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Hispasat boosts profits
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has posted a 2009 full-year profit of 70.6m, up 50.3% year-on-year,…
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Red Bee chosen for Film4 HD launch
Broadcast services provider Red Bee Media has been appointed by UK broadcaster Channel 4 to…
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France 24 app passes one million downloads
France 24 has announced that its smartphone app has been downloaded over one million times….
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Astra drops adult channels
International satellite operator Astra has voluntarily dropped 30 hardcore adult channels from its German coverage….
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Spain to expand digital-terrestrial line-up
The Spanish government has approved the allocation of frequencies to the countrys six national broadcasters…
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GlobeCast rebrands and expands fibre network
Broadcast services provider GlobeCast has rebranded its international fibre network, which is now called the…
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Digital TV Labs develops CI Plus conformance test suites
DVB conformance testing specialist Digital TV Labs has developed a range of bespoke conformance regimes…
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Stream TV brings internet videos to TVs
Russian pay-TV operator Stream TV has added a new service that allows customers to watch…
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Kabel BW upgrades Ãhringen network
German cable operator Kabel BW has upgraded its network in the Ãhringen area in northern…
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Antena 3 commissions 3D series
Spanish commercial broadcaster Antena 3 has commissioned the first TV series to be filmed entirely…
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Strong to license Thomson brand for set-top range
Set-top provider Strong is to license the Thomson brand to distribute a range of high-end…
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Zappware launches interactive services on Naxoo
Interactive TV company Zappware has signed a deal with Swiss cable operator naxoo for the…
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Virgin Media confirms Sky Sports HD launch
Virgin Media has confirmed it will launch Sky Sports 1 HD and Sky Sports 2…
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French broadcasters contest France Télévisions subsidy
French commercial broadcasters TF1, M6 and Canal Plus have lodged a complaint at the European…
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ITV chooses PlayBox for playout
South Africa-based English-language Islamic channel ITV has chosen PlayBox Technology to supply playout equipment. …
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VideoWeb launches hybrid VOD service with ODG
Karlsruhe-based VideoWeb has launched a video-on-demand service on its hybrid satellite/IP set-top boxes in partnership…
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N24 takeover gets green light
Germanys Federal Cartel Office has green-lighted the takeover of German news channel N24. A…
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BBC HD launches on Turksat Cable
BBC Worldwide Channels high-definition channel BBC HD has launched in Turkey on the Turksat DTH…
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Tele Columbus to upgrade Bernburg network
Tele Columbus has announced plans to upgrade its network to offer triple-play services in the…
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LithuaniaÂs Teo grows TV base
Lithuanian telco TeoÂs television customer base increased by about a third in the year to…
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Comstar moves forward with migration from DOCSIS to FTTB
Russian service provider Comstar-UTS is upgrading its network in the city of Taganrog in southern…
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Spanish cable operators team up to create mobile networks
Spains leading cable operators Ono, Euskaltel, Telecable and R have joined forces to bid for…
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KDG offers discounted high speed broadband
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland is offering over 250 worth of savings to new broadband…
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BBC iPad news app hits one million downloads
BBC Worldwides advertising-funded global iPad news app has been downloaded one million times since it…
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Freesat mulls Sky Sports pay-TV offer
UK free-to-air satellite service Freesat is mulling the launch of a pay-TV offering of Sky…
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TV tipped to increase share of advertising pie as recovery continues
TV is continuing to increase its share of the overall advertising market, according to media…
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Ono outsources voice network to Huawei
Spanish cable operator Ono has chosen Huawei to upgrade its voice network. Huawei will…
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Media Capital sees revenues slide
Portuguese media company Media Capital has posted half year revenues of 120.5m a 9% decrease…
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Net Insight and Ericsson win contract for Polish DTT
Polish transmission network provider Emitel has ordered equipment from Net Insight and Ericsson to build…
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KDG set to benefit from convergence
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) will benefit from the wash away of the borders…