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Deutsche Telekom hoping for sharp uptick in IPTV subs
German telco Deutsche Telekom wants to end 2010 with 1.5 million IPTV subscribers, Marc Schwarze,…
AXN spin-off channel launching on Sky Italia
Sony Pictures Television is launching its AXN Sci-Fi channel on Italian pay-TV platform Sky Italia….
Stream TV adds VH-1
Russian pay-TV service Stream TV, owned by Comstar-UTS, has added music channel VH-1 Europe to…
Ono faces refinancing challenges
â¨Spanish cabler Ono will face refinancing challenges within a couple of years, according to analysts….
Conseil dÂEtat rejects complaints about Free 3G licence
FranceÂs Conseil dÂEtat has rejected appeals from a number of industry players to annul the…
T-VIPS launches digital cinema gateway
Video contribution and distribution technology specialist T-VIPS has announced the commercial availability of its new…
International sales compensate domestic revenue drop for Netgem
French set-top manufacturer Netgem has posted revenues of 32.9m for the quarter to September, up…
HDTV available to more Finnish DTT homes
Finnish telco DNAs digital-terrestrial HDTV network will be available to 1.5 million people by the…
Strength of linear and lack of business model still a hurdle for OTT
Anthony Rose, chief technology officer of the YouView connected TV project (formerly known as Canvas),…
New women-oriented web TV channel for France
French web publisher AuFeminin has launched an online TV service. The channel will cater…
4Fun to go public
Polish pay broadcaster 4Fun Media is to launch an initial public offering next month. The…
CSA extends DTT on-demand trial
French media regulator the CSA has extended the permission granted to pay-digital-terrestrial TV service provider…
PrimaCom shuts down analogue frequencies
German cable operator PrimaCom is shutting down two analogue frequencies to allocate more spectrum to…
UK media groups in bid to block News Corp BSkyB takeover
UK newspaper proprietors have banded together with the BBC, Channel 4 and BT to petition…
OTE to begin deployment of next-generation network
Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek telco OTE has announced the deployment of the countrys first next-generation access…
Tele Columbus launches high-speed internet in Potsdam
German cable operator Tele Columbus is launching up to 100Mbps internet access in Potsdam, initially…
Portuguese regulator to publish DTT set-top study
Portuguese communications regulator Anacom has teamed up with consumer protection body DECO to allow the…
Canal Plus to deliver channels to XBox 360
French pay-TV provider Canal Plus has struck a deal with Microsoft to deliver its services…
Arqiva wins Cineworld deal
Arts Alliance Media has sold media services provider Arqivas Digital Cinema Platform to UK film…
France 24 gears up for 24/7 Arabic launch
France-based news channel operator France 24 will launch its round the clock Arabic-language service tomorrow….
European DTT channel universe expands
The number of digital-terrestrial TV channels in the EU plus Croatia and Turkey now stands…
DivX acquisition gives Sonic new markets for OTT platform
DVD and Blu-ray authoring system specialist Sonic Solutions has completed the acquisition of video format…
Trio of bidders linked to UKTV
Three media companies are being linked to bids for Virgin Medias stake in UK digital…
UPC Czech Republic passes digital milestone
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has passed the milestone of 400,000 connected digital homes, meaning…
French football league expected to apply for pay-DTT channel
The French professional football league, the LFP, is expected this week to submit documents to…
CME faces pressures as CEE ad markets struggle
Central and eastern Europe-focused broadcaster CME has limited scope to raise new debt as the…
Telefónica chooses Oregan for OTT services
Telefónica has chosen IP middleware supplier Oregan Networks to provide client-side middleware for over-the-top video…
Eurosport launches dedicated Turkish portal
Sports channel Eurosport has teamed up with Turkish media group MCD Digital to launch a…
Sogecable chooses Thomson encoders for Digital Plus
Sogecables Canal Satélite Digital unit, which operates the Digital Plus pay-TV platform in Spain, has…
Comstar introduces WiMAX plus Duet TV
Russian service provider Comstar-UTS has launched a new offer combining WiMAX internet access with dual-screen…