36 million) in the second half of…

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More analysts warm to ITV


Analysts at Liberum Capital have become the latest to issue bullish forecasts for UK free-to-air…