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Canal Plus former employees stand accused of spying on writer

French pay-TV channel Canal Plus and some of its former employees have been accused of…

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Romania delays DTT switchover by three years

Romania will cease broadcasting analogue TV transmission in 2015, not 2012 as previously planned, according…

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Ono offers Gol TV

Spanish cable operator Ono has begun offering pay-per-view and subscription-based coverage of Spanish football via…

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Akado adds basketball channel

Russian service provider Akado has added pay-TV operator NTV-Plus’s Basketball channel to its network. …

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CNN’s Quest to interview Fries at CTAM EuroSummit

This year’s CTAM EuroSummit in Budapest will feature a headline interview of Liberty Global boss…

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YouTube launches free movie service

YouTube is set to launch a free movie service after signing deals with US studios…

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Apple eyes 99 cent TV rentals

Technology firm Apple is in talks with content providers about providing North American users with…

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STV considers overseas deals, eyes online pay plan

STV, the Scottish ITV franchise holder, has told news wires that it is looking at…

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Orange tie-up with TPS Star set for September completion

France Telecom’s Orange IPTV service and the TPS Star channel pay-TV operator Canal Plus are…

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Bertelsmann ups stake in RTL Group

German media conglomerate Bertelsmann has confirmed that it has raised its holding in broadcaster RTL…

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Lagardere committed to Canal Plus IPO strategy

Arnaud Lagardere, the CEO of French media conglomerate Lagardere, has told investors the company is…

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Romtelecom wins Liga 2 rights

Romtelecom has won the rights to Romania’s Liga 2 football league. The telco will…

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BBC invests resources in HTML5

The BBC has announced plans to put extra resources behind its support for HTML5. …

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Cyfrowy Polsat’s Libicki predicts DTH saturation point

Dominik Libicki, CEO of Polish pay-TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat, said he expects the polish DTH…

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Mobitel eyes Megalan Networks

Bulgarian wireless operator Mobiltel is set to acquire TV and internet provider Megalan Network for…

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Polsat subscribers and revenues up

Polish pay-TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat posted a 22% revenue rise in the second quarter, roughly…

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i>Télé on course for breakeven next year, says chief

Canal Plus Group-owned information channel i>Télé should reach financial breakeven next year, according to director-general…

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RTL eyes international expansion and pay-TV moves

European broadcast group RTL is eyeing expansion into Asia and eastern Europe. Chief executive Gerhard…

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Kabel BW to add Discovery Channel and Animal Planet

German cable operator Kabel BW is to add Discovery Channel and Animal Planet to its…

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IPTV and fibre rollouts boost Portuguese pay-TV

Portuguese pay-TV subscribers grew to about 2.7 million at the end of the second quarter,…

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Svyazinvest close to acquiring Akado, say reports

Russian telco  Svyazinevst has struck a preliminary agreement to acquire pay-TV and broadband service provider…

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Ono to carry Canal Hollywood

Spanish cable operator Ono has said it will include movie channel Canal Hollywood in its…

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Disney to launch ABC-branded service on BT Vision

The Walt Disney Company has struck a deal with UK IPTV operator BT Vision to…

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Cablecom launches Try and Buy promo

Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator Cablecom has launched a new campaign allowing new subscribers to…

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Lovefilm signs deal with MGM

Lovefilm, the DVD rental and online TV and film subscription service, has inked a deal…

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UPC Netherlands to stop switching analogue customers to Tele2

Cable operator UPC Netherlands has said it will no longer switch analogue TV customers to…

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Comstar-UTS posts increased revenue, strikes deal with youth channel

Russian service provider Comstar-UTS posted second-quarter revenues of US$411.1m (€325m), up 6% year-on-year in ruble…

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MTG moves forward with CDON demerger

Nordic media company Modern Times Group’s (MTG) board has said it will propose to an…

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Hot seeks transfer of network assets

Israel-based cable operator Hot has asked telco Bezeq to open talks on the transfer of…

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International channels secure licences ahead of deadline

About 50 major international TV channels have secured licences to broadcast in Russia ahead of…